Just how badly does autocross eat tires?

Boilermaker1 · 07-19-2003

1 Run= 53 miles of regular driving wear...

Whole thing here...

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Zzyzx · 07-19-2003

I love my Falkens

Seriously though, one of my friends with an MR2-S has used his set of Falken Azenis sports as his daily driver tires as well as Autocross and Ocational track days. He's put about 8,000 miles on them and they are just about bald (Great for racing, bad for rain).

HondaLuver · 07-20-2003

dam... well what do people expect from a tire rated at 30k for normal driving and the do burn outs and what not all the time.

great article...

edit:
i ment people with s2000's and z06's complain that their tires only last a little bit of miles when they do burn outs and what not...

Zzyzx · 07-20-2003

autocross realy dosnt have burnouts, its mostly corners that punish the tires.

75shot · 07-20-2003

i love auto-x ...never done it in my civic. only in mustang gt and mustang cobra. hmmmm those were the days.

Boilermaker1 · 07-20-2003

The outside of my tire... The inside edge is still square...

I'd guess there's at least 40 AutoX runs on them, plus everyday driving.

cbags05 · 08-27-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by 75shot

only in mustang gt and mustang cobra. hmmmm those were the days.

I throw up in my mouth a little bit every time I see a mustang trying to autocross...

Hawk · 08-27-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbags05

I throw up in my mouth a little bit every time I see a mustang trying to autocross...

you've obviously never seen anyone good drive a Mustang at a Auto-X. There was a guy at the last auto-x i went to that got FTOD over the normal fastest guy in a Evo buy almost a full second. Any car can be a good Auto-X car if the driver is good....well almost anycar, but you get the idea.

cbags05 · 08-28-2005

Yeah i know that's the reason. I just don't like mustangs.

Boilermaker1 · 08-28-2005

Well good. Go hate in the street forum, we prefer to have constructive discussions in here.

cbags05 · 08-29-2005

Yes I apologize.

I'm about to buy some Azenis. If I use them only for autocrossing I can expect them to last how long? Can I get 2 seasons out of them? If I go to let's say 8 events per season? So 16 events is what I'm asking...

Hawk · 08-29-2005

i've done like 8 Auto-Xs and 5 track days on my azenis and they're still fine so....

Zzyzx · 08-30-2005

I averaged 1 season out of a set of RT-215's... Sadly I caluclated it out in acutal driving time.... I can destroy a set of RT-215's in 4 hours of driving....