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Intermediate or Wet Tarmac Rally Tyres


M4tt83
02-12-2008, 09:17 AM
Does anyone know if any 1/24 scale (preferably Tamiya) rally car kits come with intermediate or wet tarmac tyres?

Thanks

freakray
02-12-2008, 10:02 AM
All Tamiya's WRC kits come with tires with tread patterns for dry to damp conditions - none come with full dry tires and none come with full intermediates nor full wets.

You could create your own with a little effort though.

M4tt83
02-12-2008, 01:29 PM
I thought the tyres on the right in the image below are as slick as rally tyres get? Having said that, the two tarmac spec. Escort Cosworth kits come with uncut slick tyres from the 155 DTM kits, but maybe these were still allowed under Group A rules?

Either way I'm interested in tyres with the tread pattern that is shown in the centre of the image below.

http://www.m-sport-rallytyres.co.uk/images/tyres/productpage/tt.gif

Thanks

freakray
02-12-2008, 02:30 PM
There is/was actually a cut with smaller incisions that the tire on the right.

Group A allowed full slicks until the interfering FIA decided that they allowed for too much grip and thus too much speed and so banned them.

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