toyo r888s and rain......
09-06-2011, 10:18 PM
#1
toyo r888s and rain...... well lately with all this nice sunny weather we've been getting in the ne (sarcastic tone of voice on sunny)...ive had no other choice to drive my camaro for alot of military business...and i can honestly say these tires are really scaring the crap outta me....i grew up driving rwd cars year round up here but ive never slid around like i do on thse bad boys.....just felt like sharing is all
09-06-2011, 10:31 PM
#2
How badly worn are they?
I raced on 315s on all four corners in a pretty heavy rain and was only 3 secs behind a STI in the rain, 6 secs ahead in the dry. I was making 540rwhp at the time too.
I did drive them home same day in the rain and they did plane pretty bad above 50mph. The autocross was on a well drained lot, so no real standing water to speak of. Just curious if it was deep water causing your issues?
I raced on 315s on all four corners in a pretty heavy rain and was only 3 secs behind a STI in the rain, 6 secs ahead in the dry. I was making 540rwhp at the time too.
I did drive them home same day in the rain and they did plane pretty bad above 50mph. The autocross was on a well drained lot, so no real standing water to speak of. Just curious if it was deep water causing your issues?
09-07-2011, 02:46 PM
#3
The tires are new....and I was having problems because of **** poor drainage on parkways around Brooklyn... At one point the very first time I drove these in the rain... I was doing about 40 up a hill over a bridge and kinda got slid a col lanes... Shortly after I was doing 30 with 4 ways on... Lol
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09-12-2011, 08:17 PM
#8
My old street set up was 555RIIs on the front and 555Rs on the rear. 510 rwhp and it was fine when I got caught in the rain. I never pushed my luck but no evil habits were observed.
I drove V710s on the street in rain and at a couple autocrosses. Strangely they seemed a little better in puddles than the R888s. I might have just been lucky.
Some seem fine, some not so good.
