at the limit maybe except when you need that grip

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

It is much safer my way.
The limits are lower, so when you crash you are going much slower.

5 x 10 Contessa's with you beaut Falkens.



6 x 10 Minilte copies with Hoosiers

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

[quote="michaelb"]5 x 10 Contessa's with you beaut Falkens.



Micheal, did you know that "Falken" is aboriginal for understeer?

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Or "u got a smoke"

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

When I was playing with Production cars we were running a Commodore on Falken tyres at Bathurst. Falken flew out a Korean tyre engineer to keep an eye on what the tyres were doing. The tyres were rubbish but we had a contract and the tyres were free.
The engineer could not speak english and we could not speak anything but gibberish so communications were a little strained.
So we just used the word "Falken" a lot. We may not have been pronouncing it quite right......
So the Falken driver got into the Falken car and found that the Falken Falken tyres had very little Falken grip. We tried adjusting the Falken camber to stop the Falken outside edge of the Falken tyres from Falken chunking to Falken bits but it didn't Falken work .....

Good story- but Falken are made by Ohtsu, which is Japanese???

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

But the engineer was Korean.

Ah, so.!:mrgreen:

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Falken Ah so! ?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

We did teach the Falken engineer to say..
Falken Tyres are Falken Good.
and
Falken Oath.

I run 6 x 10 minators and reverted to 1/2 in spacered moke drums, yo look a bit more legal and have acheived a great look, and ran leyland flares, check out the scud missile on members gallery , there is also a pic on there of 5 x 10s with Falken 165s, Dunlop Rs $$$$ too soft, wear quick, same as A0008s. The Falken i beleive are made in Malaysia and ar a good all rounder. I would reccomend to anyone

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Ruling the bends and bending the rules since 1959

My experiences with Falkens in the wet have been all bad. But I guess a case of (1) you get what you pay for (2) Inspector Harry Callaghan- opinions are like ar$eholes.....

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I cannot wait for my current set of Falkens to wear out so I can go buy some Yoko A008's. The Falkens are shite in every way except looks, which is not exactly what you want in a tyre

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Apparently there is a new Falken 12" tyre in the works, no joy yet for us 10" purists though.
see http://www.minimania.com/web/startretur ... thread.cfm

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.