Scortcher T/A
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From: Orange Park Florida
Scortcher T/A
Got a pair of them for the front of my vette....255/50/17....
tread is looking like a drag radial??? or ?? but the BFGoodrich factory tag on the tire says, high perf dry and WET handling....but with the way the tread is slick on the outer edge and no water grooves...it seems well, less than desirable for the car front end??
rong, or it's ok??
GENE
tread is looking like a drag radial??? or ?? but the BFGoodrich factory tag on the tire says, high perf dry and WET handling....but with the way the tread is slick on the outer edge and no water grooves...it seems well, less than desirable for the car front end??
rong, or it's ok??
GENE
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I have those same tires that are brand new, that I bought off a forum member. Mine are the same size 255/50/17. I only had the rear tires mounted so far because the old ones were bald 
. The only thing I question about them is, they are the same tire for both sides, with the slick portion always being mounted on the outside. The water grooves have opposite direction radius's because of this, so I don't know if one side is going to work much better of worse getting rid of water compared to the other ?
The rubber on the Scrotchers is harder than that on my 3 year old Bridgestone Potentza tires. I haven't determined yet if I will be giving up traction with the Scorthers or if they will soften after some miles are put on them for better grip.
How do the front tires fit, any rubbing? These are bigger than the 255/45/17 that I still have on the front.
. The only thing I question about them is, they are the same tire for both sides, with the slick portion always being mounted on the outside. The water grooves have opposite direction radius's because of this, so I don't know if one side is going to work much better of worse getting rid of water compared to the other ? The rubber on the Scrotchers is harder than that on my 3 year old Bridgestone Potentza tires. I haven't determined yet if I will be giving up traction with the Scorthers or if they will soften after some miles are put on them for better grip.
How do the front tires fit, any rubbing? These are bigger than the 255/45/17 that I still have on the front.
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Smoked, I havent really looked and check for rubbing,....not yet anyway....car hasn't really gond anywhere since the tire shop Friday afternoon....problem is....I noted RUST on the inside of the '92 vette rim off the right front, and sure enough the brakes were dragging and ground into the inner rotor surface, so another set/pads went on this early morning...sort of total silent distruction pisses me off.....
damn pistons cocked in the inside of the caliper...so that makes me wonder what in hell is going on....
I"m ready to just change calipers over to something much more common and reliable at this point....really sick and tired of working on these brakes, I have every trick in the book done/tried over the last ten years...O ring pistons, stainless, springs, all that crap, and IMO these calipers plainly SUCK,,...case closed...so another rant is over....
I did notice in a few spirited turns through the neighborhood here the car handles rather nicely....275's on the rear...
GENE
damn pistons cocked in the inside of the caliper...so that makes me wonder what in hell is going on....
I"m ready to just change calipers over to something much more common and reliable at this point....really sick and tired of working on these brakes, I have every trick in the book done/tried over the last ten years...O ring pistons, stainless, springs, all that crap, and IMO these calipers plainly SUCK,,...case closed...so another rant is over....
I did notice in a few spirited turns through the neighborhood here the car handles rather nicely....275's on the rear...
GENE
