Alibaba lists them at $45/per when you buy a shipping container full of them (approx 600 tires). That's cheap cheap cheap! Maybe they'll be better than Maxxis rally tires. They'll be the hot new thing! |
Pete Pete Remner Senior Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
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NoCoast Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Figure on probably $6k or so for shipping said container. Don't forget the 88% tariffs too. Waystone claims to have recruited a Maxxis engineer. The tire looks nearly identical to a Maxxis. We are holding out hope for something good from Hoosier. We have discussed US based manufacturing with one small manufacturer that still makes tires in USA. Maxxis won't last long, manufacturer distributed tires never do. There are maybe 400 active rallyists per year, how many sets of tires can you really sell and can the market really sustain Dmack, Maxxis, Pirelli, Yokohama, Hoosier, IndySport (rallycross primarily), Black Rocket, and Zestino? Oh, and the Polish guys might start bringing in Maxsport. Then there are the cost no object import Michelin/BFG from Europe guys too. Grant Hughes |
Reamer Jeff Reamer Senior Moderator Location: Marlette, Michigan Join Date: 08/14/2010 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 489 Rally Car: Subaru |
The plan is
Snodrift 100 acre stpr summer snodrift and lspr No interest in the SP money. Would cost way more to run a 2016 sti in SP class then what the pay is. Unless i won the championship! We all know thats not happening with my driver! I wish Subaru would spend that cash in a different fromat. SP class sucks! Interested to see the cost of the new Hoosier tire. Ive always liked Hossiers in the oval track cars. First rally 2013 Rally car type AWD subaru Total rallies as driver 6 Total rally cars built 2 Total rally cars caged 3 Total rally cars repaired from offs 4 Total years racing exp other then rally 19 yrs Like 31motorsports on FB! Check out 31motor sales on ebay for used Subaru parts |
Paddy1337 Tim Patrick Mod Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 01/26/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 175 Rally Car: Galant VR-4 |
hoosier seems to kick serious ass in every class they manufacture for, they certainly build to the full extent of rules for classes. Never been know for affordability though. Who, M&H? i know M&H has brought out new tire sizing at request of certain car enthusiests; can't say i know if they're US made though... Seems like they're in in for the motorsports though, not just the profit. |
John Reed John Reed Senior Moderator Location: Portland, Oregon Join Date: 06/09/2012 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 176 Rally Car: Toyota AE86 |
We (FY Racing) have run the Hoosiers for the better part of this year, and have worked with them closely on the development. They are a great tire, and a great company. We previously ran the retarded expensive Michelins. Not sure what the price will be or when they will be in production but should be a great option!
John Reed John Reed Racing www.johnreedracing.com johnreedracing@gmail.com |
ElectroTech Steve Wheeler Super Moderator Location: Fork Lake, Alberta Join Date: 06/09/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 336 Rally Car: 1992 Golf |
I'm hoping to get on stage next year.
Pieces lining up for the car, trans just about sorted, suspension handled. Safety side is next, cage, seats and accessories are gonna be the lions share of the budget. Fingers crossed it will fall into place. Power means nothing if you cannot control it! |
Perry Perry Seaman Super Moderator Location: Pittsburgh-ish Join Date: 12/15/2013 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 66 Rally Car: under construction |
I'll be at my usual eastern NASA events as a course vehicle on the motorcycle again if they'll have me. I'm considering an entry as a competitor on the bike, I'd rather do that on gravel than sand I think.
My wife wants to rallycross, so we'll probably do a couple events in the Columbus Ohio area. It's also possible that I'll start building a car this year, but I promised myself I'd pay a few more things off first, and we're trying to grow the side biz.. so that might not happen just yet. I'd rather not build anything until I can pretty much buy everything I need and disappear into the shop 100% to get it done in a couple months. I've had too many jackstand projects in the past.. This needs to happen soon though, the kids are getting old enough to codrive. Perry Perry FE570s course bike KTM 950 ADV 74 Beetle turbo-efi etc.. 72 Beetle stage rally project WRX powered Attended about 15 rallies, usually a volunteer in a course car. |
peliwego Jimmy Pelizzari Ultra Moderator Location: Traverse City, MI Join Date: 03/14/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 52 Rally Car: '88 Mazda 323 GTX |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Senior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
You musta sold your soul to the devil..Must have...(been watching and cheering for ya.) John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Uhoh. Got my Copart account and already bought a crashed car. 97 328i as a donor for the Compact in the driveway. Offered a new friend that's super amped on rallying the opportunity to drive it in 2016 at local hill climb series if he provides labor. See, it can pay to come to shop nights regularly. I'm going to dual use the Chumpcar in hill climbs and endurance track events then probably going to become a dedicated road racer in 2017 and use the Compact for gravel.
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Kallinen Jordan Kallinen Godlike Moderator Location: Webster WI, and Silver Bay MN Join Date: 11/04/2015 Age: Settling Down Posts: 12 Rally Car: 1990 Volvo 240 |
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DexterVW David Baker Super Moderator Location: Rhode my Island Join Date: 11/20/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 290 Rally Car: 95 GTI TDI |
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NoCoast Grant Hughes Junior Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
I fixed that for you! Our house we moved into last year has so many cool things about it but the 2.5 car garage and 4-5k square feet of cement driveway definitely was a bonus. I almost bought a 1979 GMC tour bus at COpart that sold for $30 to park in the driveway to use as a playhouse for the kids. How cool would that be, and it wouldn't rot over years like the wood ones do and when they got older I'd sell or scrap the bus and probably end up ahead. Grant Hughes |
Thomas Kimsey Thomas Kimsey Junior Moderator Location: Rochester, New Hampshire Join Date: 10/05/2013 Age: Settling Down Posts: 271 Rally Car: 1988 XRatty |
David, is it only tarmac next year or is there a gravel event as well? |