Project 2.Slow Mazda3

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Simple as looking to the autoxers. The RE71R and Rival S are worlds above the old tires. There are lots of tests to prove how fast they are. Even more testing has been done in the past year since stock classes moved to "street" and uses 200 treadwear tires. There is a reason nobody autoxes on pilot cups, and everyone uses the "bridgestones" (bfg/bridgestone).

Well they couldn't use Pilot Cups or equivalent because they aren't 200 treadwear. I just want to see concrete lap times for both tires vs r compound tires on the same and day. Kinda like Tire Rack does for their testing.

You will learn quickly that "concrete evidence" is unicorn farts. Even same day testing back to back has so many variances. Test yourself, and see what you come up with. Or do the "budget" thing and watch what the fast guys do who have the money to test. I watch Jonathan Lugod/Sam Strano/Nicholas Barbato/Mike Johnson and others to see which current "cream of the crop" tire is good for this year in terms of street tires.

General consensus (and correlates with my own experience), is the top tier 200 street tires always beat the pilot cups, and honestly were starting to edge in on Hoosier R6 territory (not quite there yet but close). I think an RE71R/Rival S would be the tire to have at only 6 points vs a Hoosier R6/R7. The BFG R1/R1S/A7 are better.

Or you can just keep on keeping on doing what you are doing and thinking "ITS UNFAIR TO BE MEEEEEEEE"