YES IT'S TYRE TIME AGAIN TO BUDGET OR NOT TO BUDGET
Discussion
DeaconFrost said:
Nokian and nankang are not really the same league. Nokian are a good European brand (their winter tyres are excellent). Nankang are a, imo, cheap and nasty Chinese brand.
+1Although it does help that I know a load of people from nokia (town that the make the tyres at) they all rate them for anything up to porker style cars.
As said winter tyres is their main line of work.
I've read a few tyre tests in my time and "budget" rarely produces exceptions to the rule ....
Personally if you have something as fast as a Porsche and you use any of it's high performance - you need the best tyres underneath you - particularly in an emergency situation.
As others have said on here - what value do you place on your own head?
Personally if you have something as fast as a Porsche and you use any of it's high performance - you need the best tyres underneath you - particularly in an emergency situation.
As others have said on here - what value do you place on your own head?
Just to add extra data, the audi S3 can only pull 1G lateral load, megane pulls 1.15G. Only the early 986 and the cayenne pull lateral G figures lower than 1.15G (1.1G and 1.05G respectively).
Everything else in the porsche family from watercooled starts at 1.2G and goes up to about 1.35G (carrera GT).
(cornering G measurements, not skid pan)
I wonder if the dropping down the list between the two tests for the hankook had anything to do with the test cars ability to demand more of the tyres?
Everything else in the porsche family from watercooled starts at 1.2G and goes up to about 1.35G (carrera GT).
(cornering G measurements, not skid pan)
I wonder if the dropping down the list between the two tests for the hankook had anything to do with the test cars ability to demand more of the tyres?
My 944 Turbo has FK452s (fitted by the previous owner but exactly what Id have chosen); if it was fitted with approved N-rated Pirelli P6000s itd be deadly!
Ive driven a 944 hard around Europe on Nankang tyres and I found them to be reasonable tyres for reasonable money. Im certainly not a fan of cheap tyres, but it isnt fair to lump them all in together.
Ive driven a 944 hard around Europe on Nankang tyres and I found them to be reasonable tyres for reasonable money. Im certainly not a fan of cheap tyres, but it isnt fair to lump them all in together.
nankang are yokos budget brand, minerva are contis the list goes on. that way they still get a piece of all the market, most budgets are good for all road conditions but you would struggle on track when pushed i guess.
ive found some budget tyres seem good in the wet but not great in the dry, and vice versa. ive tried so many on road cars scrimping cash to spend racing.
regards mark
ive found some budget tyres seem good in the wet but not great in the dry, and vice versa. ive tried so many on road cars scrimping cash to spend racing.
regards mark
Nankang tyres are very poor indeed in the wet.
Their lack of grip is either tremendous fun, or extremely dangerous, depending on your viewpoint.
I'm not a tyre 'snob', and there are some decent budget tyres out there, but Nankangs are most certainly not 'decent budget tyres'.
Their lack of grip is either tremendous fun, or extremely dangerous, depending on your viewpoint.
I'm not a tyre 'snob', and there are some decent budget tyres out there, but Nankangs are most certainly not 'decent budget tyres'.
Edited by monthefish on Tuesday 5th June 11:14
The one thing Ive always found the higher end of the tyre range to have over the mid range and below is consistency, both between tyres, over operating envlope and across their lifespan.
Its been my experience that this is where the difference really tells and something a tyre shoot out etc won't ever really be able to fully explore.
Its been my experience that this is where the difference really tells and something a tyre shoot out etc won't ever really be able to fully explore.
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