After the events of the weekend, I need tires for Sabine.
Had sport cups from Michillan, lasted 5000 miles cost $517@. or are Pirelli P zeros at $370@ good enough.
This is a fast car.
After the events of the weekend, I need tires for Sabine.
Had sport cups from Michillan, lasted 5000 miles cost $517@. or are Pirelli P zeros at $370@ good enough.
This is a fast car.
Look at Nitto NT01. Noisy but sticky and great handling on my previous RX-8. Much cheaper too than similar tires from my experience. I got 8k miles with 6+ hard track days and DD mileage.
Are Potenza S-04 too low on the performance totem pole? That's what I'm running on my 996 C2, and am looking at getting around 20,000 out of the rear tires, and probably 30,000 out of the fronts. Not sure if they are available in sizes for the TT, though...
Tire rack carries these options for the car, any feedback welcome
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?filtering=true&frontWidth=225%2F&frontRatio=40&frontDiameter=18&rearWidth=295%2F&rearRatio=30&rearDiameter=18&autoMake=Porsche&autoYear=2001&autoModel=911%20Carrera%20Turbo&autoModClar=&frontSortCode=53650&rearSortCode=54699&tireIndex=0
I am liking these two choices
Yokohama Advan A048 or Toyo Proxes R888
The Toyo's are cheap, but how they for street use?
The Toyo's are cheap, but how they for street use?
Just put Nitto NT-05s on the 88 Callaway twin turbo Corvette.
conesare2seconds wrote: Just put Nitto NT-05s on the 88 Callaway twin turbo Corvette.
Dude, you can't casually throw a comment like that with no details. Where's the thread on that awesome car?
Oops. Sorry. I'll work one up.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: The Toyo's are cheap, but how they for street use?
Meh, they need heat them to have any kind of grip. And this was on a 1.6 Miata.
Yoko AD08 are quite good for a dual duty tire. Good grip. Nice breakaway characteristics.
The V wagon came with the PS2's. They're clearly not as grippy as the RE71R's on the other set of wheels. They get a bit 'squirmy' when you mash the pedal (but I only have two driven wheels) Breakaway and catchability is good. Quite good in the rain, very high pucker factor below 40 degrees. I'm not thrilled with shoulder wear from the little bit of AX I did on them though the V is quite brutal on shoulders.
I have about 10k on them and they're doing fine. I expect to see close to 20k before they need replacement, probably the rears first.
In reply to mazdeuce:
The V may only have two wheels transmitting power, but Sabine is a whole 'nother level of insane. Steve was kind enough to let several of us drive it, the back end jumped sideways when you nail it in 2nd, AWD or not, traction is not a given, other than 'given up on' with that beast.
Can you get Rival S or RE71R tires in your size?
I don't have experience with any of the tires listed, but given the value of the car and the traction challenges, I'd go with the best performing tire, regardless of price.
Well I am thinking of actually having 2 sets, I have the 20" flashy wheels which I will use for DD duties (Summer only), then the lighter OEM 18s can be much more track oriented, with this update what would you suggest?
Would these work?
http://www.maxxis.com/catalog/tire-66-102-victra-ma-z1
OEM sizes are 225/40/18ZR and rear 295/30/18ZR. I may be able to go up in width one size.
Maxxis do not have these.
Bridgestone Re71R do not have these.
In reply to amg_rx7: How do the AD048 tires handle real power in hard bursts, the Porsche is brutal in 2nd gear when the boost comes on.
The link seems to work, at least for me, but these are my choices right now
http://www.tirerack.com/cart/HoldingArea.jsp
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