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Old 03-04-2007, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Hpimichael
well thanks for all you rhelp guys, learned allot in this thread..
Doesnt look that way to me. If your serious this is how it is

A weekend of racing will be Saturday practice (about 5-10 tanks) with Sunday racing (4 x 5 min qualies plus a 15-30 min final).

To get the best out of tyres they need to be smaller than using them from the box. They start at 65mm and run down to 57mm before you junk them. I true them down to 60mm front and 62mm back of qualifying. That leaves 3mm for racing.

For the saturday you will need 3 full sets. For the sunday you will need 2 sets for qualies and i set for the final.

So thats 6 full sets for the weekend!! I can make do with 5

Jaco 2 stage tyres wear like crazy and I found last shorter than normal tyres. If you want longer life use harder bigger tyres. If you want faster speed and better laptimes use softer smaller tyres

This year I plan to run 10 full weekends of racing so thats 100 Pairs. At £7.50 thats £750.00.

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