lawjdc

John - I tried the Hoosier R6's on Friday at THill. Awesome tire - much better balance between traction and power than with any other tire I've tried so far.

How were your lap times?

mooty

you were there friday but didn't stay for weekend?
i missed friday but was there weekend.
sunday, over the top of 5, i did 202 with hoosier on 996gt3, but most laps were 203 on hoosiers.

however, my last session i ran new R888 full tread.... 203.

R6 has better turn in feel and more consistent. but unless i can get it to 201 consistently, i will no run it in future. i had to coordinate a lot of stuff to get tires hauled to track.

yss

not worth starting a new thread for ...

can you guys recommend a brand of pyrometer if you use one?>

lawjdc

I use a Longacre. It is important to get one with a probe that you actually stick into the tire. This one works fine.

http://www.saferacer.com/longacre-de...?productid=638

lawjdc

My schedule only allows me to do a limited number of days. It would have been fun if you were there on Friday. It sounds like your 996 is faster than your RS. (or you are faster in it!)

mooty

i did 202 in RS with RA1.
so technically i am faster in the RS (except infineon, those walls scares me), but i do drive the 6 harder.

luiscarlos

I am going to use the new R6 315 30 19,what tire pressure do you recommend?

lawjdc

It depends on your car weight. For over 3000 lbs (ie stock GT3 or RS), Hoosier recommends the following:

32 - 38 cold
43 - 48 hot

luiscarlos

I thought 44 psi was the max Hoosier recommends.

lawjdc

Just quoting from the Hoosier brochure that came with the tires.

yss

in 18" , my fastest times on Hooiser R6 whre at 32 psi HOT

mooty

this is all very confusing.
a driver i know well, who posts 138 at LS, 200 at TH with cyclone in a stock 996gt3 runs R6 at 36hot all around.

i guess i just have to buy a pyrometer and figure it out.

lawjdc

The information posted at TireRack.com on the Hoosier R6 is slightly different than the brochure I received when I got my tires there about a month ago. The recommendation on the website info is 38lbs to 43lbs hot.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=144

Probably a pyrometer, as Mooty suggests, is a really good idea.

DRG13

I've found best results on R6 when:
F=36-37 hot
R =38-39 hot

anything 40 or over got slippery

Stay around 36-39 and you'll be good

roberga

+1^DRG13