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Which do you prefer? I have M/T,s about 3 yrs old. About 50-60 passes One has pinhole leak on the tread surface. Have to air it up about every 4 days in my garage and 4-5 times race weekends. I don't want to patch it ,or put slime in it. Would it be OK to just replace one tire? Or should I replace both? The other one is fine.. thank you

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Moroso.

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Hoosier
How about one of the internal patches over the pin hole? I’m sure any decent tire shop can fix it. May need to rebalance after.

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I have done this several times due to some of the terrible pits out
West in the old days. Never had a problem with it!

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Good morning,
I have patched the inside of front race tires without any balance issues.
Be aware that race tires are intentionally made lighter for what we do.
That being said I recently had a Hoosier tire with a small pinhole leak that I patched and "slimed" and wouldn't seal. There isn't a tremendous amount of rubber inside these tires. Clean inside and scuff and get tire cement from a good tire place - that should get the majority of tire leaks. Would have tire balance checked and corrected.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

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When I lived in Division 6, anyone who raced at Renegade in Yakima, Washington was at the constant risk of getting a flat tire at any time due to the Goathead weed. You basically needed to have steel sole shoes to even walk through the pits!

All this said, I repaired a few leaking tires for friends and used a patch, never having any issues and the tires continued working until they needed replacement.

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The deal with the Goatheads should be fixed, in the pits @ least. They have made quite an effort to be rid of those ....... things.

I know it defeats the liteweight thing but has anybody used a tube to fix a persistent leaker?

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Good morning,
I had used Regular passenger car tubes in my Moroso front tires for years when I raced at Westhampton on Long Island. It did stop the flat tire troubles, but tubes add to the overall weight of the wheel / tire combination. I found I was giving up a little after I started racing at Raceway Park in New Jersey, the pits were much cleaner. No balance or handling problems with tire tubes .but yes, a little heavier.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

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My GM A body sits on Hoosiers year round, and they lose little air pressure over those months.

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I run Moroso DS-2, but I'd just patch what you have if I were you.