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Old Dec 4, 2003 | 04:38 PM
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Anderson Cheverolet of Cupertino CA (so. bay sf) got a 1990 ZR1 Red/tan in recently with Chrome ZR1's (315 rear) Beautiful car!!! 90,744 miles and clean i started it up and it was a little sluggish but its a clean car.. also i realized my rear tires (Eagle F1's 285's) are wearing out so im looking into some new rear tires?? good overall performance i guess... possibly DR's how are the GS-C's? thanks! :chevy
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I'm going to go decipher this first and get back to you. :)
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I'm going to go decipher this first and get back to you. :)
What is the question in the org post?


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Old Dec 4, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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I'm going to go decipher this first and get back to you. :)

What is the question in the org post?


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Old Dec 4, 2003 | 05:19 PM
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GSC's are horrid!! stay away from them. Try some michellen pilots, or some nittos, try a search for tire, the link is in the column on the left 7th one down
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Old Dec 4, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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Do you want to buy the ZR1 or the Tires :confused:

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Old Dec 4, 2003 | 06:53 PM
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Do you want to buy the ZR1 or the Tires :confused:

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BOTH!! haha but ill only end up with the tires! i was just lettin everyone know.. i had to share the story... but im really just trying to get some opinions on tires for the rear! thanks :cheers:
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So if we understand you correctly you were just looking at the ZR1 and realized your Non ZR1 needs new rear tires...

Well then I would agree from my personal experience and with the others to stay away from the GoodYear GSC's. I have the Firestone Firehawk SZ50 EP and they seem to be a good all around reasonabily priced tire. Good traction in the wet as well as real good dry. Last a lot longer than the Goodyears I used before. Good Luck ! :auto:
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What do you mean when you say the car was "sluggish"? Hard to start? rought idle? Had slugs on it?
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Anderson Cheverolet of Cupertino CA (so. bay sf) got a 1990 ZR1 Red/tan in recently with Chrome ZR1's (315 rear) Beautiful car!!! 90,744 miles and clean i started it up and it was a little sluggish but its a clean car.. also i realized my rear tires (Eagle F1's 285's) are wearing out so im looking into some new rear tires?? good overall performance i guess... possibly DR's how are the GS-C's? thanks! :chevy
Upon careful evaluation of this post, I have come to this conclusion: WTF?

Check into Kumho's.
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Old Dec 5, 2003 | 08:54 AM
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cool. we could have gave you prices for tires without knowing the color, interior, milage or dealership location.

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Old Dec 5, 2003 | 09:12 AM
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What do you mean when you say the car was "sluggish"? Hard to start? rought idle? Had slugs on it?
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Old Dec 5, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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By sluggish... i meant it was reluctant to start and ran ruff, oil pressure was really high... just an old engine...
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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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High oil pressure is usually good, maby It'd just set too long in the lot. Shoulda took it out an twisted its' azz a little.

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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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good overall performance i guess... possibly DR's how are the GS-C's? thanks! :chevy
If I understand this post correctly, you are considering drag radials, hoping they will give you good "overall" performance.
They are a very specialized tire, guru, and you will be disappointed in their street performance.


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Old Dec 6, 2003 | 06:23 PM
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i was puttiing a few different ideas down, im aware of the characteristics of DR's, and i know some levels of different street tires.. all i was trying to get was different opinions from people who know corvettes... when i say good overall performance i meant in its category does this clear things up with everyone who was confused on the post? :chevy
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