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Old 07-25-2007, 12:30 PM   #1
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Default New Tire dilemma

Here is my situation - I have an 05 Z51 with about 18K on the clock.

The GY Supercars are down to 3 or 4/32 in the center treads and 5 or 6/32 on the inside and outside treads - on normal tires that would indicate overinflation, but these tires haven't ever been overinflated -I'm not sure what that uneven wear indicates. Is that "normal" wear for these tires or an indication or what?? I am a novice autocrosser - just completed my 4th event on these tires. I really enjoy this new sport and will continue to compete even though I'm not very good at it....yet.

Also, I have a seperate set of GY A/S runflats that I change out after each autocross. This set gives a much better ride as a DD.

I need to decide whether to replace the Supercars with a summer tire (PS2s?? the new Firestone runflats??) or what? Or should I consider an R compound tire for autocross events and HPDE? Most of the other SS vette drivers (at least the fastest ones anyway) run R compound Hoosiers.

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I usually don't hang out in this section. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Paul
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