First event on R compounds

[ericr]

Do you also run these Yoks on the street in the summer, or are they on dedicated, track only wheels??

I ran them on the street too. In 215/40x17, I made the mistake of running them at that low pressure because they grip much better than at normal, street pressures. With such small sidewalls, I bent 3 TD 1.2's and now just have the tires sitting in my garage. I've since gone to 15's so I can safely run lower pressures on the street.

 

[M-Sport fan]

I ran them on the street too. In 215/40x17, I made the mistake of running them at that low pressure because they grip much better than at normal, street pressures. With such small sidewalls, I bent 3 TD 1.2's and now just have the tires sitting in my garage. I've since gone to 15's so I can safely run lower pressures on the street.

Thanks for that info.

I guess these RS-RRs are going to be kept @ at least 40 front/36 rear, regardless of grip, in order to keep from destroying my 1.2s (or is even THAT not enough??).

 

[PunkST]

My next event I will try lower pressures. I ran at 40 psi all the way around at the end of the day still had massive grip.

 

[2fast]

Little of everything was done when autocrossing. The re71r's didn't seem picky about psi vs the 1.5s I'm running this year.

How many races do you have on them? Whats your opinion?

 

[Plainrt]

My next event I will try lower pressures. I ran at 40 psi all the way around at the end of the day still had massive grip.

Did you have massive grip on first banked section? All I did was kill cones till my last two runs. My last run of day was prob my Best run ever with the fiesta. Looking forward to this coming weekend.

 

[Plainrt]

How many races do you have on them? Whats your opinion?

With the 1.5? I just had one event so far. At first I didn't really like compared to re71. Initial turn in not quite as good as the 71 and I couldn't really get any noise feedback out of the 1.5. Maybe I wasn't pushing it hard enough lol. Towards end of day I started to get a little love for the 1.5 though and can't wait to run them in warmer temps this weekend.

 

[PunkST]

I had really good grip after the first run. Just poor driving made me smoke some cones.

 

[PunkST]

The slalom portions turning back uphill made the car want to swap ends if you weren't careful. I really enjoyed that section. It was tricky