Continental kart tires

mike brannon · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: Continental kart tires

ok i'm fairly new to karting.last year was my rookie year.so i'm at the swap meet this past weekend and see a set of new continental karting tires the size i need .
for 90 bucks good deal for 4 tires i'm thinking. figured i could use them if i go to mid-ohio and practice. the thing is i've never heard of them but i get them anyway Embarassed

so i come home and try to find some info on the web about them.can't find hardly anything. can anyone tell me anything about them?? thanks mike
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Doug Ring · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

I think you are pretty much on your own - I, too, have never seen a Conti kart tire in my life. You've bought them, so may as well get some practice with them, but I don't know where you could get any more.

You may want to give the Burris 44's a try, also. Based on our testing out here so far (very limited, I'll admit), performance and "feel" are similar to YHC's, but longevity may be better. Should be readily available for $150-160 per set.

William Sandoval · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject:

I've seen them before. Never ran them so I can't tell you much about them but they are around.
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John Mulvihill · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: Contis?

Hi,

I ran them 15-20 years ago. They were nice then. Didn't know they were still around. I think I paid $12 each then.

John

Robert Liu · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 4

This site has some tech info on Conti tires:
http://wholesalekart.com/

David Munden · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: tires

I run conti rain tires, they look like a croos between an aqutread and a formula 1 rain tire. They work great!!!! Never tried their slicks.
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Glen Sides · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 228

www.toremotorsports.com
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Joerg Burfien · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I did not know that Conti is also offering them in the US.
I know them from my 'old days' in Germany - they're pretty dominant over there. Never had any trouble.

Robert,
Thanks for the link. Looks good. I think I'll try a set.

Glen,
any idea on the pricing from toremotorsports.com? they don't say...

Very Happy

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John Denman · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

If you've ever seen an air bag for a truck suspension, they look a lot like a kart tire.

Continental has about 30% of this market. It's 1000 times larger then the kart tire market.

Now if only these air bags were reversable.......
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Glen Sides · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 228

I have no clue about pricing, but give Charlie from Tore Motorsports a call. He should be able to help you out.
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Robert Liu · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 4

I emailed Tore but never got a reply so I ordered the tires from wholesalekart.com. The tires arrived within 3 days and were individually wrapped in plastic.

John Barr · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 16

I ordered a set from wholesale on a Monday evening and received them on Friday, not bad at all considering I am in AZ. I will hopefully get to run them this Friday night and have two other drivers willing to put a session in on them as well. We will be able to compare lap times and feel in two shifters and a TAG. One shifter and the TAG are currently on MG MZ while my Kart is on MG FZ. If the feel is close then I know for a fact what kind of tires my Kart will be using in practice (we have a Spec rule for MG's while racing).

Gabriel Podboj · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 150

HI.. I AM LOOKING TOO THE CONTINENTAL TIRES.. SO.. TELL ME.. HOW WAS YOUR TEST?? DID YOU FIND ANY DIFFERENCE. HOW MANY LAPS LAST THE TIRES... LAP TIMES?
JUST TO HAVE AN IDEA.. AND A STARTING POINT..AIR PRESSURE?

THANK YOU

mike brannon · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

I have bought 3 sets now and use them as my practice tires..I'm far from a great driver ..but they performed as well as the Vega blues your club ran last year.I really saw no difference in my lap times.and they heat cycled well..I just ordered a set of rain tires because I plan on doing some street races this year were I may need them.. and got a set of slicks also w/shipping for 155.00 dollars..(BIG SALE)for 2 sets of tires that hard to beat these days...to bad the brand name is not that big in the US could save us all some money if clubs made them spec Smile

.....Mike
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mike brannon · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject:

TECH INFO HERE

http://wholesalekart.com/
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