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| Racer Testimonials Bassman1
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Just to give you an idea...........Last Saturday we were testing our cars at South Valley Hobby here in Utah. Temperature was around 25°F and the asphalt was wet due to light snow. Our cars were HOOKED UP with Ipanema 35 shore slicks in the rear and 40 shores in the front. Tell you what, it was amazing, did I mention the ground was wet and cold............... | |
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Jersey Outlaw
Full Member
Location: New Jersey
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A big thanks to Ipanema Sports for a Transmission that can handle all the big power that we throw at it, without ever a hiccup after 3 gallons! |
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ryanrc03
Senior Member
Location: Cincinnati Ohio | | | | The Ipanema front bumper is a beast! Very sturdy, much better then stock. It is definitely going to keep the body in better shape due to the much better fit, it will also protect then entire car better due to it being so much stronger. Good purchase IMO |
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Spooky
Full Member
Be afraid-Be very afraid
Location: Salt lake City , Utah | | | |
Ipanema is the way to go on tires. I use 45 shore front and 50 rear. I race in Utah. |
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Tech Adept | I ran the Ipanema 55 shore slick tires out here in Vegas this past Sunday for a club race. Ambient temps were 105+ degrees, track surface temps must have been even hotter....anyways, the Ipanema tires were on point!
I also have to mention the fact that they were an old set of tires as I have over 1 gallon on them! |
Rich E
Senior Member
Location: Long Island, NY USA | | | | I switched to Ipanema's and my car was on rails! |
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Foxxrocket The IGT2 is a great car. But if you want to go from basher, to racer. You'll need the Blackhawk two speed tranny kit. Tech Addict Location: Cloverdale, CA pressure
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Ran the Ipanema Slicks today and was very impressed with the roll performance.
I switched to the Ipanemas, took a few laps to scuff them and then opened it up. I couldn’t put my finger on it until I ran out of gas on the straight the car rolled the entire length of the track into the sweeper and I was able to steer it close to the pit lane to investigate.
One guy asked if I had ceramic bearings, I thought I blew the tranny, but after a refill I noticed that I as able to drive harder into the corners and roll faster off throttle, carrying more speed into the corners. Can’t wait to check lap times....Pleasantly Surprised! |
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Winner’s Circle
Junior Member
Location: Atlanta, Georgia | | | |
My Ipanema Black Hawk transmission for GT2 came with 17 and 21 tooth pinions. Last weekend I put a 16t low gear on it and all I can say is WOW! It was a rocket out of the turns and worked perfectly.
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Fox222
New Member
| | | | I have about 10 tanks on the Black Hawk conversion and the trans problem is GONE!
Shifts where I set to every time and I am glad Ipanema did the work for this kit. Thanks Ipanema!
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Mauimaxx
Junior Member
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Got to run my Ipanema transmission set up yesterday here in Vegas. All I gotta say is "YES" this is awesome.
The mod dropped in very nice, looks stock, shifts great, man I couldn't feel the shift, the car doesn't hit hard and throw you off, it just glides into 2nd and the car shoot's out like it was shot from a sling shot.
Props to Ipanema for making the set up available Trust me it's all good and worth every penny. |
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Tech Adept | This is my first choice for tires here, unless you are just playing around. They are belted and very well made, if you are racing these are the only ones to get! |
Timmo I just picked up some Ipanemas yesterday, and they are Senior Member unbelievable. They are nothing like your ordinary slicks.
Location: Florida They are far more high tech than average slicks. I mean these things are for real. Mauimaxx
New Member
| Those of you who haven't tried Ipanema Tires you are missing out. Best traction I had with any rubber tire, hands down, just stating the facts.
Another fact is I was testing the 45 shore rain or belted radial tires in the rain and still had awesome traction. The other cars pulled off the track and was watching me turn laps like it wasn't raining, seriously even the race director was saying it's wet and slick, throttle control, watch out lot's of water on the track etc. but I was on it. It's freaky weird how those tires hooked up, a must tire to have, should do good on dusty, un treated tracks as well.
The Ipanema radial tires is a freak of a tire and hooked up the whole race, 2nd place used Ipanema slicks which did well but you can't touch the radial on a wet or dusty track, probably a good all around tire, try it gang I'm so sold. You can't beat the traction of those Ipanema tires. |
Robert R Tech Apprentice |
Yes we are have good time, I can say this someone let me use set of the Ipanema tire, I am totaly sold on them great tires. Man they hook up. |
Tech Master Location: Chile - Southamerica | IPANEMA SINTEC tyres just rocks ! ... they gave me a lot of improvement in performance.I made the A-Main directly so thats a good start. IPANEMA SINTEC tyres worked flawlesly on a very hot weather, ended using 45/45 on the main.
cya !
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winnerscircle
New Member
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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I believe that Ipanema tires are the best tires available for GT Class cars. I sell a number of different brand and for me the Ipanema tires are by far the best tire. I have let the guys that race at our local track try my Ipanema tires right off of my car and now 95% of our Gt class is running these tires. We usually run 45 front and 45 rear but some people run 45 front and 40 rear and we have one guy that swears that 40 front and 40 rear is the best combination.
If you have not tried these tires you need to. They will transform your car.
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bigcat17
New Member
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Thanks, my 5th on-road race ever and I managed a forth place finish in the A-main against some veteran drivers. These tires are great! | |
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curvetracer
Junior Member
Location: Chicago | | | |
I also ran in the Byron's race on Ipanema tires, they had very good adhesion throughout the race. | |
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MikkoL Tech Rookie Finland | Last week I had a chance to test these tires, thanks to Ipanema and Mika R. I got to say these are really good tires, way best that I have ever used.
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JLock Tech Master North Dallas, TX |
For those that are using the other brands of tires for your IGT cars, you will chunk them in the trash or use them just for practice once you try the Ipanema tires. At the Memphis "Beat the Heat" race, I ran three qualifiers on Saturday on my "other" tires and could only run at an 11 lap pace. I bought a set of Ipanemas, put them on my car Sunday for the last-chance qualifier before the mains, and I improved to a 13 lap pace and set the TQ (TQ was set at 12 laps on Saturday). Ipanema tires are the bomb!!! Their grip is amazing!!
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