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Originally Posted by Gforce
I'd love to reply to all of your friendly and informative posts but some of you are inarticulate to,the point of frenzy, so I am not sure what you'all are sayin'.
The Michelin Primacy HP is actually a very good tire, lightweight, good ride and great grip especially in the wet. But it's a grand touring tire, not a high performance tire (although the version Subaru fits is the HP or high performance version).
It's a bit of a waste to put too much summer tire on this chassis, it doesn't have enough power. Even with a Supercharger the Michelin A/S 3 I have on are quite adequate. The tendency to lose grip at the rear axle is designed in by Subaru and better tires do not change that characteristic as many journalists have discovered.
You'all can google yourselves far better than I but here's a good video by a top notch journalist who can also drive, he recently partnered with Gerard Berger at Le Mans, assuming you can remember who Mr Berger was.
Bear in mind that this was the optional performance version of the GT86 offered in the UK which had 225/40 x 18 PS3 performance tires (about the same performance as the A/S3). Still a real handful chasing a similarly equipped but more powerful modified Miata (sold as the MX5 in the UK).
See, I do know what I'm taking about. |
Your supercharger that doesn't compress air or create boost?
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Originally Posted by Gforce
How about two videos.
Here's the tiny Ford Fiesta ST taking lunch money from the Toyota GT86:
Had the track been wet the drubbing would have been much worse. |
I am totally baffled as to what point you are trying to make with these videos? Is Evo where you learned all your car info? I thought that your point was that the modern AS tires were as good as snows in the winter and that the 86 chassis was horrible in the wet or snow no matter what tires you used. I see no snow in any of those videos.
Throwing random videos at the argument doesn't help.