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Old 26 Mar 2014, 10:27 (Ref:3384540)   #6
Tim Falce
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Hi Birchieboy and welcome to 10-tenths. I'm not sure either of those tyres are what I would call proper wets and unless you are going to go to the expense of something like an extremely soft Dunlop d84j tyre (not even sure these are allowed in some series) then you're just as well using your 888s as long as they have decent tread. Don't forget you only need a proper wet tyre if you have standing water, in damp conditions you need some way of getting heat into your 888s to make them work.
I've got a set of semi wets and tbh I've never used them, the biggest problem in the UK is that, strangely enough, we don't see enough wet race days to warrant the expense, especially if you are budget conscious. Sods law dictates that what normally happens is that you go to the assembly area in the dry and the heavens will open as you form up on the grid so It's too late to change anyway. I've probably wasted more diesel and energy carting them around the UK and Europe than if I'd just bought another set of the tyres I use which are Yoko 048s
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