Friday I was able to attend a practice day. The course was an abandoned airstrip, so long and narrow. There was 3 separate points on the layout that got me bouncing off redline. 2 of them for about 1 second, but the 3rd spot was for what seemed like 3-4 seconds. Since it was practice, I tried going into 3rd a few different times. First try went for the downshift while trying to turn and it messed up my line. 2nd time I got the shift in the braking zone, but the run wasn't any better then without shifting. The last time I really went for it, and ended up carrying more speed through a lane change section, and took out a row of cones...
So... how often do you hit redline during an autocross? I was reading a article about running a fatter A052, but slightly taller. Their conclusion was the 0.8% higher gearing cost more then the 20mm extra width of tire.
https://www.turnology.com/tech-stor...V9nlh41IH2-hnRQek68oWAmlqn8lNlNjfF2je6ZkAB_lc
After this event, I wish I had the taller tire, I already am on the RE71 205/50R16, so taller then the taller tire in this article by 0.4%.
Im guessing this layout was an anomaly. What have you experienced?
So... how often do you hit redline during an autocross? I was reading a article about running a fatter A052, but slightly taller. Their conclusion was the 0.8% higher gearing cost more then the 20mm extra width of tire.
https://www.turnology.com/tech-stor...V9nlh41IH2-hnRQek68oWAmlqn8lNlNjfF2je6ZkAB_lc
After this event, I wish I had the taller tire, I already am on the RE71 205/50R16, so taller then the taller tire in this article by 0.4%.
Im guessing this layout was an anomaly. What have you experienced?