Wheels and track day tyres 4 the ring

[fuelsafe]

Does anyone have experience of running a Cerbera on semi slick track day tyres (road legal ones)?
I've booked to go to the ring in 2 months and was debating if I would be better getting some track day tyres (would get a mate to take them over and change them in germany) rather than trashing my newly fitted Eagle F1's.
I have a 2000 speed 6 with Protech (similar to Nitron) adj dampers, (got them from Jools, Ian at Middlewich fitted them, handles sooooooo much better than standard)!!
Also, do ford wheels fit? If I got the track tyres I would put them on another set of rims, cheapest would probably be the best, and I believe ford would fit (225/50/16's).
Cheers for any response's.


>> Edited by fuelsafe on Tuesday 21st March 16:52

[jesfirth]

17' racelines with 235 45 Toyo R888's all round or 255's at the rear. Fantastic grip - They are b list tyres but road legal and far far far more sticky than any standard road tyre. In the TVRCC speed championship we are handicapped at 2.25% extra just for using them!

[batphink]

you'll see great benefit from some extra sticky rubber as the oversteer can be a little frustrating

Make sure you don't set the car too low at the rear or you run the risk of catching the apex of the karussel on exit (not that thats happened to me..........)

[fuelsafe]

Thanks for the tips, especially about karussel!!!!
Don't think I will take it full bore in the cerbera. Took a Toyota Supra there last year and it felt like it was going to be shaken to bits, so I think I will avoid testing the cerberas build quality to distruction!!


>> Edited by fuelsafe on Friday 24th March 09:07