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Old October 4th 2011, 03:44
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i have now done a practice hill climb with the 17 inch wheels and running track wets. thinking behind the track wets on dry tamac is, the wets are the same compound as the hill climb slicks slicks but i get the wets very cheap.
turn in is very good and stable, braking feels a lor better and the mid corner grip is very high. none of the rolling i used to get on the 15inch rims with the higher profile. corner exit grip is also up but i think thats down to having the lsd fitted now.
the tyres had pretty temps across them[39c to 40c] but still way below what they would run on a track as there only being used for about a minute so never getting really hot, so i'm pretty happy with the them. just have to learn to trust the grip as theres so much more than before.
also the bigger rolling radius has given the engine somthing to pull against which has made it d=feel quicker than it buzzing through the gears like before, wont know till we get the stop watch out and time it.
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