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TCM · 14th February 2003, 23:32

I would have to say around 60 degrees F is the best compromise. Street tires have ebough grip, not worried about drivetrain parts snapping or breaking in the cold and the air is dense enough to give a little extra snap to the engine. Nothing like the feeling of accelerating hard on a cool summer night.

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TCM M5 Guru (>2000 posts) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tyngsborough, MA Posts: 3,983 Thanks: 0 Thanked 33 Times in 29 Posts	I would have to say around 60 degrees F is the best compromise. Street tires have ebough grip, not worried about drivetrain parts snapping or breaking in the cold and the air is dense enough to give a little extra snap to the engine. Nothing like the feeling of accelerating hard on a cool summer night. __________________ T.C. '01 Silverstone M5 AutoSolutions:short shift kit (40% reduction) Automotive Specialist:cold air intake, swaybar brackets Dinan:front strut tower bar, rear swaybar Kelleners: race exhaust, suspension, ecu software Rogue Engineering:transmission mounts SuperSprint:X-pipe