daveallen1999 Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 Hi, I would like to seek the wisdom of this forum. I am planning to do a number of track days about one every month and use the car on the road in between as well. What in your opinion would you say are the best tyres to use. Quote
Ekona Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 12 track days a year? R888s, no question. If you were doing maybe 3-4 a year, I'd say go with the MPSS, but with that many you'd be crazy not to run track-specific rubber. 1 Quote
headrush Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 MPSS are fantastic for track and road use, just done track day at Spa and Nuremberg and they are superb, have used 888 as well but no good in the wet. 1 Quote
Neilp Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 R888's all the way! R888's are fine in wet as long as its not standing water. Very easy to get upto temp. Defo worth investing in a spare set of track wheels if you can. Ray's and R888's is an amazing combo 2 Quote
Jetpilot Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Plenty of alternatives to the two above, Federal Rsrs, Nankang N2SR, AD48's. Very happy with Federals especially considering the price, they didnt break loose under acceleration on a 500hp Rx7 i owned and wore very well too and considering they are half the price of 888's its a no brainer for me Just bought a set of Nankangs so will let you know what they are like which are available with two different compound choice Edited June 23, 2014 by Jetpilot 1 Quote
Ekona Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 RSRs and NS-2R are closer to the R1R than the R888 though. I like the R1R as a road tyre, but for track work it's ultimately lacking in grip. Did you mean the A048? Great tyre, but hellishly expensive and the 888s is 90% of the way there. Quote
Jetpilot Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 RSRs and NS-2R are closer to the R1R than the R888 though. I like the R1R as a road tyre, but for track work it's ultimately lacking in grip. Did you mean the A048? Great tyre, but hellishly expensive and the 888s is 90% of the way there. I dont agree Not a chance its lacking in grip if it can put down 500hp without issue through a 265 Yes A048, apologies Quote
Ekona Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 It's a shame the 048s are so expensive really, else they'd be the default choice. I loved them in both normal and LTS-spec on the VXR220. Quote
Jetpilot Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) You clearly weren't trying hard enough How predicable, feel free to pop back when you have had a true rwd 500hp on a number of tracks wearing rsr's Edited June 23, 2014 by Jetpilot Quote
baggedZ Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Really enjoyed the MPSS myself. If it was to be a dedicated track weapon then id start looking at the R888 Quote
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