TD tyre recommendations ?

[J4CKO]

Planning on doing a track day in my Fiesta ST, its tuned to 315 is bhp, big brakes, LSD etc, slight weight reduction, last one I did at Anglessey was on a brand new set of PS5's and they performed ok but I have a spare set of wheels with some old tyres on I am going to get taken off, will refurb the wheels and then get some TD tyres put on when they are done. Found a place that will remove and refit, for £50 which doesnt seem too bad, they wont however get rid of the old tyres, any suggestions on that ?

Will I notice a massive difference going to a track day tyre ? The car has a baffled sump so should be ok with the additional grip aspect, did that in preparation along with the brakes a while back but have not had chance to do another track day yet, I bought another car so didnt have the spare cash, but that means the Fiesta can be more track biased. Have removed the rear sets and a few other bits, we also use it as a sort of van at home.

So, what to go for, list is Nankang AR1 or NS2R, or the Zestino Gredge, plus any other recommendations, size is 205, 40 17, the wheels I have are just a set of the same Fiesta ST alloys, woudlnt mind, at least in summer just being able to use the car on the TD tyres, it doesnt do much mileage, then swap back to the PS5s for winter.

[E-bmw]

J4CKO said:

they wont however get rid of the old tyres, any suggestions on that ?

Just take them to your local Household Waste Recycling site.

J4CKO said:

Will I notice a massive difference going to a track day tyre ?

Yes.

J4CKO said:

So, what to go for, list is Nankang AR1 or NS2R, or the Zestino Gredge, plus any other recommendations,

The only ones of those I personally have used are the NS2R & they were excellent on an e36 & Mini.

[CraigyMc]

My local tip will take any number of old tyres, but they charge to take them. It's £11.30 per tyre at the moment.

[J4CKO]

Jesus, that’s pricey £11.30, not much next to £600 for tyres, plus £50 for fitting, £50 for stuff to repaint but all adds to it.

Might keep a couple, pair of Falkens with plenty of tread left, actually will likely never use them but it’s cheaper to keep them by the sound of it. Ours don’t take tyres at all apparently.

[braddo]

Does Toyo still do a 888r?

You might well want to get some more negative camber on the front too. The extra grip will increase bodyroll which can then mean the outer edge of the front tyres can get mullered.

[carl_w]

Nankang AR-1
Yoko AD-09

Or a league up, Nova ZZR from https://novamotorsport.com/tyres-results-page/ assuming that they are the same as the old Avon ZZR