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Originally Posted by gmx
With the latter part of the conversation, re mixing and matching compounds. I don't necessarily disagree. As long as you sense what the car is delivering and realise you are dedicating time to learn and experience these characteristics directly in person rather than hypothetically.
I once used rear retail Cup2 19" in 265 with a Z221 18" 265 front. I lost the lock nut and couldn't change the rears. Solution? Just send it. Basically a super street tyre with a top tier semi-slick. It was interesting, extremely sensitive to trail brake for example. I did have a video on YT but the beta studio editing completely messed up the audio. I have to wait till fibre gets connected before re-uploading, 4th world internet things.
Did I get a PB? Of course not.
Was it hilariously imbalanced? Yup.
Did I gain experience, finesse and probably pay more attention to controlling this thing esp on pre apex phases of a corner? For sure.
Did I know it was going handle like this? Definitely. Except no one can quantify how "bad" the balance really is until you actually do it.
In relation to the last question and in much finer detail; it's the same as people testing square vs staggered or evaluating various stagger setups.
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The key point that I've been stressing is he's clearly not at a level where this is productive
IF the goal is improving/focusing on technique.
The productiveness of, let's call them experiments, like these is completely different for a novice/intermediate vs. an advanced/expert driver. My whole point is that for him in particular it is an unproductive way to spend his time on track
if the goal is to improve, given his current ability level.