Road Tyres?

[NTEL]

So which tyres do you lot use for future classics, DDMC, and such like?

[ctsdave]

R888s for us Dave. Work well but not sure what prices are like now...

I will find out what most of thr ddmc lads are using now and let you know (cant.remember what they are but know they are cheaper!!)

[Graham]

a quick google shows 235 40 r18 at a fag paper under 200quid a pop

[Guillotine]

R888gg (soft) is a belter. Fast...about 80% of a slick...which is very good. They do a medium too.

Also good if you can get a deal is the yoko a048r.

Either way, a set will last you all year...Two if only doing a couple or three races.

A

From back in the day... http://www.tvrmonster.com/newstoyo.html

[ctsdave]

Its the mediums we run, dad was 1 sec slower than slicks when he used them! Ones I will be using this year are same ones dad ran (I have used them at Snett a few years ago and they were good!! Hopwfully will still be ok lol).

[RetroWheels]

Dunlop Direzza 02G hard compound, had them years and dont seem to wear out.
Mind you , they dont have much grip and if you corner much above 50mph you'd think you were driving a '73 Buick Electra in a Kojak car chase .

[Guillotine]

We reckoned a second a mile r888s to slixs Dave.

[Guillotine]

RetroWheels said:

Dunlop Direzza 02G hard compound, had them years and dont seem to wear out.
Mind you , they dont have much grip and if you corner much above 50mph you'd think you were driving a '73 Buick Electra in a Kojak car chase .

They'd more suit the truck Darren!

[sarbec]

Can get khumos in soft & super soft if anyone wants to try them

[wadsapple]

R888 here.Definatly mediums GG compound.Softs will boil up in a 40 min race sorry to contrdict Andy.you will get discount through CSCC.

[tbdgriff500]

to add my penneth, used medium 888 GG compound, brilliant tyre, lasted well but got v hot near the end whilst pushing on at spa, but once cool behaved just like new again, loads of tread left on mine and used them a lot last year. Khumo's good though, run them on the griff and Boss racing use them on the Caterhams,

[tvrolet]

888s
Keeps the car in a road legal/formula libre class for the Scottish 'SuperLap' thingy, use them as 'wets' on track days and also run them on the road. I'd use second hand slicks on track days as they're cheaper, but in truth they don't seem to offer a whole lot more grip than the 888s. The set I've got on now must have done 500+ laps of Knockhill and would still be classed as road legal.

[Graham]

my opinion of kumho's is coloured by how crap they were 10 years ago when they were the control tyre on the tasmin, you could only get 3-4 hot laps out of them before it was game over and they never gave that much grip and didn't like more than half a dozen heat cycles, and that was the hard compound. I've still got a stack of them in 15" with about 10mm tread..

They must have come on in that time though, so if the price is ok might be worth a punt..

[sarbec]

What sizes are you after ? I will price them up

[Graham]

sarbec said:

What sizes are you after ? I will price them up

I think we ran 234/40 18 on the tuscan. and something like a 225 50 or 225 45 15 on the taz. 7*15 rims

[NTEL]

I think they are 235 40 18

[wadsapple]

Dave just make sure what you go for is on the list as Future Classic's run from the lists in the Blue Book the right list is in the regulations of Future Classic's CSCC.

Updated: Here you go Dave couple of paragraphs from top............

http://www.classicsportscarclub.co.uk/Forms/2014%2...

Edited by wadsapple on Tuesday 18th February 20:36

[NTEL]

Cheers Perry Reading some of the latest reviews on the interweb, the Kumho tyres seem to rated better than 888's. Might give them ago.

[wadsapple]

no harm in trying just be careful that they will cope with 40 minutes hard graft, certainly the 888's and yoko's get very squirrelly after a half hour at the front of a race & I would expect you to be at the very front in your car battling with the Ferrari,Jag and the porkers.97.5% of cars in Future classics run Toyo or Yoko probably for a good reason, only guessing though .The entries have just been released for Silverstone blimey two races out there already must be close to the season kicking off ohhhhh yeeeeh.

[YRRunner]

The DDMC National Saloon & Sports Car Championship (NSSCC) don't have a problem with AJP bonnet cuts like the Future Classics people do they?