would his tyres pass prodrift regs?
would his tyres pass prodrift regs?
I believe Prodrift have a threadwear limit on tyres, supposibly the lower the threadwear the softer the compound. But there is no universal threadwear legislation between tyre companies so you can basically put what you want.
With tyre companies like Achillies they realise this and put a soft as hell compound onto a tyre and rate them at whatever they want. The drift spec ATR sports run the same compound rummber as the new Achillies 123 that Saito uses in the satates. They are ultra soft and ultra grippy hence where Juha and to a lesser extent Dan Chapman are getting their grip from.
This is exactly my point. Having so much grip causes issues while chasing other cars that do not have as much grip. Juha finds it very difficult to chase due to this and makes mistakes. As a driver you realise this and all you can do is pull massive angle in front of him, drive a gangster line and hope Juha fucks up. You can do nothing while chasing the guy. He is a good driver but as seen last weekend doesnt run a great line and is very twitchy. Everyone has strenghts and weaknesses and you have to play to this. His advantage is that he's fast. He has good tyres, there's nothing we can do about his tyres so we need to try something else as his competitors!! OR go to the UK and burn down the Achillies warehouse!!![]()
My JZX100 from grandad mobile to drift toy thread.
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I wish I could afford them dam tyres and had the power to turn them...Seem miles and mile ahead of anything else on the market. But way over budget for my weekend...lol
My 255 35 18 sunnys seem to do pretty well. Had them let down to 19psi most of the time but meant you had to be mashed to the floor all the time or they just gripped and threw you at the wall. Smoked reasonably well too![]()
10.5sec 1/4 mile @140mph Fastest s14 in Europe down 1/4 mile...
http://www.drift-allstars.com/drift-...icial-results/
Report up on the weekend. I came 9th mint!Although I should have led the battle against Diarmuid it seems lol?
Well you have got to say fairplay to Achilles! They seem to have developed a brilliant drifting tyre! Wonder do they make 195 15s?!!
How does treadwear relate to grip Nigel? The higher the better or does it really have nothing to do with that? Higher the threadwear the longer they last right?