Bridgestone Re-71rs’s
06-07-2022, 08:17 PM
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Bridgestone Re-71rs’s
Just posting this FYI. This new, and supposedly improved version of the tire is now available for order on Tire Rack. Expected as of now to ship on or about June 24.
10-20-2022, 09:23 PM
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I used up my old set of RE71R's over the past 3 years of track use. Then decided to renew them, finding the RE71RS to be better in many ways. Over all grip, noise, even turn in as compared to the TireRace's white paper comparing to A052 and a couple of other summer tires. I just want to say, with some toe out in front and camber -2.9f and -2.5r these tires work extremely well. I could use even more camber in front, but I use my car on the street mostly. 90% street and 10% track. I am very interested in any wet usage comments.
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10-20-2022, 09:38 PM
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I used up my old set of RE71R's over the past 3 years of track use. Then decided to renew them, finding the RE71RS to be better in many ways. Over all grip, noise, even turn in as compared to the TireRace's white paper comparing to A052 and a couple of other summer tires. I just want to say, with some toe out in front and camber -2.9f and -2.5r these tires work extremely well. I could use even more camber in front, but I use my car on the street mostly. 90% street and 10% track. I would like to read others comments as well.
10-24-2022, 01:44 PM
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Following up on my post above, after two days on track at Road Atlanta, I am declaring myself well-pleased with the Re-71rs by Bridgestone. Lap times were back to my old norms after doing two events on Toyo R888r’s. My car is a 981 GT4. After a run or two, I settled on 25 cold with typically 33-34 hot. Early on, I detected some greasiness above 35. Tread seems to be holding up a bit better than I recall with the old ones.
10-24-2022, 03:04 PM
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Turn-in strikes me as very good. The tires really show their stuff at Turn 7 at Road ATL, a 90 degree right that comes up quick and tight. I have the max toe the stock setup will allow.
11-20-2022, 03:09 PM
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I'm shopping for some track tires for my stock 981 CS that I will mount on 18" OZs I already have. The RE71RS looks like a good choice but I see that it has asymmetric tread and shouldn't be flipped on the rims. As I will not be able to get "proper" camber, the outside shoulders are going to wear prematurely so I would like to be able to flip them to balance wear. I did this for years on my 987.1 and 987.2 Caymans. The Falken RT660 does not appear to be asymmetric so I am leaning toward them. Thoughts?
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12-19-2022, 06:59 PM
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My question is why are you reluctant to get the proper camber for these tires. I would imaging -2.5 f and -2.1 r should be close. Without this camber and normal driving, you should be able to get 10K out of these or maybe 12K. If you track your car, then you will need the camber to reduce the wear on the oulside of the tire shoulders. Bridgestone has developed these as a more street and track tire. As the Porsche group digests the finer points of this new model, we will learn about the flip as some regular track guys will try this method to prevent outside coring of their shoulders. Not sure Bridgestone is comfortable with this though. My guess is running the tire backward may change the internal flex pattern causing cord delimination. This is not from Bridgestone. They say nothing only do not do it. So, on my setup, I run -2.8 f and -2.5 r with usage about 95% street and 5% track. I will be at the opposite end of others due to limited track usage. So mine, I will monitor the wear on the inner shoulders. Guessing about 8k I might flip them if no news about tire explosions occurring.
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