Rallycross tires

[Gary Horneck]

After two seasons of running Hankook iPike snow tires in the dirt, I wanted something more responsive, and better suited to run on our type of dirt and heat. Dedicated Rally tires are overkill for our venues, not to mention $260 a piece for a tall, narrow tire to fit a 14" bottlecap. My solution was a set of new all-season tires in a 195/60/14, and opening up the tire tread blocks with a tire groover.



Tires were $46 a piece, and a $69 tire groover. A full set of tires, for the price of one Rally tire.

We had a test-n-tune yesterday and the tires worked great. Opening the siping on the sidewalls gave great turn-in response. The straight line acceleration in the dirt was perfect. Once in second gear, the tires just grip. Overall the difference in control is major. The tires wallowing in a full lock slide is gone.

Snow tires are for winter.

[Emre]

In the northeast, you can buy used rally tires pretty cheaply. I picked up a set of Pirelli gravel tires for $200 for a set of 4 not very long ago. They were the equivalent of a 205/55/15 and fit my iX wheels perfectly.

True rally tires are awesome on dirt. They have very sharp shoulders and really bite into the corners.

[irish44j]

In the northeast, you can buy used rally tires pretty cheaply. I picked up a set of Pirelli gravel tires for $200 for a set of 4 not very long ago. They were the equivalent of a 205/55/15 and fit my iX wheels perfectly.

True rally tires are awesome on dirt. They have very sharp shoulders and really bite into the corners.

DItto, I bought mine used off of an Impreza stage rally team that ran 14s. $200 for the set of four Yoko gravels. They're hard to find here in mid-A, but I see more of them pop up farther north...too far for me usually.

[irish44j]

In your pic above, I'd think that those would indeed be great in the dirt, but would clog quickly in wet/muddy conditions....what kind of surface do you guys usually run?

I love my groover....I use it to open up/sharpen my thrashed rally tires. I think I got it for $30 or so on ebay...probably the same one you have, the "Ideal" one.

[Gary Horneck]

Our conditions are hard packed clay/loose stuff in the morning, most of the season. Stuff packs so well in the afternoon there are rubber marks everywhere in the corners.

[irish44j]

sounds like ours, except since we're next to Summit Point main track, we get regular water-truck passes to keep the dust down so nobody in their $100k GT2 has to drive through a scirocco at 150mph :)

When the water truck comes.....it's night and day.

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