So I had been racing on the ubiquitous star specs, and then switched to the Falken RT-615K's to save some $$$, given that the last tiddly bit of difference in grip arguably between the two would make any bit of difference given my and my teams skill set. But then I discovered these:
http://www.onlinetires.com/products/vehicle/tires/federal/245%252F40-17+federal+ss-595+92v+bsw.html
Feedback, thoughts on enduro running them on a 3k lb 390bhp AWD car in the 245-40-17 size? These could save enough in the course of a season to just about finance an extra event.
The Federal 595 RS-R has been reviewed more and more recently as being a viable alternative to the current RT615/StarSpec area.
That said, i haven't heard much about the Evo.
In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:
Unfortunately the RS-R's in my size are sub 200 treadwear, thus illegal for Chumpcar. Why Chump won't allow 180+ and let these and the Kumho's play is a long topic for a different forum.
I think the official number is actually 190 for Chumpcar and Lemons. Which is still WAY higher than the 140 for the RS-R.
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
The Federal 595 RS-R has been reviewed more and more recently as being a viable alternative to the current RT615/StarSpec area.
That said, i haven't heard much about the Evo.
I thought he linked to the 595.
Do you have links to those reviews?
Sky_Render wrote:
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
The Federal 595 RS-R has been reviewed more and more recently as being a viable alternative to the current RT615/StarSpec area.
That said, i haven't heard much about the Evo.
I thought he linked to the 595.
Do you have links to those reviews?
There's about 27 different 595s from what i've seen. 
http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/839178-hankook-rs-3-vs-dunlop-z1ss-vs-federal-595-rs-r-vs-bridgestone-re-11/
Dozens and dozens of results in the googles. 
We ran those in a 195/50/15 at Sebring this September. This is on a 79 RX-7 with a 5.0 T-5 weighing around 2500lbs sans driver.
We have not run new Star Specs so I can't directly compare. We also went from running 245/45/17 on 17X8's down to the 15's.
Overall we were very impressed especially for the price. We ran about 8 of the 14 hours a couple of which were in the rain. They probably have better than 1/2 tread life left and we are planning to run them in a second race. They were about $75 each locally whereas Star Specs were going to run about $125 each plus shipping.
If you are trying to win you might want to invest in Star Specs, if not I think these are fantastic and plan on running them on my street cars.
