Tire recommendations
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Tire recommendations
Recently bought a 1994 with M030. Plan to do 3-4 DE's this year. Need to replace current 7 YO tires - tread good; just getting old. Want tires that offer good compromise between track and street. Any suggestions?
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Where do you live and how much rain driving do you do?
If you mostly drive in dry conditions, Yokohama Advan A048.
If you drive in wet conditions often, Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3.
7 years is quite old, but if the tread is still good (meaning enough depth AND not dry rotted or otherwise damaged) you don't necessarily need to buy new tires yet. I'm currently driving on Yokohama Advan A032Rs that are over 10 years old...they just don't have many miles on them, so they still have tread.
On the other hand, if you're going to run them at the track even 4 weekends a year, it might be a better investment to buy a set of cheap [maybe even ugly/beat up] lightweight track wheels to mount track tires on, leave the current tires on your current wheels, and then replace those tires with the street tires you prefer, when they do run out of tread.
Once you do have a set of wheels for the track, the A048s will work better for you (they're great daily drivers, in the dry, but they won't last as many miles as you'd really want). Or even better, you can use Hoosiers...so long as you're prepared to begin measuring your income in units of slicks.
If you mostly drive in dry conditions, Yokohama Advan A048.
If you drive in wet conditions often, Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3.
7 years is quite old, but if the tread is still good (meaning enough depth AND not dry rotted or otherwise damaged) you don't necessarily need to buy new tires yet. I'm currently driving on Yokohama Advan A032Rs that are over 10 years old...they just don't have many miles on them, so they still have tread.
On the other hand, if you're going to run them at the track even 4 weekends a year, it might be a better investment to buy a set of cheap [maybe even ugly/beat up] lightweight track wheels to mount track tires on, leave the current tires on your current wheels, and then replace those tires with the street tires you prefer, when they do run out of tread.
Once you do have a set of wheels for the track, the A048s will work better for you (they're great daily drivers, in the dry, but they won't last as many miles as you'd really want). Or even better, you can use Hoosiers...so long as you're prepared to begin measuring your income in units of slicks.
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It's going to be difficult to recommend a tire for you without some constraints including budget, personal noise tolerance, personal wear tolerance, etc. Check out www.tirerack.com
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I just picked up some hankook rs3s for my 951 for street/track. I have them on the 968 right now, but it's too cold to test them out. The tread pattern and compound seem similar to the bridgestone re-01r tires I had and those were excellent in good weather.
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Can I ask those of you with Sumitomo III's a question -
What kind of (or how much) rim lip protection do these tires provide?
My Bridgestones (old and used up) have a nice lip to help protect from curb rash. Looking at the Sumitomo III's picture on Tire Rack it's hard to tell just how much protection there really is.
Could one of you post a close up picture? I had been wondering about these tires as I saw the price and the good reviews on Tire Rack.
Thanks!
Dave
What kind of (or how much) rim lip protection do these tires provide?
My Bridgestones (old and used up) have a nice lip to help protect from curb rash. Looking at the Sumitomo III's picture on Tire Rack it's hard to tell just how much protection there really is.
Could one of you post a close up picture? I had been wondering about these tires as I saw the price and the good reviews on Tire Rack.
Thanks!
Dave
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Ralph,
Thanks!
I spoke with Damon at Tire Rack and he said the picture they have on the web site is a tall skinny tire so it looks like there is much less lip than there really is.
I should be ordering a set once I get my wheels back from powder coating.
Cheers,
Dave
Thanks!
I spoke with Damon at Tire Rack and he said the picture they have on the web site is a tall skinny tire so it looks like there is much less lip than there really is.
I should be ordering a set once I get my wheels back from powder coating.
Cheers,
Dave