Leigh2

New Hooters added....

mkk62

going to try the v710's and the crack..noticed that the 245/35 24.8 inches have rounded and 245/40 have square shoulders and 25.7 inches dia

305/30 rear are square shouldered 25.5 inches dia...anyone using 245/ 40 vs 245/35 up front..

quote from company info "While rounded shoulder and squared shoulder tires can be combined in axle pairs on the same vehicle, some unique vehicle tuning may be required to maximize the performance of both designs. Ecsta V710 tires benefit from vehicle alignments that offer some negative camber and tires with the squared shoulder profiles will typically require more negative camber than tires with the rounded shoulder profiles."

also are they fast out of the box? read some on longevity any comments? any other tires i am overlooking other than hoosiers? thanks

mike

996FLT6

Great tire and warms up fast like in one lap but to be safe 2 laps. I use 305 square and 245 square(40 series). Make sure hot temps are hovering 31-32. Gets greasy after 34 hot. Mike

996FLT6

Longevity- I've done 42 hcs til it corded I did rotate(twice) and flipped(once). Still grippy after 38 hcs. Mike

mkk62

Wow. Sounds great. Did you buy them heat cycled? Or do the one hc then wait 24 hrs. Or just drive? Thx mike

996FLT6

I drive to/fro to track on them. I imagine u have a 2nd set and towing them there(if so tires mite reap more hc's)Best to drive them for 30 minutes and let it cure for 24 hrs. I never had tirerack hc them including Hoosiers. Mike

FFaust

Great thread revival!

Mike, you drive to the track on these? I thought that it rained in NorCal once in a while

996FLT6

I try not to use Hoosiers/kuhmos if track is wet so if it's nice sunny days no problem
Driving them on the road. Mike

mkk62

yeah no trailer yet but found a great shop 5 miles out of sebring that i can store my car and fix it less than it would be to rent a space for a trailer...they bring it to the track for me...it rains too much here in fl to really drive them to the track particularly in the summer..i have been driving r comps for years to the track but figured my luck was running out...

is there a downside to buy them heat cycled? would that not increase longevity?

mike

996FLT6

All the guys I run with hasn't had it hc'd by tirerack. Mike

mkk62

cool

ordering now..the slip continues....

996FLT6

U will love the kuhmos. Mike

mkk62

just ordered them heat cycled...

too bad i just ordered another set of nittos last wk with the japanese scare.

i have never driven hoosiers or kuhmos...do you adjust any driving techniques...i guess powersliding doesnt work as well with these...

mike

himself

I assume that the driving characteristics of 710s are similar to Hoosiers based on feedback. That being said, you're going to chew your tires up prett quick driving them with the same slip angles as Nittos or Toyos. For longevity, you can run on the leading edge of the maximum slip angle range and only be a couple tenths slower per lap. But this will gain you a few more heat cycles on the back end. I'm getting around 16, with 4 FAST, 6-8 good, and the last few OK. Also, the speed of corrections when driving on slip for the super sticky tires needs to be much faster. If you make the same responses you would make driving Nittos, you'll be way behind. Lastly, the back side of the maximum slip angle drops off much faster than Nittos/Toyos, so the likelihood of spinning goes up as you get too much yaw.

-td

mkk62

Sounds like fun