Tire shoice?
09-23-2008, 04:04 PM
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Tire shoice? Hi!
Might sound as a stupid question but what tyre withs woudl i look at?
My rim withs are "17*9,5 in front and "17*11 rear.
I was looking at the Kumho V70A 275 front and 315 rear.. is that a good idea or should i look at some thing else?
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Might sound as a stupid question but what tyre withs woudl i look at?
My rim withs are "17*9,5 in front and "17*11 rear.
I was looking at the Kumho V70A 275 front and 315 rear.. is that a good idea or should i look at some thing else?
Thanks
09-23-2008, 04:55 PM
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are you talking street driving, autox, road course. the answer for all is 275/315 anyway. most common, more or less easiest to find. only problem is there are less and less tire choices for 315/17. moreso for 315/18.
09-24-2008, 05:09 AM
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Road course and Autox. Okay I see, Are the toyo R888 availible in those sizes?
I was thinking of order tyres from camskill.co.uk since i am located in sweden. I have told my friend who owns a streat/RC Alfa Romeo that i am going to kick his as.. we will se.. he got allot of experience thoug.
For street driving i will probobly go with "19x9,5 & 19*11 with falken or nankang.
Thanks!
I was thinking of order tyres from camskill.co.uk since i am located in sweden. I have told my friend who owns a streat/RC Alfa Romeo that i am going to kick his as.. we will se.. he got allot of experience thoug.
For street driving i will probobly go with "19x9,5 & 19*11 with falken or nankang.
Thanks!
09-25-2008, 07:38 AM
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If you're going with Kumho's, I'd say go for V710's first, then V700 VictoRacers (not Ecsta V700's ... I've heard they're not quite as good as the VictoRacers).
Initially, Toyo R888's weren't made in a 315, only a 275, but they recently added 315's to their list (http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/30029.pdf). Some people have been complaining they're not getting the same performance from their R888's as the old RA1's, but apparently R888's need to be run at lower pressures than RA1's used to be.
The better/best options, IMO, are Hoosier R6's (or A6's, if you're doing Auto-X only).
Also, BF Goodrich makes the R1. They're supposed to be pretty good for a track tire as well, probably comparable to the R6's.
You will find that on the track, 275's in the front and 315's in the back isn't ideal. I know because that's what I ran this year (Hoosier R6's). The car pushes BAD into the corners, especially tight corners. I can only imagine for Auto-X that it would be even worse!
I also have a set of RA1's, all 275's, and they're much more "balanced" in terms of good turn-in, and allowing good rotation of the rear end. But they're nowhere near as sticky as the Hoosiers.
Initially, Toyo R888's weren't made in a 315, only a 275, but they recently added 315's to their list (http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/30029.pdf). Some people have been complaining they're not getting the same performance from their R888's as the old RA1's, but apparently R888's need to be run at lower pressures than RA1's used to be.
The better/best options, IMO, are Hoosier R6's (or A6's, if you're doing Auto-X only).
Also, BF Goodrich makes the R1. They're supposed to be pretty good for a track tire as well, probably comparable to the R6's.
You will find that on the track, 275's in the front and 315's in the back isn't ideal. I know because that's what I ran this year (Hoosier R6's). The car pushes BAD into the corners, especially tight corners. I can only imagine for Auto-X that it would be even worse!
I also have a set of RA1's, all 275's, and they're much more "balanced" in terms of good turn-in, and allowing good rotation of the rear end. But they're nowhere near as sticky as the Hoosiers.
