BFGoodrich g-Force site launch.
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Decent max performance street tires have rating of AA. It actually refers to braking test results, not cornering grip. Still, seems quite strange to me.
Just like Treadwear ratings don't mean much (Azenis have 200, etc), I would take those ratings with a grain of salt.
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Originally Posted by Steppin Razor
LMAO!!!
here is a good chart of tires with ratings:
http://www.zr1.net/ZR1_tires.html
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Upon further reflection, those results make more sense to me. I bet the braking traction tests are done at relatively cold temperatures, which would explain the poor performance of the softer compounds.
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All this talk is making me just want a set of the old R1's dammit. My stomach is growling for some old-school R1's on my STi....arrgh!
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actually the greatest stuff I've witnessed with R1's have been on the street...but that's bad, so we don't talk about it...heh!
yeah I know, must take my STi to the track...
yeah I know, must take my STi to the track...
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