dunlop sport maxx race !!!!worth a look ?

[NBTBRV8]

These Dunlops aren't available yet in N rating are the in 235/35/19 and 305/30/19?

[jackwood]

mrdemon said:

seems the new Exige has them and not wearing that well.

are you at Donning ton Sunday ?

Unfortunately not. But I'll be at the GTPorsche day at Oulton on Tuesday.

I've done 2 very hard evening sessions on my Trofeos now, plus quite a bit of driving in between. They are wearing far better than I thought they would. Considering I only got circa 7k mixed road and track miles out of the rear PS2's last year I am more than happy with how the Trofeos look considering the vast uplift in performance.

With such track-specific rubber, it seems that they can only be used and stored at high temps. Trying to use or store them in anything sub-7c seems to kill them very quickly. Maybe the issue with the newer Lotus's?

[mrdemon]

jackwood said:

Unfortunately not. But I'll be at the GTPorsche day at Oulton on Tuesday.

I've done 2 very hard evening sessions on my Trofeos now, plus quite a bit of driving in between. They are wearing far better than I thought they would. Considering I only got circa 7k mixed road and track miles out of the rear PS2's last year I am more than happy with how the Trofeos look considering the vast uplift in performance.

With such track-specific rubber, it seems that they can only be used and stored at high temps. Trying to use or store them in anything sub-7c seems to kill them very quickly. Maybe the issue with the newer Lotus's?

The Trofeos does seem fast on that test site, but I guess it's s just a bit softer, who knows.
I did not mind which tyre I had as long as it could do a few laps with out going all greasy feel.

Normal road tyres on track just feel nasty after 3 laps.

Heat cycle is the next issue , I was hitting 65 drgree tyre temps last track day after a full cool down lap, which would kill a A048 if it did that 5 or 6 times.

I hope the Dunlops heat cycle well.

[NBTBRV8]

Is anyone running these on a 997 GT3? Any feedback on them?

[Martian O]

There was a recent tyre test (UK, but can't remember which mag') which included the Dunlop Sport Maxx (not Race) and they came out as average, something like 5th out of 10 IIRC.

[mrdemon]

Lol I saw a test on soups, they would have come last.

FFS

Race maxx is a great tyre, takes a while to heat up so people who drive on the road only like a granny say they are Slippy.

But I get enough heat into them for road use ok, track is night and day better.

Edited by mrdemon on Sunday 13th October 11:41

[ChrisW.]

What about the PS Cup 2 ??

[DiscoColin]

ChrisW. said:

What about the PS Cup 2 ??

No ETA on any sizes below 20" yet as far as I am aware.