running slicks with 18's ????

[shane@mbtech]

You drive like a pussy:gayfight:

[s.mac]

was it raining .... they look new ..... I have seen how a set of fronts can go in a couple of hours !

[shimmy]

you need to drive a bit quicker alex, the outsides of those tyres even with no camber, are hardly touched!!:thumbs:

[_Nathan_]

Really surprised by the lack of wear on the outside of the fronts!

[alexk]

If you see the condition of my cup tyres after 18k road kilometers, 22 laps in Nordschleife, 2 track days in France and drifting in CH, GR and the racetrack, you won't believe it !
I can take some pictures and there you can see that my 'stock' camber (max setting btw) is fine. I don't have uneven tyre wear.

Since this post I have done another 1k km and a 40 minute session in Monza, drifting everytime in the sikeins.

The wear looks good, despite my factory camber settings (-1.8 front and rear).

Comments please ?

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rear left


rear right

[alexk]

amen to that mutherfucker, my dick just got hard

(sorry been watching Jarhead!):whistle:

Hahahaha

[shimmy]

+ 1 and amen there mate ! ...but make the most of em cos it wont last !!:hahaha:.

My thought on the issue would be that whilst you may be running slicks, and I do want to give them a go.... you dont HAVE to try and drive to the limit of their adhesion... just to the point where your sphincter loosens up just a tad !!! .. I would take the same view as when I first started driving my CSL just a year ago .. take it a step at a time .. if you make a reasonable change to your usual driving setup ... give yourself chance to learn and appreciate it first ! ... once you have the confidence ... THEN give it the beans ..... and s**t yaself !!:hahaha:

amen to that mutherfucker, my dick just got hard

(sorry been watching Jarhead!):whistle:

[DuncanR]

Put a new set of cups with 3.5 degree of camber and the thing will grip

+ 1 and amen there mate ! ...but make the most of em cos it wont last !!:hahaha:.

My thought on the issue would be that whilst you may be running slicks, and I do want to give them a go.... you dont HAVE to try and drive to the limit of their adhesion... just to the point where your sphincter loosens up just a tad !!! .. I would take the same view as when I first started driving my CSL just a year ago .. take it a step at a time .. if you make a reasonable change to your usual driving setup ... give yourself chance to learn and appreciate it first ! ... once you have the confidence ... THEN give it the beans ..... and s**t yaself !!:hahaha:

[_Nathan_]

Well the GT3 driver wasn't on the limit then as

a) they'd not be putting the indicator on
b) they be using lots of track rather than giving you room to get by :gayfight:

Love that corner :smt055

[titan]

So timing is bad but overtaking mid corner is ok :thumbs:

If the indicator is on, its fair game. If its off, its fair game ;-)

[Curly]

Alex, i dont think John was having a go!

I think the point being if it is speed you are after with slicks then where slicks get alot of their speed from is running with firm springs, rigid caged car, and the right geo.

I spent alot of time with Dontdobends who was running his m3 race car and previously his CSL on used slicks and i think Johns conclusion was that on a non race car (or non set up race car) used slicks were more or less comparable to new Cups for outright pace, maybe with a slight advantage with slicks if you have a/m suspension

id love to give slicks a go tbh, and maybe next year i might break my rule and run some somewhere or i may have to just wait fior a race drive:smokin:

Yeah I was running part worn slicks but for me it was due mainly to cost saving like Thorney says after about 5 heat cycles you do lose a lot of grip over a new slick. Sometimes my slicks would be up to 15-18 heat cycles and the rubber would be as hard as a dogs head and would be a lot slower than a new cup, you have to run a lot of camber with a slick to get the best out of it. Put a new set of cups with 3.5 degree of camber and the thing will grip

[shimmy]

Go faster then :P

I do try!

It is a bent straight!

[_Nathan_]

Go faster then :P

[shimmy]

Coram is not a corner!!!!:smokin:

[_Nathan_]

I went around the outside of him like he wasn't trying.

So timing is bad but overtaking mid corner is ok :thumbs:

I find slicks more progressive than cups!