Carrera GT and Michelin Pilot Supersports now approved!
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Just seen this!
http://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/...
Michelin have released pilot super sports in Porsche specific N0 rating for the Carrera GT
Article says.....
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, based in Stuttgart, has developed a new tyre for the Carrera GT in partnership with tyre manufacturer Michelin. The new tyre once again noticeably enhances the handling of the 1270 versions of the super sportscar built between 2003 and 2006. The new Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyre, which now replaces the current Pilot Sport PS2 tyre on the Carrera GT, brings together the findings of ten years' worth of tyre development to give drivers of the Carrera GT noticeably improved handling, even faster lap times and a more harmonious driving experience overall.
Drivers will even see benefits in relation to the stability of the Porsche model at its top speed of 330 km/h, as well as its behaviour at high lateral acceleration speeds. This is all down to the new structure of the tyre, which, of course, features the Porsche specification "N0" on the sidewalls. The tread compound of the Pilot Super Sport tyre, which is manufactured on the same production line as Michelin racing tyres, is based on "dual-compound" technology. With this technology, different rubber compounds are used for the inside and outside of the tread. This concept offers maximum grip on bends and highly precise steering behaviour. What's more, the belt is made from an especially durable mix of aramid fibres, which are five times lighter than steel but deliver the same tensile strength. In addition, the variable contact area distributes the pressure evenly across the tyre, meaning as much of the tread as possible is always in contact with the asphalt under any driving conditions.
The new Carrera GT tyres are available now in 265/35 ZR 19 98Y "N0" and 335/30 ZR 20 108Y "N0" dimensions. Alongside optimised performance criteria, these tyres offer the cost-effective side-effect of increased mileage: Compared to the previous tyre, mileage is up to 10% higher on normal roads, and even as much as 20% higher when the tyres are used on tough race tracks. The new tyre also improves braking performance, showing that, even after ten years, Porsche is still working just as hard to look after drivers of its older models as it does to look after drivers of its new vehicles.
http://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/...
Michelin have released pilot super sports in Porsche specific N0 rating for the Carrera GT
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Article says.....
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, based in Stuttgart, has developed a new tyre for the Carrera GT in partnership with tyre manufacturer Michelin. The new tyre once again noticeably enhances the handling of the 1270 versions of the super sportscar built between 2003 and 2006. The new Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyre, which now replaces the current Pilot Sport PS2 tyre on the Carrera GT, brings together the findings of ten years' worth of tyre development to give drivers of the Carrera GT noticeably improved handling, even faster lap times and a more harmonious driving experience overall.
Drivers will even see benefits in relation to the stability of the Porsche model at its top speed of 330 km/h, as well as its behaviour at high lateral acceleration speeds. This is all down to the new structure of the tyre, which, of course, features the Porsche specification "N0" on the sidewalls. The tread compound of the Pilot Super Sport tyre, which is manufactured on the same production line as Michelin racing tyres, is based on "dual-compound" technology. With this technology, different rubber compounds are used for the inside and outside of the tread. This concept offers maximum grip on bends and highly precise steering behaviour. What's more, the belt is made from an especially durable mix of aramid fibres, which are five times lighter than steel but deliver the same tensile strength. In addition, the variable contact area distributes the pressure evenly across the tyre, meaning as much of the tread as possible is always in contact with the asphalt under any driving conditions.
The new Carrera GT tyres are available now in 265/35 ZR 19 98Y "N0" and 335/30 ZR 20 108Y "N0" dimensions. Alongside optimised performance criteria, these tyres offer the cost-effective side-effect of increased mileage: Compared to the previous tyre, mileage is up to 10% higher on normal roads, and even as much as 20% higher when the tyres are used on tough race tracks. The new tyre also improves braking performance, showing that, even after ten years, Porsche is still working just as hard to look after drivers of its older models as it does to look after drivers of its new vehicles.
DS240 said:
It's amazing the difference these seem to have made from reading Evo. By the sounds of it, the car is transformed.
Owners... Is the car as spikey as the mags keep saying? They give the impression it wants to spin at the slightest bit of spirited driving. Was this fair?
When I bought mine last year, it had the original tyres from new on it and I found that under hard acceleration the rears started moving around quite abit (dry or wet), but if you were precise and smooth it was manageable. I wasn't so confident of doing this in tighter corners for fear of spinning.Owners... Is the car as spikey as the mags keep saying? They give the impression it wants to spin at the slightest bit of spirited driving. Was this fair?
I now have new ps2's and it's settled down a great deal on the road. I took it round Silverstone on the 918 launch day and was fully on it with the new tyres and found it to be absolutely amazing, very predictable and responding well to small and precise inputs. Had alittle slide mid chicane, but that was mostly because I turned the wheel abit too quick given the entry speed.
The new SuperSports sound great, hats off to Porsche for thinking about CGT owners.
LuckyP said:
Just replaced the old, original 
, PS2s (7year old!) with........another set of PS2s.... 
Timing, eh. doh!
You need to pay more attention around here then - the Supersport N rated thread established in the front half of July that N0 rated was available in Carrera GT fitment... , PS2s (7year old!) with........another set of PS2s.... Timing, eh. doh!
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