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Hoosiers come in two flavors

> From:          FSTBMWM3@domain.elided
> Date:          Wed, 25 Sep 1996 12:20:00 -0400
> To:            bobt@domain.elided, bmw-performance@domain.elided, buckland@domain.elided,
>                chazq@domain.elided, johnbro@domain.elided, lndshrk@domain.elided,
>                rbiscevic@domain.elided
> Subject:       Re: (E36 M3)Lower CG/big rim

> Cool, thanks again for the info. I hope  that a few millimeter pos
> or neg on the offset should not make any big difference on susp.
> geometry.
> 
> As for tires, I have seen the Hoosiers on the track and they are
> awesome but, my friend got worse millage than the R1's he used to
> use. I will go with the new Yoko autoX tires that are wet/dry, so I
> can run them on the street also. I only put 3 miles a day on the
> car, so millage is not an issue.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Vlasis
> 95 ///M3 

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Dear Vlasis,

The Hoosier autocross tire is notorious for poor mileage.  The road 
racing tire is supposedly much better.  The autocross tire works well 
at low temp, while the road race tire requires more heat to reach 
optimum stick.  However, once up to temp, "they" say that both tires 
stick about the same.  

I will go for the road race compound,  for the reasons stated above.  
If they are not grippy enough for autocrossing (never get up to 
temp), I will use them only for the track.

good luck,

Carl



Carl R. Buckland
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