Moffman

That's odd tirerack has them in 17's and the perfect sizes.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....ot+Super+Sport

Frank 993 C4S

The OP is located in the UK.

Moffman

Wait a minute are you telling me the UK is a real place? I thought it was just a joke like Atlantis.

boxsey911

For some reason only known to Michelin they only supply the super sport in the larger wheel sizes in the UK. The same is true for the pilot sport cups which are a fabulous track tyre but no longer available to us as a 17 inch tyre

boxsey911

Actually, if you track a car, track tyres (like the R888s) last longer than road tyres. I've got twice the amount of track days out of track tyres compared to what I used to get out of road tyres.

Porsche964FP

They do seem good...

Atm I'm thinking:

TOYO R1R Apparently don't last as long as others...
Yokohama Advan AD08 Apparently excellent feel...

TOYO R888 How loud are they? Bare in mind my G-pipe, cat bypass, would I hear them through that racket?
FEDERAL 595RSR The Federals seem a good compromise....

I'm sooo lost!

boxsey911

See the comments from our other Frank who agrees about the noise. It's a different kind of noise to the base of the engine/exhaust. It's a high pitched whine that grates after a while. My Mrs doesn't like being in the car when the R888s are on. They ARE bloody good for grip on track though.

p.s. Found this review of the Yokos that might be of help:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=852715

Talat

Kumho V70a's - if you can get hold of them.

Porsche964FP

Brilliant the link has helped a lot. Cheers That's exactly my findings and the conclusion I was slowly coming to.

Here are my findings...

TOYO R888 are great but seem to wear faster and need more progressive heating up. Perfect track day tyre, no surprise there.
Federal 595RSR, mixed reviews and it's not a brand that seems to have a lot of provenance... Although price is great.
TOYO R1R, mixed reviews and seam to suffer under heat from long periods of track use...
YOKOHAMA AD08, seem to be the best all rounder... The tyre between the R888 and the R1R - I think this may well be my answer!

At the moment I'm looking at buying which ever set from 'Deamon Tweeks'

Brilliant thanks for all the help thus far gentlemen!

Porsche964FP

PS Check out how sticky your car is

Babalouie

I'm picking up a set of AD08 Neovas this week, so I'll let you know how I go

jamest

Bear in mind that the softer compound tyres can harden and crack with very low temperatures (below -9 deg C I think). I would avoid any of the track compound tyres if you store your car outside during the winter and these tyres won't work well at these temps either. Personally, I keep two sets of wheels - one shod with Conti SC2's for the winter and one with R888' for summer and track.

bigunit_271078

Also - how would a track tyre like the R888's handle wet weather/slippery surfaces? Surely it would be a bit dicey out and about in poorer conditions on something like that.....given the UK climate is 11mths crap weather and 1mth of good weather...might be worth considering

jamest

I thought the R888's would be terrible in the wet but they are actually surprisingly good. That said, standing water is a different thing entirely, I got caught in torrential rain a couple of weeks ago and had a couple of very hairy moments where water was running in streams across the motorway.

clinchy993

I am putting a set of Falken 452s on the 18 inch wheels this week for for every day hooning and getting a set of track day tyres fitted to the D90s and spraying them black for a mean look

Also my 993s Techarts have brand new Contis on and both sets of 18s fit both cars ,happy days


Frank
Dave @Bracknell tyres were

Contis set of 4 were @ £680 ish

Falken452 set of 4 @ £440

Both were fitted and balance included