992 GT3

[TDT]

Mad Scientist said:

TDT said:

Is that a Pirelli?

Mine arrived at OPC yesterday, shod with Pirellis. I guess
I lost the tyre lottery.

Didn’t know they were a supplier this time around…. What is it?

ETA…quick search show this is the first time there has been a third option… haven’t found out exactly what it is yet though…

Edited by TDT on Saturday 12th June 20:52

[Taffy66]

There is global rubber shortage which is severely affecting supply hence the Pirellis is my guess. This new GT3 sounds like an absolute corker and Pirelli tyres won't affect it long term as you can simply switch to other makes. Personally i'd use the Pirellis throughout the running in period to see how you get on and then perhaps switch for MPSCs if doing some track days.
However i strongly suspect these newly developed Pirellis will turn out to be pretty impressive tyres in their own right especially if they were co-developed with Weissach's magicians.
Looking forward to reading some real owners reviews of a Manual, Steels Clubsport version.

[TDT]

Congrats mate…

[Taffy66]

Just got back from picking up my 18yr old son from a party and i got speaking to one of the dads. He'd just bought a Continental racing bike tyre for his son's bike and the supplier who is the UK's sole importer explained the global tyre shortages. On top of rubber shortages there is also a global shortage of polymers as its all been taken up by PPE manufacturing.
Amazing what useful info you pick up when fetching teens home from parties..

[Digga]

Taffy66 said:

Just got back from picking up my 18yr old son from a party and i got speaking to one of the dads. He'd just bought a Continental racing bike tyre for his son's bike and the supplier who is the UK's sole importer explained the global tyre shortages. On top of rubber shortages there is also a global shortage of polymers as its all been taken up by PPE manufacturing.
Amazing what useful info you pick up when fetching teens home from parties..

Yes. I have a friend who runs a firm which makes antibacterial materials (for shopping bags, cool bags, gym kit etc.) and she was talking about this issue a month or so back. Very much the case that an unintended consequence of all the PPE (how much of it was/is needed is debatable) is an acute supply shortage of polymers.

[Melvynr]

Nice and must be one of the first manuals.

[Melvynr]

Was he smelling of pussy

[Melvynr]

Mad Scientist said:

Not sure to be honest. Didn’t look much past Pirelli.

Corsa, be interested to see if they are N rated .

[Taffy66]

Melvynr said:

Was he smelling of pussy

He was way too drunk but thanks for asking.

[Melvynr]

Taffy66 said:

He was way too drunk but thanks for asking.

[TDT]

Suez Canal event can’t have helped with delays.

[Monch]

Melvynr said:

Mad Scientist said:

Not sure to be honest. Didn’t look much past Pirelli.

Corsa, be interested to see if they are N rated .

I wouldn’t mind an outside bet that they might be standard P Zeros…….
Not good at all if they are……

[MDL111]

Monch said:

Melvynr said:

Mad Scientist said:

Not sure to be honest. Didn’t look much past Pirelli.

Corsa, be interested to see if they are N rated .

I wouldn’t mind an outside bet that they might be standard P Zeros…….
Not good at all if they are……

They don’t look like my Trofeo R. Can’t remember what the Corsa looked like, but that might be it. The Corsa was not a bad tyre btw, worked ok on road/track

[isaldiri]

MDL111 said:

The Corsa was not a bad tyre btw, worked ok on road/track

Have to disagree. The older corsa that I used was pretty dire, it was a very poor halfway attempt between the pzero and the trofeo and bad at both compromises. To be fair, that was also the older corsa that I used, that one pictured is the new corsa introduced a few years ago and presumably a better tyre. Or so one would hope....

[Melvynr]

Monch said:

I wouldn’t mind an outside bet that they might be standard P Zeros…….
Not good at all if they are……

Was thinking the same and cannot see them being N rated as they are 315s.Be a bit contradictory if not and hope the owner gets a free new set of N rated when available.

[TDT]

I’d be surprised if Porsche would sell a new car like this, with non-rated tyres, and as per press releases... Pirelli is a 3rd supplier for GT3

It was the tread pattern that initially caught my attention on the Touring spy shot... I then thought... that doesn’t look like a Cup2/Race Maxx track/sport biased tread pattern or even a MPS4S... then I tried to look at the side wall marking and it looked like Pirelli... but again tread pattern is not Trofeo R.

Edited by TDT on Sunday 13th June 20:10

[Taffy66]

isaldiri said:

Have to disagree. The older corsa that I used was pretty dire, it was a very poor halfway attempt between the pzero and the trofeo and bad at both compromises. To be fair, that was also the older corsa that I used, that one pictured is the new corsa introduced a few years ago and presumably a better tyre. Or so one would hope....

The new Corsas were the same tyres Porsche set their 7' 21's Ring time in the 991.2GTS. IIRC it was about three secs faster than the car shod with OEM P Zeros. They'll be a good tyre IMO otherwise Porsche wouldn't have approved them for the new GT3 but not as good as the latest Cups.

[Monch]

If you go to the configurator on the GT3, go to wheels, then click the tyre, you will get the tyre label set for the approved tyres.
The tyres are N rated, and P zeros are on the list.......

I'm not saying the tyre pictured IS A P Zero, just that some cars may come through with them.
Probably my car now I have mentioned it.....

[13PDJ]

I’m getting excited now!

[Echo Delta]

13PDJ said:

I’m getting excited now!

Congrats!
Mine appears to be stuck with a scheduled completion date of 11/06 and no information yet.

Is yours Manual or PDK?