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Old 09-16-2010, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by antonioconceicao View Post
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How many races can you do with HoHos??? Have you use it them before???
My experience with Hoosiers on my 944Cup, provided they've been properly broken in via a single heat cycle and then sat for at least 24 hours, is about 8-10 cycles of very good performance. Then, though they're still pretty good, the performance starts to drop with each successive use. At about 15 or so cycles, they start feeling greazy. On my car, I've found they can still show some decent tread depth despite the fact they're not working very well anymore. The only time I've ever gotten to cord on Hoosiers is via flatspotting due to brake lockup (no ABS).

For non-race purposes, that's why I like the RA1's so much. They just seem to get better and better until you DO wear them down to the cord. Hoosiers at around 15 heat cycles are probably close to RA1's in performance.
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