Re: wheels

["I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>]

>How, HOW do you get your car off the line with 185? I have the same, just
>because I'm looking for decent rims but I tried to compete with a suzuki
>yesterday and the guy beat me just because i my tire didn't have the grip
>(ok, it was wet too).

I guess that's part of it(wet).

but please don't tell me that the tire is fine but I can't drive...

I guess *you* need wider tires;).  Trick is to keep the front right (that's
the one that goes first) from spinning wildly, also to keep the engine from
bogging.    You have to slip the clutch a bit - if you just wind it up and
dump it, you'll spin or bog.  Stay off paint stripes at intersections.  I
won't tell you that you can't drive, but I will say that I can launch my
GTI on 155/80-13 snowtires.  Certain Scirocco owners have seen this.

Different note - Kevin and I did a little dragrace a couple of days ago,
stopped on a wet road side by side.  I did the countdown, which is bad -
see, in my head there's the ProSolo lights going "Yellow...yellow..(off the
clutch)..yellow...green.  Get off the clutch at a Pro between the second
and third yellow, you'll only redlight once in a while:).  Anyhow, I got
going too early, so I put the clutch in to equalize, he was spinning, I got
back off the clutch, the car hooked up and I got the lead easily.  Not the
fairest of starts, but the tire mattered - I was on R1s, he was on A509s,
both the same width.  (185, Kevin can launch his car on 185s too).  My
rubber was a big advantage in the wet.


Anyhow.  185s launch OK, I can spin my 215/50-13 R1s if I screw up.  Hope
this helps!


Mannix






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