05-26-2018, 05:20 PM | #15 |
Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Sep 2016
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Been wanting to try these tires soooo bad but pretty much everyone I know says 2 track days and done. So I think i'm going to try the Hoosier R7's next and hopefully get 4 track days
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05-27-2018, 10:12 AM | #16 | |
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I just went to Pocono with a new set, and they've got "tons" (relatively speaking) tread left. I'm also real curious if the alignment we did will prevent, or reduce the inside cording a lot of people are experiencing. |
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05-28-2018, 08:47 PM | #17 |
Drives: SS 1LE Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Miami
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I'd read somewhere that the MRC has a ride height setting. Since the 19's cause the car to sit lower, you had to have the suspension height setting zero'd so it would work optimally. This is coming from one of the guys on the facebook page who autocrosses/tracks often. I would love to hear that he's completely wrong and it doesn't matter at all, I'll have 19's in no time if that's the case!
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05-30-2018, 09:32 PM | #18 | |
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05-31-2018, 07:57 AM | #19 | |
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There are ride-height sensors at each corner to provide feedback for the operation of MRC. But what I'm unsure of is if the system cares where "zero" is. Some take the time to put in shorter "end links" when they lower the car with springs. Others don't care and say it works fine. That all said - the wheel/tire height will not affect this sensor...because so long as the suspension remains unchanged, the position of the spindle relative to the car will remain the same no matter what size wheel & tire you're using. |
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One thing about MRC that I will tell you, is that when any of the wheels are in the air at full droop (when jacked up or on a lift), the suspension doesn't return the car to normal ride height until you start drivng the car. It lowers the suspension ~ 1.5-2 inches as you start to drive. It does this automatically, regardless of 18-20" wheel/tire size. |
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05-31-2018, 09:35 AM | #21 | |
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05-31-2018, 09:54 AM | #22 | |
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05-31-2018, 10:07 AM | #23 |
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if you say so...I never experienced that with MR. It has no right-height adjustability, simply damping rates. So I'm not sure what it is...maybe the fluid gets extra viscous or something? Haven't heard of that before.
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05-31-2018, 10:52 AM | #24 |
Drives: 1LEs Join Date: May 2009
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I have a lift and have never noticed a temp increase in ride height when I set the car back down. I put it on the lift after each track event. I’ll measure before and after Saturday when I raise / lower it.
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05-31-2018, 12:07 PM | #25 | |
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ZL1 1LE, 964, Boxster S, 997, GT4 and every other car I've ever worked on have behaved just like you originally described.... where you need to roll them a tad to get a fully accurate ride height/alignment representation. Its different w/ the SS 1LE. |
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05-31-2018, 12:12 PM | #26 | |
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05-31-2018, 12:18 PM | #27 |
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I need to put new front pads on my SS 1LE tonight, I'll measure before jacking up, and right after. I'll take pictures too.
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05-31-2018, 01:28 PM | #28 |
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I've heard otherwise, by Ryphile, who just got done trying the SC 3R's, that they are not really much better than the SC 3 tires. The comments were that the SC 3R had a more vague feel with peaky-er grip and less talky/communicative, where the SC 3 had better feel, more consistent grip and were a lot more communicative.
After doing a track day in 90F+, full sun weather, not having ANY issues with the SC 3 tires, I see zero need to deviate from them. They seem sensitive to getting air pressure right, so that might be something that has lead to people being turned off by them? But, get the pressure right and they are SWEET. They do pretty decent in autocross, too. Obviously not an RE71R, but pretty good still. |
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