Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Lay’s chips make some interesting flavor chips… & yes, most of em, I’ve tried. Best one atm is their Lay’s Wave Funyuns.

I probably haven't eaten a Funyun since I was a teenager. Not my favorite snack food obviously! I must admit I have tried most of the Lay's flavors though, and have liked a lot of them, but can't say I have a favorite.

My "any size is a single serving" food though are cheese curls, and not necessarily Cheetos. My favorite right now are the ones from Racetrac, Jalapeno Popper Cheese Curls. I believe they are made by Herr's (since the flavors of Racetrac's various ones matches Herr's) but I haven't bought any to verify. The ones from Racetrac I typically get for "free" since I use loyalty points for them.

They aren't overly spicy and have a great texture, less dense than puffy Cheetos.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Racetrac, Jalapeno Popper Cheese Curls.

Do the items in the pack actually have melted "cheese" on the inside or is that creative marketing in the picture?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Do the items in the pack actually have melted "cheese" on the inside or is that creative marketing in the picture?

I wish, no they are basically Cheetos type cheese curls, the things behind the actual jalapeno poppers in the foreground.

[Spuds]

My tendency to want to do things differently does not play well when selecting tires. The smart thing to do is to get the same 245/40 Yokohama A052s that everyone else is using and not think too hard about it because that's really the best tire for the purpose and I'm not nearly fast enough to know the difference. But here I am, trying to find a way to use cheaper tires with less balanced properties to go faster, when I know 15 hours of consternation later I'm going to wind up with the same Yoks as everyone else.

This applies to car parts and everything else in general too lol.

[Clipdat]

What is the use case for the tires?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

What is the use case for the tires?

Autocross

[Clipdat]

Try these:

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Spuds

My tendency to want to do things differently does not play well when selecting tires. The smart thing to do is to get the same 245/40 Yokohama A052s that everyone else is using and not think too hard about it because that's really the best tire for the purpose and I'm not nearly fast enough to know the difference. But here I am, trying to find a way to use cheaper tires with less balanced properties to go faster, when I know 15 hours of consternation later I'm going to wind up with the same Yoks as everyone else.

This applies to car parts and everything else in general too lol.

RT660 would be a decent fit for you. Wear is better then the A052 or RE71RS, cheaper, less peaky and heat sensitive, though still pretty peaky and heat sensitive. Coming from a track guys perspective. The guys I know that did track days, autoX and TT thought it was decent autoX tire. Not the fastest, but still good.

[Clipdat]

I'm pretty peaky and heat sensitive.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I probably haven't eaten a Funyun since I was a teenager. Not my favorite snack food obviously! I must admit I have tried most of the Lay's flavors though, and have liked a lot of them, but can't say I have a favorite.

One of my favorite Lay's flavors.

[Sapphireho]

And this is one of my favorites after dinner watching a movie.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I'm pretty peaky and heat sensitive.

[NoHaveMSG]

@Spuds even the RT615k+ wouldn't be bad. A bit less grippy then the 660, cheaper still. I ran them for a day in a rented car on track and thought they were alright. Pretty forgiving and didn't get too greasy as they got hot.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/ar...oss-and-track/

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

RT660 would be a decent fit for you. Wear is better then the A052 or RE71RS, cheaper, less peaky and heat sensitive, though still pretty peaky and heat sensitive. Coming from a track guys perspective. The guys I know that did track days, autoX and TT thought it was decent autoX tire. Not the fastest, but still good.

It's funny you say that because those are what I was looking at as the primary alternative. Was considering trying them out in 235/45 based on the Tire Rack width testing results (and it's even less expensive lol)