anyone got Bridgestone so3's on

[stainless_steve]

i'm working away till Thursday, so left the wife to get some tyres for the rear of the SEAC.
she can get the so3 for £135 each or Yokohama for £213 each.
any thoughts
tyres are 245.45.16

Steve

[GreenV8S]

stainless_steve said:

i'm working away till Thursday, so left the wife to get some tyres for the rear of the SEAC. she can get the so3 for £135 each or Yokohama for £213 each. any thoughts tyres are 245.45.16 Steve

Fine and dandy on a V8S, if that helps? Completely different suspension of course.

[stainless_steve]

GreenV8S said:

stainless_steve said: i'm working away till Thursday, so left the wife to get some tyres for the rear of the SEAC. she can get the so3 for £135 each or Yokohama for £213 each. any thoughts tyres are 245.45.16 Steve Fine and dandy on a V8S, if that helps? Completely different suspension of course.

you use them on track days too?

[jmorgan]

I was getting my 225's at around 220 a pair fitted and precision balanced, so that seem's not to bad.

PS, have you looked a Pete's profile?

>> Edited by jmorgan on Monday 14th July 22:10

[stainless_steve]

jmorgan said:

I was getting my 225's at around 220 a pair fitted and precision balanced, so that seem's not to bad. PS, have you looked a Pete's profile? >> Edited by jmorgan on Monday 14th July 22:10

times running out so will give them ago
carn't make my mind up if he's heading for the ditch in his profile

thanks guys Steve

[GreenV8S]

stainless_steve said:

carn't make my mind up if he's heading for the ditch in his profile

Let you into a little secret - wasn't too sure myself at the time!

[stainless_steve]

GreenV8S said:

stainless_steve said: carn't make my mind up if he's heading for the ditch in his profile Let you into a little secret - wasn't too sure myself at the time!

nice one

[jmorgan]

PS
There have been a few comments on the final curing of new tyre,s.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=3941&f=9&h=0
Seems like a good idea for a blat

[rev-erend]

Stainless - I've got S03's on my SEAC and here are
my main comments :

Grip dry - very good, I dont get wheel spin on pure
acceleration on good surfaces.

Grip wet - OK (I don't push too hard...but they few
good)

Cornering - yep, very good lateral grip

Wear - looks to be very good, I've done about 2.5K
and no noticable wear and it's even across the tread.

Down side's - not the best looking tyre (tread!) - if
you care about that kinda thing and tracking on bad road surfaces is not so good !!

Hope it helps.

[Nacnud]

Wore out a set of rear SO3s in 4000 miles!
Fronts lasted about 8000 miles!

I'm running UniRoyals on the back now which are taking the wear much better; no complaints about grip in the dry and they are at least as good (or bad) as SO3s in the wet.

[350matt]

I'm also running the Uniroyal 540 tyre and much improved wet weather grip and slightly better dry grip compared to the RE71's I was running wear too early to say but the index number is double that of the bridgestone. The only thing I would say is they are a much softer sidewall contruction so they needed a few extra psi to recover the steering feel.
But they were only 72 quid each fitted

Matt

[stainless_steve]

thanks guys i will give them a try.Dont use it in the wet so np there


Steve

[cirks]

They are fine on both my sets of wheels (original 225x50x15) and the exTuscan race wheels (245x45x16). No complaints in the wet or dry on road or track.

[stainless_steve]

cirks said:

They are fine on both my sets of wheels (original 225x50x15) and the exTuscan race wheels (245x45x16). No complaints in the wet or dry on road or track.

what pressure do you put in the 245.45.16 front and rear
Steve

[rev-erend]

Steve,

The S03's seem to have a very stiff sidewall - I'm
using 22~23 psi.. !

[jmorgan]

rev-erend said:

Steve, The S03's seem to have a very stiff sidewall!

They are. I noticed the difference when I put the Proxy's on, being softer. Fancy my cd changer is skipping less?

[cirks]

stainless_steve said:

what pressure do you put in the 245.45.16 front and rear Steve

Very good question and one I can't answer at the moment 'cos I can't remember. I haven't had the car for ages because of the new engine going in so have forgotten what I was running them at. I hadn't had them on the car that long before the engine went bang!
I'll check through my records and let you know asap - that is if SteveH doesn't answer you first (he also has exTuscan wheels on the 520).

[shpub]

The answer is sufficient. The 520 runs on about 22 ish but I would even but a couple of pounds less in the S03 but that is on a Tuscan wheel which is 9J and effectively braces the sidewall to stop tyre movement without higher pressures. Try 22ish and experiment. There is no magical perfect answer.

[stainless_steve]

Thanks alot you guys,can't wait till the weekend been working too hard.Wife's had an accident at work and has concussion. So had to get a friend to take the wheels off the car to get some tyres.
I need to give the car agood thrashing and drink lots of to chill out.
try running the tyres at 22 psi
Steve

[TaSmania]

Stainless,
Nice to hear you found a way to get the wheels and tyres sorted but is your wife okay?
Cheers,
GB