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Old 05-09-2019, 08:44 PM   #1240
thstone
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Originally Posted by steved0x View Post
When I drove a spec Boxster at The FIRM it was a big difference over my regular stock heavy Boxster. So to a lesser degree I can feel.what you felt in the SRF. I was braking too early, unused to the better grip of the Toyo RR tires and the 255 fronts, so much grip!
Exactly! Same situation as my experience in the SRF.

In the Boxster, high grip 255's in the front really let you stand on the brakes along with way more grip at corner turn in. That is really how the Boxster should have come from the factory.
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