When discussing the spool-up and high-end flow characteristics of a given turbocharger, the term “wheel trim” may pop up. If you’re in the market for a turbocharger upgrade, comparing new units, or are...
September 3 2010 / No comment / Read More »RM sold five cars in Monterey for more than $2 million each with the top spot 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe going for a cool $4.6 million dollars. ...
August 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »With million dollar cars on track and in the concours shows, some going for up to four million dollars in the auctions, enthusiasts show up to Monterey in waves. The cars entered fall...
August 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »A project car is all about the cursing, over-your-head budget, and time spent under the hood. They’re bought used, worked on for countless hours, and then put up against competitors that cost more...
August 23 2010 / 4 comments / Read More »The stock twin-turbocharger system was re-installed, converted to boost non-sequentially, but didn’t produce as much power as White liked. The final answer was a huge single GReddy T78 turbocharger kit....
August 20 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »The History Garage museum is designed to honor production cars from the 1950s through the 1970s, as well as past racing machines. The Corolla WRC car and GT-One Le Mans car are rare...
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Continental Tire introduces its most innovative new tire line to date, the ProContact with EcoPlus Technology. This premium all-season tire was developed to deliver improved fuel economy, treadwear and reduce harmful CO2 emissions.
Up close with Falken’s 911 GT3 RSR. This 2010 GT3 RSR is raced in the GT2 class of the ALMS race series with Falken slick tires. Driven by factory driver Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers.
The NT05 is Nitto’s latest maximum performance offering. With a low UTQG rating of 200, it’s matched up against the usual SCCA Street Touring standouts like the Falken RT-615, Yokohama Advan Neova, Toyo R1R, Hankook RS-3 and Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1.
The most highly developed 911 racing chassis sold by Porsche Motorsport, the 911 GT3 RSR is a stripped out and reworked racecar that weighs about 2,700lbs and puts out 450hp through an air inlet restrictor. Falken Tire’s racecar was hand-built in Weissach, Germany and then flown straight to California for delivery.
Ask for the tire manufacture date and aim to buy performance tires that are at least less than half a year old. If the shop doesn’t know the manufacture date or how to check, take a look for yourself.
Tires are simple to understand, right? They’re all black, round and made of rubber. As long as they fit around the wheel, they should be good. Not really.
For the average real world driver, the Continental ExtremeContact DW provides a better balance between cost and performance and will provide more than enough grip for the street and, occasionally, the track.
The Yokohama Advan Neova tire displayed high grip and sharp steering feedback on track, especially through the very quick Turn 2 (average 87 mph) and Turn 8 (average 119 mph) areas.
Toyo sells other tires for those purposes that are both quieter and longer lasting. The R1R is an r-compound racing tire disguised as a DOT street tire. But if you’re interested in putting every last bit of power down to the ground or autocross in the SCCA’s Street Touring class, then please read on.
At the moment, it seems most tire companies just want to go to war in the performance street tire market. With outright handling records and SCCA Street Touring autocross national championships on the line, numerous tires have been released with 180 or lower UTQG ratings.
The concept was simple – regular people, tuned cars and professional drivers. BF Goodrich decided to pump some new attention into their g-Force T/A KDW dry/wet street tire with the KDW Challenge.
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