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 Posted: 05-19-2009 01:24 pm
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Judson Manning



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 What?  I thought the whole idea of a sports-car was for it to always have wildly uncontrollable oversteer???? or is that just indicative of 911s? hmmmm

A dead rear shock (my third set of Spax) and too much rear bar were the cause of my regular off-course excursions at Roebling a few years ago.  The standard open diff makes recovery pretty much impossible at speed.  Of course, recovery became extremely easy when I slapped on a set of 8.5" slicks!

For a street car tires will make the biggest difference, the problem is availability.  At $54 The Sumitomo is great, but the compound is just too hard for driving at the limit.  I really wish BFG, Kumho, et. al. still made their DOT approved quasi-racing tire in our size...