Looks like Spec Miata, 944-Spec and SpecE30 are changing - does this mean CMC and AI as well?
http://www.944spec.org/944SPEC/forum...e-for-13#13643
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Looks like Spec Miata, 944-Spec and SpecE30 are changing - does this mean CMC and AI as well?
http://www.944spec.org/944SPEC/forum...e-for-13#13643
I knew this was coming, but was not able to say anything. I was told the same info first hand from one of the "testers". No date for CMC at this point, if there is one at all.
I would rather see CMC go the other way (I know no one gives a shit). A DOT tire that will last half a season or more. Who cares if it's a faster tire as long as we are all on the same tire and the tire does not fall off with a few heat cycles? Getting a faster tire will just give the fastest guys a larger gap between them and us mid-pack-slackers. Please can't we go back to 230/300, 16" tires, and lose the big brakes and the S197? What happened to CMC being Grassroots racing? I think we could double the size of our fields with these changes (plus going to a street tire that would last most if not all of a season). I love the time I get on track but I understand why so may stop racing after a season or two. The cost to race are double what I expected when I decided to run CMC. If we could get these cost down I'm betting we could bring in and keep more racers.
JJ
Why can't we get a tire that last longer and who cares about faster? We need a tire that is cheaper not more expensive.
fast, cheap, long lasting - pick two and even then there is still some trade-off.
Seems like they nailed long lasting with this one IF the data in the link is true, and it just costs a teeny little bit more than the RA1s do. Development of a new tire isn't free....
And that's the big IF. Would be nice to get it to last as long as the old RA1's, but I think at this point, that's wishful thinking.
IF it lasts the same as the (newer) RA1, and is priced ONLY a few bucks more than an RA1, THEN it won't be a bad deal. Price will be offset for not needing to have them shaved, and maybe make availability of places to buy them from a bit more open.
It doesn't sound like too a radical change of tire. They say it's still a DOT tire, so it's not a "true" slick. I'm all for letting SM and 944 be the guinea pig tho.
so they have tested it on 2000-2300lb cars with 150hp. Great. That info is worthless for 3000-3500lb cars with 260 to 360hp.... Just sayin'!
No worries guys... "they" are going to do what "they" want... what we want doesn't ever matter...
I was never asked what CMC wanted. Some where in the loop and others were not. FYI, until someone announces that CMC is changing, don't assume we are. I have two new RA1's and am about to order two more.