email Nancy.

 

Come to the Colorado Pro next weekend ...

 

To drive your car?

 

sorry, no can do for this particular event

 

Wasn't an option anyways, $500 flight is more than I'm willing to spend.

 

Congratulations Mark!!

 

thanks, it was uber hot and sticky, ugh ...




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Looks like some stiff competition in STX last weekend, Mark. Being 5,000 ft above sea level drag racing AWD boost buggies certainly puts you at a disadvantage. Congrats on 3rd place in a tough field. Fist place in STX beat CS, ES, ST, STS, and matched STR (within 0.1).

 

I was able to hold them off until Sunday morning, but then it seemed like my tires went off or something. Felt like I should have run those times, but the grip just went away. I am likely switching back to the Hankook R-S3 tire. The Toyo is just too short lived and quirky overall. The one bright spot is that I managed to pickup a set of uber rare and ultra lightweight 17 x 9 Buddy Club P1-QF wheels. On the way home from the event about 40 miles south of the site I had to pull over to the side of the road and wait for a tornado cross the interstate. At one point I was only several hundred yards away from it. That was a pretty intense experience. First time I have seen one in person.


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I'll take your RPF1's

 

I don't have any RPF1s. Just a set of 17" & 18" SSRs and the BCs

 

Oh.. right sorry I got your car confused with the other white (Zelse?).

Anyway, they are the SSR Type C's right? If so.. I may be interested in those if you plan on switching anytime soon.

 

yes, Type C both sets, both silver, both 9" +55

 

Yar, let me know about those 17's, if and when.

Oh and +55? Did they make those at some point and not anymore? Not doubting you or anything but according to their site 17x9 are only made with a +36 or +41 offset.

 

lol.... if you keep asking n00bish questions, he is going to jack up the price on you.

 

Yes the +55 is super rare so they usually sell for 1k a piece!

 

these are the earlier SSR Type C 1-pc wheels which are no longer made, you are confusing them with the current Type C-RS wheels

sets of Type C 17x9 5x114.3 are almost as impossible to find as the Buddy Club P1 Racing QF wheels

Buddy Club P1-QF 17 x 9 - 14.3# ea
SSR Type-C Comp 17 x 9 - 15.4# ea
SSR Type-C Comp 18 x 9 - 16.4# ea

If I were to sell anything right now it would be the 18" set because I'm now on an unemployed tire budget, sigh ... otherwise if you are still on the OE brake calipers you will be better off buying a set of 17x9 RPF1s, just don't hit a pothole etc with them


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ah I see... thx.

 

I'm pretty sure the BC wheels I have are closer to 13.8# ea, but I'll have to use a 15+mm spacer on them due to the S2000 offset

 

TireRack has 17x9 +45 Kosei K1 TS wheels (16.0#) on closeout sale for $239 each. I was looking at buying a set at one time. Unlike the Enkei RPF1, these have aftermarket brake clearance. The TireRack guys use them on their STR Miata.

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...All&sort=Brand

 

Why'd you not end up buying them?

 

I just never got around to it yet because I was looking for something lighter if I could find them, then the set of Buddy Club wheels became available. They really are the best value for the money you will likely find.

 

Gotcha, I'm gonna run my Star Specs on my 18s till they're dead and then I will be looking for a nice used set of RPF1's or getting those Kosei wheels.

I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere in this thread but are you guys going with wide as possible tires on 17" wheels? Or sticking with 245s?

 

Well I am sticking with 245s. As soon as my XS's are gone I will be getting RS-3s.

 

Some results from Day 1 @ Packwood Tour today:


Street Touring Xtreme Drivers: 17 Trophies: 5
T 1 89 Shaikh Ahmad 2004 Mazda RX-8 Hankook 52.985 51.674 52.038 51.674
[189] Redwood City,CA Fat Cat Motorsports San Franci
T 2 188 Joe Goeke 2004 Mazda Rx8 Black Hankook 52.317 52.199 51.752 51.752
[88] Kirkland,WA Team Butt Heat! Northwest/ (0.078)
T 3 189 George Hudetz 2004 Mazda RX-8 Hankook 52.258 51.881 53.883(1) 51.881
[89] Lake Oswego,OR Northwest/ (0.129)
T 4 198 Chris Conant 1988 BMW M3 Redish Hankook DNF 52.260 54.800(1) 52.260
[98] Lenexa,KS AST Import Specailist D Kansas Cit (0.379)
T 5 163 Denny LaPlante 2004 Infiniti G35 Black Hankook 53.269 53.235 52.586 52.586
[63] Seatac,WA Northwest/ (0.326)
6 180 Jason Morrow 2002 Subaru WRX Silver Dunlop 54.230(1) 52.770 52.610 52.610
[80] Calgary,AB Whiteline/Lightspeed (0.024)
7 150 Trever McDermott 1990 Honda Civic Si Fli Toyo 53.166 53.759 53.097 53.097
[50] Bellingham,WA Northwest/ (0.487)
8 50 Brent Glad 1990 Honda Civic Si Bla Toyo 56.482(1) 53.539 53.636 53.539
[150] Bellingham,WA 20/20 Motorsports/Twiste Northwest/ (0.442)
9 88 Mike Duncan 2004 Mazda RX8 Black Hankook 54.040 54.052 54.043 54.040
[188] Everett,WA Northwest/ (0.501)
10 187 Dean Chen 2004 Mazda RX-8 Silver Hankook 57.137(1) 54.094 DNF 54.094
[87] Richmond,BC My mom/VCMC Northwest/ (0.054)
11 35 Matthew Zyskowski 2005 Infiniti G35 6MT S Yokohama 55.235 54.235 54.573 54.235
Everett,WA Northwest/ (0.141)
12 80 Wayne Dyck 2002 Subaru WRX Silver Dunlop 55.469 55.193 55.261 55.193
[180] Calgary,AB Whiteline/Lightspeed (0.958)
13 53 Keith Gover 2011 Mini Cooper JCW Bl Yokohama 58.260(1) 55.250 55.648 55.250
Sherwood,OR Oregon/Nor (0.057)
14 63 Richard Johnson 2004 Infiniti GX35 Blac Hankook 57.520 56.515 55.814 55.814
[163] Bellevue,WA Northwest/ (0.564)
15 73 Stuart Taylor 2004 Mazda RX-8 Silver Dunlop 55.903(1) 56.001(1) 56.339(1) 55.903
Airdrie,AB Northwest/ (0.089)
16 87 Louis Law 2004 Mazda RX-8 Sunligh Hankook 57.916 56.591 56.343 56.343
[187] Richmond,BC Momo-D/VCMC/Mom (0.440)
17 98 Ann M Conant 1988 BMW ///M3 Redish Hankook 58.679 58.233 56.764 56.764
[198] Lenexa,KS Import Specialist, AST U Kansas Cit (0.421)