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      01-31-2008, 05:35 PM   #77
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Originally Posted by footie View Post
There is no exception to the rule, tyres on their own do not make a bad car handle great, but if the chassis is tuned to suit said tyres, well then that is a different matter.
Footie, you are just ignorant here..... I.e. you don't know what you are talking about. Sounds like PS2 + delimit = 8:00 lap.


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Originally Posted by swamp2 View Post
Ever hear of "the exception to the rule"? Sounds like not . Tires will almost universally make a large difference no matter if the cars chassis is terrible, mediocre or excellent. Have you never replaced poor or medicore tires on a car and done a before after comparison. Heck I'm sure I track way less than T but anyone knows this.

Yes, I am a little baffled by this..... I have never heard of R compounds screwing up handling. The only thing that I can think of is the rubber compound was off....there is no way R compounds could understeer more.....crazy.
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