The Cobra Nationals 2012

[Legless]

Originally Posted by stephen low

Hey Legless

Can you rate those Avons against some other tyres in terms of grip to give us an idea of their worth.

I too had heard they were the best choice in terms of 15" tyres for grip but cough cough chickened out when it came to shelling out the moola!

Once I get the car back on the road for a time I might revisit the decision though.

Can you rate their grip please!

Cheers and thanks

Slowy

Hi Slowy,
Unfortunately I can only rate them against my very limited experiences on the track. When I bought the car it had BFG T/A on the rear and Bridgestone Potenza on the front. I then tried M/T Street radials (scary through puddles, but hooked up really well in the dry, but probably not enough wall strength for sprints). I then had the misfortune to get hold of some very old but new Falken Azenis.

Now all these tyres with the exception of the Avons were not new so its not really a fair comparison but the Avons are so, so much better that you really cant compare them to the first batch. They look pretty ordinary, but the car finished first in the drags and the go to whoa in its class at our first nationals outing. So they obviously hook up really well. Also a little light rain during the event didn't seem to effect the grip.

In my humble opinion they are a great all round tyre for a cobra. I've got nothing bad to say against them except our front tyres got pretty chewed up in the nationals with the edges of the outside lines of tread appearing to melt. I suspect this is due to running a mini spooled diff in the sprints and hill climb but am not sure. Seeing that the diff is now stuffed we're rectifying that with a True Trac.

cheers

Legless