19" track wheels with best cost/performance ratio?
05-19-2012, 10:43 PM
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Scott--
Great question; simple answer: Rain.
We get a lot of it here, and sometimes our track days are part rain/part sun (or, more realistically, part not-rain). I don't want to have to cancel every track day if there's a little rain because I don't want to aquaplane all over the place on the freeway while driving to the track in the wet. My plan is to have a set of wheels mounted with MPSS which will be the daily driver tires and can get me to the track safely and acquit themselves quite well on the track on the moister days (and even if it dries out), and then have a set of wheels with true R-compound tires for the dry days (the MPSC that are on the car now, and when those go the new Trofeo R should be out and I'll try those. Or maybe the rumor of Toyo re-releasing the RA1 will come true....)
-Will
Great question; simple answer: Rain.
We get a lot of it here, and sometimes our track days are part rain/part sun (or, more realistically, part not-rain). I don't want to have to cancel every track day if there's a little rain because I don't want to aquaplane all over the place on the freeway while driving to the track in the wet. My plan is to have a set of wheels mounted with MPSS which will be the daily driver tires and can get me to the track safely and acquit themselves quite well on the track on the moister days (and even if it dries out), and then have a set of wheels with true R-compound tires for the dry days (the MPSC that are on the car now, and when those go the new Trofeo R should be out and I'll try those. Or maybe the rumor of Toyo re-releasing the RA1 will come true....)
-Will
That makes sense then.
05-19-2012, 11:16 PM
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Um, why dont you just use your stock wheels?
If you drive it on the street, then keep the one set of wheels and replace tires as need be...
If you drive it on the street, then keep the one set of wheels and replace tires as need be...
05-19-2012, 11:31 PM
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I do about 12-15 track days/year. Weather is too unpredictable. If I could count on dry weather, that's what I'd do (mount the R-comps in May, the MPSS in Oct) and be done with it. Unfortunately, I need tires I can take to the track either wet or dry, and sometimes I don't decide which I'm going to take until the morning of the event. So I have to have two sets.
05-19-2012, 11:49 PM
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FYI you won't lose that much performance going from Cup to Super Sport tires, unless your car is set up for the Cups specifically and you can eek out the tough to reach last 1% out of them. If its DE, would that really matter?
05-20-2012, 12:18 AM
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But 2 seconds on a 1:37 lap is a lot.....
05-20-2012, 12:43 AM
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05-20-2012, 10:29 AM
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I do about 12-15 track days/year. Weather is too unpredictable. If I could count on dry weather, that's what I'd do (mount the R-comps in May, the MPSS in Oct) and be done with it. Unfortunately, I need tires I can take to the track either wet or dry, and sometimes I don't decide which I'm going to take until the morning of the event. So I have to have two sets.
Run street wheels with super sports and have second wheels mounted with sport cups for track days.
I suggest to keep running sport cups on your stock wheels until you find a used set of track wheels or a set of stock take off wheels to make as your dedicated track time wheel.
What color are your stock wheels?
Ask yourself what other color stock wheel you would like to see on your RS and go find em.
I have a set of orange factory wheels and a set of black factory wheels for my RS. The blacks are best on the track to hide brake dust.
05-20-2012, 10:34 AM
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I do about 12-15 track days/year. Weather is too unpredictable. If I could count on dry weather, that's what I'd do (mount the R-comps in May, the MPSS in Oct) and be done with it. Unfortunately, I need tires I can take to the track either wet or dry, and sometimes I don't decide which I'm going to take until the morning of the event. So I have to have two sets.
05-20-2012, 01:35 PM
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Fair enough and good point.
Run street wheels with super sports and have second wheels mounted with sport cups for track days.
I suggest to keep running sport cups on your stock wheels until you find a used set of track wheels or a set of stock take off wheels to make as your dedicated track time wheel.
What color are your stock wheels?
Ask yourself what other color stock wheel you would like to see on your RS and go find em.
I have a set of orange factory wheels and a set of black factory wheels for my RS. The blacks are best on the track to hide brake dust.
Run street wheels with super sports and have second wheels mounted with sport cups for track days.
I suggest to keep running sport cups on your stock wheels until you find a used set of track wheels or a set of stock take off wheels to make as your dedicated track time wheel.
What color are your stock wheels?
Ask yourself what other color stock wheel you would like to see on your RS and go find em.
I have a set of orange factory wheels and a set of black factory wheels for my RS. The blacks are best on the track to hide brake dust.
05-20-2012, 01:48 PM
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I don't know what prices are in the US, but i regularly see sets of used OEM wheels on ebay in Europe, and the selling price is approx the same as for a new set of OZ wheels. Would be a no-brainer to me. OEM wheels are horribly expensive new.
