Re: AutoX Competition Tire Favorites?

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

For autocross, you want the lighter unsprung weight and rotating mass that a 
smaller wheel offers.  Your car should be able to fit 13" wheels, and that 
is what you want.  In addition to running 13" wheels, reduce the rolling 
circumference of the tire to give lower gearing.  This is REALLY important 
in autocross where you have to really slow down for some corners and your 
engine is bogging at the bottom of second gear.

As for tires, I would not recommend Craig's choice of tire.  The A032 is a 
road race tire and has more tread than you want.  For autocross you want a 
slick tire.  The BFG R1's are great.  Hoo$ier has an autocross compound tire 
as does Kumho.  I think the Kumhos are the cheapest.  There are people who 
swear by each of these tires.  I've only driven on the R1's and they are 
great.  They stick well and last for a whole season.  I think the Hoo$iers 
are good, but they do not last as long and require more care and feeding.  
Not a good starter tire.

A guy I've autocrossed with (Kevin Groot) ran A032's on his GTI and he was 
dissapointed in them.  They are great for road race, but you want something 
more if you're going to be serious about autocross.

My $0.02

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Champagne Edition


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Subject: Re: AutoX Competition Tire Favorites?
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:39:36 -0800



My suggestion is to go with the Yokohama 032R. If you look at the tread
pattern, they are nothing but a big patch of rubber on the ground and a big
"X" in the middle. Treadwear rating is 60, and it is a street legal tire. I
use 195 60 14's for my Scirocco and you can get them for about $110 each
shipped to you from tirerack.com or Discount Tire Direct.


Craig Williams
1981 SciroccoS 1.8 16V (soon to be 2.0+)
1987 Jetta GLI 16V (Daily Driver)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife)



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