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Old 10-10-2013 | 07:30 AM
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JOE SI
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Originally Posted by esckalayd
Joe,

This is my home track and George did a great job re-doing it. The track is smooth. Now saying that, i don't recommend tires quite as low as bigbank mentioned (56/58), BUT it can work, depending on ride height. I cut qualifier tires for a FORGASS race here at 58/60, with a ride height of 5.5mm/6.5mm. Keep in mind though, that's a 3 min warmup with a 7 min qualifier, George's big December race is a 5 min qualifier. I am going to keep the 58/60 split to start but may get down to 57/59. Tire size is obviously going to affect the handling of the car as well. If you car feels great on 58/60 and is fast, leave it there (you will be better prepared for mains).

As for the spur question, you won't blow your motor on slightly smaller tires than 58/60 running 17/23-60/55, unless u are super lean. That being said, you should be running 59/54 anyways at Full-Throttle/K~Raceway. Hope this helps.
Perfect it helps a lot thanks,
Just wanted as little testing as possible when I get there so I can get used to the layout.
Does traction get real high?
That's going to be how I judge tire size.
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