[alfa] Falken Tires

["Peter Webb" <webb.p@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alfa Speed Freaks;

I've been looking at tires for next season for my Verde hot rodded street
car that sees time trials.  Hopefully 5 or more next year.   I drive the car
to the events, which is pretty much the most street use the car sees at one
time.  I take it around town a couple of times a week and occasionally 20
miles to work.  I think I put less than 3000 miles on it this summer, 1000
of which were related to track events.

I'm looking for a dual purpose tire for the car so I don't have to buy and
haul a second set of wheels and tires around.  At Gingerman a couple of
weeks ago, I noticed a number of people sporting the Falken Azenis Sport
tires that are supposedly an autocross purpose tire suitable for the street.
Not an R-Compound but they claim pretty close to the grip.  Rated 200 A AA.

Does anyone have any track or autocross experience with these tires?   The
Audi driver I talked to at Gingerman said they were great on the track,
sticky on the street and stable in the rain.  At $112 each, sounds like a
great deal.

I'm interested in hearing from people who can compare them to an R-compound
tire on the track and against the usual high performance street tires.

I have Dunlop FM901 street tires on there now (also rated 200 A A), which
have been great on the track for a street tire and good on the street for a
dry performance tire.   (Pay no attention the those big chunks of missing
rubber.  I think I left them at Gingerman :)

A related question.  Anyone run R-compounds daily for a combo street/track
car?  I know it's done with the Porsche and Corvette crowd.

TIA

-Peter
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