Has anyone here used the Toyo R888's yet?
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Tom: No heat cycling or even shaving here. I would like to try shaved, but read somewhere that shaving was not recommended. Not sure of the source, and those people may be the same people that don't like R888's in the first place.
Petu, I still think that the R6 Hoohoos are faster, probably by 1-2 seconds at Sebring, but they just suck to drive to the track. All of us "non trailer" guys have had trips to and from Sebring in the summer that were scarier then anything we've done on the track, but the Hoohoos take it to another level (think Finland on the lake without snow :-) ). They also don't wear as well, and are probably done in 1/2 the time. In my 996GT3 I did set my 2;24something on R6's a few years ago. So if you trailer then the R6's are faster but wear out, the R888 wear longer and are almost as fast, and are great driving home in the rain. Of course if you trailer, you may as well run the Hoosier Grand Am slicks which are about as fast or a little faster then the R6's, (much slower then Michelin Slicks) and seem to wear like steel.
Petu, I still think that the R6 Hoohoos are faster, probably by 1-2 seconds at Sebring, but they just suck to drive to the track. All of us "non trailer" guys have had trips to and from Sebring in the summer that were scarier then anything we've done on the track, but the Hoohoos take it to another level (think Finland on the lake without snow :-) ). They also don't wear as well, and are probably done in 1/2 the time. In my 996GT3 I did set my 2;24something on R6's a few years ago. So if you trailer then the R6's are faster but wear out, the R888 wear longer and are almost as fast, and are great driving home in the rain. Of course if you trailer, you may as well run the Hoosier Grand Am slicks which are about as fast or a little faster then the R6's, (much slower then Michelin Slicks) and seem to wear like steel.