Cheap Tyres: Nankang etc etc
Discussion
Henry-F said:
Except that the Khumos people fit to their road cars are just standard road tyres, not khumo`s track version.
The cheapest way to run track tyres is to get two sets of wheels. Fit your pilot s/c or Dunlop (D-01 may not be available anymore although they were excellent with big stable tread blocks), track tyres to one set. Fit good road tyres to another. That way you get better rubber for the road, (road tyres are more stable throughout temperature ranges and road conditions), not only that but they will probably be half the price and last 4 times as long on the road.
By running your track tyres on the road you are putting them through more heat cycles (and once they`ve done 3 or 4 cycles they are going downhill fast). You also have a less safe car on the road. When we use track tyres we also adjust the car for prevailing conditions but for you to pull into the services and adjust roll bars, ride height, low speed bump, rebound and tyre pressures everytime it starts to rain is a tad impractical !
Henry
Well said Henry, Reading this thread for the first time I was wondering when somebody was going to suggest the route of two sets of wheels/tyres!
Henry-F said:
Except that the Khumos people fit to their road cars are just standard road tyres, not khumo`s track version.
The cheapest way to run track tyres is to get two sets of wheels. Fit your pilot s/c or Dunlop (D-01 may not be available anymore although they were excellent with big stable tread blocks), track tyres to one set. Fit good road tyres to another. That way you get better rubber for the road, (road tyres are more stable throughout temperature ranges and road conditions), not only that but they will probably be half the price and last 4 times as long on the road.
By running your track tyres on the road you are putting them through more heat cycles (and once they`ve done 3 or 4 cycles they are going downhill fast). You also have a less safe car on the road. When we use track tyres we also adjust the car for prevailing conditions but for you to pull into the services and adjust roll bars, ride height, low speed bump, rebound and tyre pressures everytime it starts to rain is a tad impractical !
Henry
Fair enough. I'm thinking of giving up on the "road legal track day tyre" thing and sticking to decent road tyres...although possibly not Michelins!
Might get a second set of wheels and stick track tyres on as you suggest. They'd still need to be road legal, though, as I can't arrange for the wife to drive the "support vehicle" to each of my track days!
Don said:Heres an idea, Don:
Might get a second set of wheels and stick track tyres on as you suggest. They'd still need to be road legal, though, as I can't arrange for the wife to drive the "support vehicle" to each of my track days!
Have a butchers on E-Bay for a set of 17s - cheaper boots for trackdays anyway, and the Boxster DOES handle better on 17s, its all you posers that slap 18s on and go ruin it
Cheaper boots when they do wear out. 16s WON'T go on an S I believe - probs with the calipers IIRC.
Set of Boxster S 17s, cheaper rubber and you're laughing...
Greg
Get a second set of wheels.
Go along to a Porsche Cup/Porsche Open race meeting and blag a suitable used set of tyres from one of the race teams (usually available for beer money): those racing types abandon tyres after 3 or 4 heat cycles (eh, Henry
) but they're still good for track days. You may wish to research which size tyres the racers use before procuring the spare set of wheels....
Fit to track day wheels.
Coerce spare wheels into Boxster (passenger seat, footwell, luggage rack) and drive to track day.
Robert is your Mother's brother.
>> Edited by jeremyc on Tuesday 22 March 13:12
Go along to a Porsche Cup/Porsche Open race meeting and blag a suitable used set of tyres from one of the race teams (usually available for beer money): those racing types abandon tyres after 3 or 4 heat cycles (eh, Henry
) but they're still good for track days. You may wish to research which size tyres the racers use before procuring the spare set of wheels.... Fit to track day wheels.
Coerce spare wheels into Boxster (passenger seat, footwell, luggage rack) and drive to track day.
Robert is your Mother's brother.
>> Edited by jeremyc on Tuesday 22 March 13:12
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