All this talk about tires and handling
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Was putting the stockers back on today and thought this was an interesting sight, so I took a picture
Hadn't driven the stock SO2's with cold ambient temps until today. Holy ice cube sh!t Batman, no wonder they call them Stones
I very easily can see someone pulling a Greg Stevens on these things! Why you guys trying so hard to get more of them?
Hadn't driven the stock SO2's with cold ambient temps until today. Holy ice cube sh!t Batman, no wonder they call them Stones
I very easily can see someone pulling a Greg Stevens on these things! Why you guys trying so hard to get more of them?
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The S02's are truly outstanding tires, they are serious performance tires that, like all performance tires, need to be at a temperature that is warm. That's a hard cold fact of performance tires...(pardon the pun)
If the ambient temperature is too low and you never reach operating temperature, you'll be sliding around like a drunk Tonya Harding trying to throw hubcaps at your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend.
That's it, warm 'em up. But driving in a straight line does NOT warm them up if it's nippy out. Like LeMans cars (and well, just about any race cars) you see them doing S's in the staging areas or in the grid. They are increasing the amount of friction, which generates heat which brings their tires up to a temperature where they stick like glue...
I'm the warm tire king...I won't even drive the S2000 if it's in the 40's. I would drive on a warm day in the rain before a cold dry day...!
Take it from me!
The S02's are truly outstanding tires, they are serious performance tires that, like all performance tires, need to be at a temperature that is warm. That's a hard cold fact of performance tires...(pardon the pun)
If the ambient temperature is too low and you never reach operating temperature, you'll be sliding around like a drunk Tonya Harding trying to throw hubcaps at your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend.
That's it, warm 'em up. But driving in a straight line does NOT warm them up if it's nippy out. Like LeMans cars (and well, just about any race cars) you see them doing S's in the staging areas or in the grid. They are increasing the amount of friction, which generates heat which brings their tires up to a temperature where they stick like glue...
I'm the warm tire king...I won't even drive the S2000 if it's in the 40's. I would drive on a warm day in the rain before a cold dry day...!
Take it from me!
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Originally posted by gregstevens:
If the ambient temperature is too low and you never reach operating temperature, you'll be sliding around like a drunk Tonya Harding trying to throw hubcaps at your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend.
If the ambient temperature is too low and you never reach operating temperature, you'll be sliding around like a drunk Tonya Harding trying to throw hubcaps at your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend.
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