Civic of Doom: Honda Challenge Recycling

[Kaan]

I am also firmly in the "you can't expect much if you're running old-ass tires with unknown HCs" camp. You're racing now and if you want to be faster, you need to have the right equipment.  I think you should listen to Spencer for setup advice and also buck up and buy a set of brand new tires.

I've got two sets of "dry" wheels - the gray set has new tires (now with oh, 6 HCs) and the silver set has old tires (25 HCs? Ish?). I can use the old set a bit longer if I just want to turn laps and be a few seconds off the pace, then I'll sell them to a HPDEer. Get another new set of tires and use the "old" 15 HC set as practice/scrub/etc.

You don't have to do new tires every 3 weekends, but two sets per year would be plenty and give you the confidence to just focus on your driving and racecraft. Trusting your setup and believing in what's under your butt go a long way toward you throwing it into a corner or chasing down someone else.

my math says I need 4 x 225s and 2 x 205s to finish the year (not a full season)... next year, using this years old ones as the practice set and rotating new practice sets in... I need 8 x 225s and 4 205s. Front grip is "key" and its been suggested not to run the fronts past the 15 HC mark... the rears "they say" will be good into the 20-25 range, possibly 30 once the suspension is dialed in well.

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You've been patient so far. Why not just focus on more seat time and practicing with traffic and try some stickers next year? If you got 225, you know you'll have me to buy them off of you

It's real hard to practice with traffic if you can't keep up with said traffic because your old over-heatcycled tires give up the ghost.

that's why I'm actually happy with the Beast of the East races. It is giving me time to dice it up and learn.