tr13 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I have a question about the tire rule. I read the rules and it say southwest speed or asphalt pulloffs. My question, is grooving of the tires going to be allowed? The rule doesn't specify and I saw cars last year that had grooved the southwest speed tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
og39ss Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Rules read south west tires.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
og39ss Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I have a few that are worn down I probably will groove to try to get a little more life out of it..this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLIVAN Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 is this official ? how about it Waterboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin34 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 You saw grooved southwest speed tires??? Shame, shame..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe78415 Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Why would anyone take a perfectly grooved factory tire & groove it some more? Just doesn't made sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr13 Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 I really don't care grooved or not. Just wanted clarification on what is allowed. Rule originally stated no grooving of tires but that was with the last promoter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe78415 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 I have owned a car in this class since the inception, & do not ever remember any rule stating that the grooving of tires was illegal. If someone out there has a copy of earlier rules that shows that is was, please post. Personally I think the asphalt pull offs there are going to be more trouble than the benefit you might gain. Here are a couple of things to consider. 1. There are 3 sizes we can run, 26.0, 26.5, & 27.0. Depending on what you end up with this is going to affect the roll out they have over the Southwest Speed tire. 2. For those of us currently running in this class we most likely have your gearing setup to what produces the most speed with regards to the chip. So if you go to the pull offs you will most likely need to change the rear gear. 3. If we are not allowed to groove the tires the car will not do well in the heats un-grooved so are we going to have two sets of tires, 1 for the heat & 1 for the feature? 4. I have not found these tires just laying around, so I believe just getting them is going to be an issue. Not saying they are not available period, other states still have plenty of asphalt tracks but do you want to add to the expense of the tire with the additional cost of freight. As I understand it the idea behind using pull offs was to reduce the cost. I have been weighing all of this & I think we will just stay with the Southwest Speed tire, know where to get them & how long they last. Well as long as we are competitive with others on pull offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATERBOY Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Grooving and sipping OK. Â E for effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe78415 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Alright boys and girls get to work. Grooving is lots of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin34 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 These were the original rules for this class. The original intent was that these tires were supposed to be untouched... Â Guess that changed somewhere down the line and I missed it... Â I need to pay more attention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLIVAN Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I agree didn't know it changed they will be limited mods before long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 If they are not careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe78415 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 flyin 34 appreciate the post. I stand corrected. It was illegal back when Owen ran the track,but knew i had not seen that it was currently or since last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones1231 Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Where is a good place to buy e-mod tires? Anywhere locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscollier93 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Flyin 34 can you help Jones1231 please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.j.&s.racing Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 you have to order them from sws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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