Rains?
Moderator: Mike Simanyi
- Bill Martin
- Posts: 537
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:26 am
- Club: GRA
- Car#: 74
Rains?
I better throw some streets in the trailer for rains just in case. My old RS3's are a second better than R1R's in dry, but how about wet? I expect the R1R's are pretty good, but haven't heard anything said about RS3's. Thanx.
- Mako Koiwai
- Posts: 6490
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:25 am
- Club: SCNAX
- Car#: 34
- Location: South Pasadena, CA
- Contact:
Re: Rains?
I don't find the RS3's very good in the wet ... I would imagine the R1R's to be better. What size R1R's ?


- Bill Martin
- Posts: 537
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:26 am
- Club: GRA
- Car#: 74
Re: Rains?
Yeah, that's part of the problem in the dry, small R1Rs (195), big RS3s (225). But if seriously wet small may be good. And I know the Toyo's have better cold performance rubber. And these are the horrid cheating MAGIC model, now banned in RT. 

- Steve Ekstrand
- Solo Safety Steward
- Posts: 7482
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:26 am
- Club: CASOC
- Car#: 15
- Location: This space left intentionally blank
- Contact:
Re: Rains?
195 r1r are very very very good in the rain.
Dr. Conemangler
aka The Malefic One
2015 Wildcat Honda F600
aka The Malefic One
2015 Wildcat Honda F600
- Bill Martin
- Posts: 537
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:26 am
- Club: GRA
- Car#: 74
Re: Rains?
Yeah, they're packed. That almost certainly means it won't rain Sunday pm. You're welcome.
Last edited by Bill Martin on Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Bill Martin
- Posts: 537
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 11:26 am
- Club: GRA
- Car#: 74
Re: Rains?
Mako Koiwai wrote:
Hey Mako...do you find that Porta Potty in your trunk sloshes much in the corners?
Re: Rains?
The RS3 blows in the wet. That plus the fact they're wider than the r1r and the r1r is good in the wet tells me the r1r is the way to go.
==============
Oversteer is better than understeer because you don't see the tree you're hitting.
Oversteer is better than understeer because you don't see the tree you're hitting.
- Bobby Beyer
- Posts: 356
- Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:52 pm
Re: Rains?
My r1rs worked really well in the super wet practice.
"Promise mediocrity. Deliver just slightly better." - Jarrett Bellini