Fast road / track tyre?

[Lefty]

Evening all.

I've got an Impreza P1, currently making about 340bhp and in the process of having a 2.5 400bhp/400lbft built. Should be complete by April. Car will be around 1300kg.

The car is on wintrac extremes at the moment and I'm looking for a good weather tyre for fast-road use and occasional track days (say 5 or 6 per year).

Any suggestions? Size might be an issue: 215x40r17 or 205x45r17.

R1R?
a048?

Cheers,
Iain

[roystinho]

Yoko AD08

[_Batty_]

Federal RSR, or though really more of an out an out track tyre.

[Lefty]

Thanks chaps. Have you used those tyres? If so, on what car?

[Scoobman]

I use Federal RSR - Camskill are the cheapest.
A great tyre, better than 888s
However you need to get heat into them.
So OKish on a coldish day, but no where near as good as a high end road tyre such as a Goodyear F1.
On a dry road and on a track RSRs are great.

[rob1234]

Nothing to compare it against really, but I thought the Hankook R-S2 was really good (as long as there was no standing water) and used to be good value.

[McWigglebum3rd]

Assuming you do Knockhill trackdays and you have a 2nd set of wheels

On one set of wheels mount a reasonable all rounder of a tyre and on the first trackday of the year get a nice man called Ronnie to supply you with some AO48s
and fit them onto the rims you have your winter tyres. At the end of the season do the reverse

[Lefty]

Ronnie?

[Lagerlout]

R1R, fantastic on track and in the wet on the road.

[iguana]

Scoobman said:

I use Federal RSR - Camskill are the cheapest.
A great tyre, better than 888s
.

Is a great all rounder but not 888 good on track, but then in turn an 888 isnt as good as many of the R tyre alternatives either.

[HughS47]

AO48s are epic in the dry but a real handful in the wet/standing water. Contactsport 3s are good for road but would be limited on track, have you considered getting a second set of cheap scruffy rims for the trackwork and shod them in specialist rubber?

[Lefty]

Lagerlout said:

R1R, fantastic on track and in the wet on the road.

I must admit, I thought these would be perfect. What car do you have them on?

[s m]

Lefty said:

Lagerlout said:

R1R, fantastic on track and in the wet on the road.

I must admit, I thought these would be perfect. What car do you have them on?

I've got a set of these too - however they do come with stickers warning you they're unsuitable for use in low temps ( 0deg C and below )

[Lefty]

s m said:

Lefty said:

Lagerlout said:

R1R, fantastic on track and in the wet on the road.

I must admit, I thought these would be perfect. What car do you have them on?

I've got a set of these too - however they do come with stickers warning you they're unsuitable for use in low temps ( 0deg C and below )

Thanks, not concerned about cold temps - will be keeping the winters for use nov-mar!

Back to thinking about high-end road tyres, I dug out evo 175 for the 2012 tyre test. Pirelli p-zero won hands-down.

[Lefty]

Went for AD08 in the end, £155 fitted from blackcircles

[Kozy]

AD08s seem to be the best bet for a dual purpose tyre. Good levels of grip as to be expected from the 180 treadwear marker, but yet they actually wear like a much, much harder tyre.

The other suggestions will be shredded in no time at all.

Why such skinny tyres on a Scoob anyway? I thought those things were all about grip?

[Lefty]

They are all about the grip! Just good suspension setup and geo. classic Impreza is light too, my p1 is 1240 IIRC.