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Old 03-14-2004, 06:05 PM
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Originally posted by Julius
Compared to the 705 it seems you can get away with using at least one step harder tires to get the same grip levels.
Yup. Took the 705 for a spin last weekend on Sunday ! Noticed that even with harder tires, the car used quite a lot of tires. I guess it's the weight of the car. It also does not help with the oneway in.

Anyway, I also noticed that the 710 does not roll so much even with no front antiroll bars and soft suspension setup (i.e. yellow springs with 30wt oil and 4 or 5 holes open). This was evident from the no scratches I got going in on our high speed sweeper from the relatively low pipe which was almost level with the chassis.

With last weekend's run, running 37 shore front (Speedmind) and 40 shore rear (Sato Seiki which is actually made by Speedmind also) made the front and rear wear consistant all the way ! I started with the front being 1.5 mm smaller than the rear. After about 7 tanks or so, tire wear was like 2 mm only for the front and rear !
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