Hillclimb slicks

[FlyInMySoup]

Can anyone give me a guestimate of the number of events/heat cycles you can put through a set of Avon A15 compound hill climb slicks before the performance starts falling away? Car is a Caterham with around 200ish bhp, weighing 550kg.

Thanks, Robbie.

[Trev450]

I guess it depends on how competitive you want to be. I used to notice some reduced grip after about 4-5 events on my 180 bhp/320kg OMS single seater, but was not that good or wealthy enough to warrant renewing them at that stage.

[Peter Davies]

Robbie,

Surely the new beast is more than 200 bhp

See you Saturday

Pete

[FlyInMySoup]

Thanks for the feedback, had hoped it would be better than 4-5 events, given they are £900 a set... Peter, sadly around 200ish bhp is about right, pretty fed up at the moment.

Cheers, Robbie

[Trev450]

FlyInMySoup said:

Thanks for the feedback, had hoped it would be better than 4-5 events, given they are £900 a set Robbie

Please be aware that my estimation is based on a minimum of 4 runs per event and since the majority of the events I do are sprints, the distance is generally quite a bit longer than for hill climbs.