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Originally Posted by Hades
Hello,
I'm interested in participating in the 86cup for the 2018 year. However, I'm struggling with the points calculator. From what I understand, Stock class is 0.5 points, and I'm planning on getting wheels which are 0.5 points already. I also have a tune, which counts as another 0.5 points. What I really want is to either get a header or trailer + e85, which would be either another 0.25 or 0.5 points. All this adds up to 1.25 - 1.5 points, which puts me outside the stock class.
What I'm getting at, is that I need to take a penalty on tires to remain in stock class (since coilovers are out of the budget, and the only competitive/reasonable way for me to run in Street). I noticed that the GTRadial are sponsors for the 2017 86cup, which leads me to the following questions:
1) Which tires should I run? I've heard that GTRadial SX2 are -1 points, but this doesn't sound quite right to me since they are TW 200. I do know GTRadial has another tire at TW300, but I'm wondering if I'd be better running something like continental extreme contact sport?
2) Are GTRadial still sponsors for 2018? Do we still get 1 free tire for every 10 points?
Thank you for reading my post. My main requirements are to stay in a reasonable budget (<$5000), make a little power (I'm satisfied with my current OFT + e85 combo), and be fairly competitive (shot at running place 1-2 assuming driver mod).
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Official 2018 Rules have been released and the calculator has been updated to reflect the new rules.
https://www.86cup.us/calculator/
Full schedule has also been released
https://www.86cup.us/schedule/
GT Radial will continue to be our primary sponsor for 2018 and we'll have an improved contingency program (free tires and cash prizes). Details will be released very soon as GT Radial goes thru their approval process.