Dennis Gentner

Hello,

how many Kilometers can i do with the Original delivered Michelng Slicks on a Cup Car?

Thanks

BBMGT3

10-20km before peak is gone
20-80km with decent performance
80-150km with noticeable dropoff
150-200km you can run but will be super slow
beyond 200km is not advisable

Dennis Gentner

Thank you for the Detailed reply.
I am Trackday driver and Face the same Results +- a few Kilometers.
Any idea how wich tyres i need to get to run atleast 500 Kilometers?
Its ok to be a bit slower but not +5 secs.

Ruslan111

10-20km would amount to about 2-4 laps on a average track
20-80km would amount to about 4-16 laps
200km amount to about 40 laps on a average Race track.
40 laps would average out to about 3 heat cycles on a normal lapping day or a practice on a racing day.
I think your calculations are way off!!!!!

BBMGT3

2-4 laps is where you'll get the quali peak
12-16 laps is a typical carrera cup sprint race distance
200km is just shy of a typical test day; example; i will use 1 used & 2 new sets of tires over 250km on a test day

I wouldn't run Cup N2 past 200km

BBMGT3

You can try Pirelli DH, or the Hankook endurance tire. The Dunlop isn't bad either. As early as last weekend you had 991 Cup teams double-stinting the Hankook in Dubai24h, so, 80 laps, and the tire was ok. Maybe 3s off by the end. I've driven in that condition and to get the most of the car is very challenging. Michelin has other compounds; one which I've raced at the Nurburgring in a 997 which is excellent and very durable but I don't remember the code

Be careful as the other tires are slightly different size / circumference to the OE tire so you will need to setup the car again

Some of the other posters can advise about Yokohama or other brands

Rickard 993 Turbo

Michelin have

7 soft
8 medium
9 hard

BBMGT3

right. if i recall correctly, the N1 on the 997 was s7a front and s8e rear.. or s8e front and s9h rear. can't remember...

Rickard 993 Turbo

I dint know exactly but they are a Sprint tire, the cups run a 30min race mostly so they are medium or at the soft side