Robby Gordon Joins MagnaFlow Performance Center

From the MagnaFlow website: http://www.magnaflow.com/05news/05robby.asp

BF GoodRich Tires G force

Overview – g-Force T/A™ KDW
Benefit: The right look for your tuned ride.
Feature: With over 80 tire sizes — for rims from 15″ to 24″ — chances are there’s a g-Force™ T/A® KDW for your car.

Benefit: Cutting-edge appearance with real GO to match.
Feature: g-Control™ sidewall inserts resist deflection for more control in high-speed cornering.

Benefit: Go understated or go obvious.
Feature: Choose Traditional Tread or New Tread, with aggressive patterns taken straight from the racetrack.

Benefit: Exceptional dry and wet traction and handling with low noise
Feature: Unidirectional racing-influenced tread design

Benefit: Confident wet traction
Feature: Deep, wide grooves help speed water evacuation and reduce hydroplaning

Benefit: Excellent stability, wear and handling under high torque loads
Feature: Large CAD-designed tread elements

Benefit: Progressivity and predictability at limit of adhesion
Feature: Rounded shoulder profile

Benefit: Tremendous cornering force
Feature: g-Control™ sidewall inserts help resist deflection

Tire Maker Cheng Shin Joins Chinese Automaker Geely`s Supply Chain

Some tire news from Taipei:

Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, the largest tire-making conglomerate in Greater China, recently disclosed its joining the supply chain of China`s biggest private carmaker, Geely Automobile.

The tire maker said that it plans to pour additional US$300 million over the next year to expand production capacity…[Read the Full Article Here]