V12V winter tyres, maximum speed
Discussion
JohnG1 said:
Title says it all. I may be invited to a runway style maximum speed event over the holidays and I wonder what is the maximum safe speed for a Pirelli Sotto Zero. Note - this is not a track day, just blasting up and down a runway somewhere...
Thought you weren't going to track the car?If I were to go there, I think I'd swap back to the summer wheels. As things stand, I might go in the summer. Derestrictor was rude about my DB9 and said I should bring the M5 last time (couldn't make it). Next time he mentions it, I am better armed.
Zod said:
JohnG1 said:
Title says it all. I may be invited to a runway style maximum speed event over the holidays and I wonder what is the maximum safe speed for a Pirelli Sotto Zero. Note - this is not a track day, just blasting up and down a runway somewhere...
Thought you weren't going to track the car?If I were to go there, I think I'd swap back to the summer wheels. As things stand, I might go in the summer. Derestrictor was rude about my DB9 and said I should bring the M5 last time (couldn't make it). Next time he mentions it, I am better armed.
But I found the back end was twitchy, TC light was on intermittently from 120 and after 140 or so it was pretty much constant. I know that means that the brakes are being engaged and I did not want to burn off a set of CCM discs so I decided to back off and go do something else instead. Of course I could have turned off the TC but I am a pretty poor driver and I rather like the "safety net"....
JohnG1 said:
Didn't track it - just up and down in a straight line.
But I found the back end was twitchy, TC light was on intermittently from 120 and after 140 or so it was pretty much constant. I know that means that the brakes are being engaged and I did not want to burn off a set of CCM discs so I decided to back off and go do something else instead. Of course I could have turned off the TC but I am a pretty poor driver and I rather like the "safety net"....
You should be worried. If you are that fast in a straight an the system engages, either you are doing something terribly wrong and are way to fast for the road surface or your system is faulty. But I found the back end was twitchy, TC light was on intermittently from 120 and after 140 or so it was pretty much constant. I know that means that the brakes are being engaged and I did not want to burn off a set of CCM discs so I decided to back off and go do something else instead. Of course I could have turned off the TC but I am a pretty poor driver and I rather like the "safety net"....
Trust me, I am every (dry) day at that speed and I NEVER see that light coming. Which means also that I am not that fast if the surface will not allow it.
By the way: here is a short film in my Vantage on winter tyres :-). The yellow light is NOT the TC Light but the one from TPM. The RIMS had the standard sensors, wouldn't communicate with the MY2011 receiever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpRDKWrI1Q4&fea...
Edited by watchrabbit on Wednesday 28th December 13:30
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