Originally posted by Eric Ford:

Yes R-compound are made to hold lateral G's due to contruction of the tire, the rubber however is sticky no matter which way you pull it..push it.. etc.





You're wrong, sorry. Trust me on this one, R-compounds are far from ideal in straight line traction. They really are all that superior to a good street tire. Now in corners they are far faster, one because of sidewall construction and two because of the tread compound and design.

I could put my Victoracers on my car this weekend and go drag racing and run equal or slower times to my street tires. In the process I'd end up destroying my race tires. Just because the tread compound is soft doesn't make it good for certain environments. I wouldn't ever dream of going out autoxing on drag radials, so why would I ever concider going drag racing with my autoxing tires?

I encourage you to go out and buy a set of R compounds and do numerous burnouts on them to get them to temperature. I bet by the end of say 10 runs down the strip the R compounds would be useless.

I'd suggest for this person to go get a set of 15" Focus wheels for ultra cheap and buy some 225/50/15 BFG drag radials. $107 a piece vs the 225/50/16 $195 Hoosiers or $158 Kumhos.

2004 Focus PZEV 2.3L - KW sport suspension, SP camber plates, Eibach front swaybar, FS intake, FS Stealth exhaust, 3.82 Final, Torsen ATB, Prothane MM insert, E1 CSVT wheels 1/4 mile - 15.201@89.4mph