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looking at this rwyb season coming up and my first proper season fo doing it.
unfortunatly my car wont be built to my stage 1requiremnts, due to me not out of debt like i thought, oooops. but for march will be getting some gtr alloys, 16" 8" wide. but what tyres, carnt afford something like mickey tomlinson, told they are very expensive, would something like r888 warm up with a burnout etc, or not? or is there another tyre that would be good but cheaper. tho soft tyres tend to be expensive haha
cheers
unfortunatly my car wont be built to my stage 1requiremnts, due to me not out of debt like i thought, oooops. but for march will be getting some gtr alloys, 16" 8" wide. but what tyres, carnt afford something like mickey tomlinson, told they are very expensive, would something like r888 warm up with a burnout etc, or not? or is there another tyre that would be good but cheaper. tho soft tyres tend to be expensive haha
cheers
The problem is the tyres tuck in on Skylines when you launch so even a 255 wont be fully down you end up on the inside edge.
This photo shows that fairly well
This was with 255 Toyo T1r's on and they were ok but i reckon i could have shaved a good couple of tenths off with R888's even more with Mickey Thompsons or a full slick.
I dont know what the experienced car racers can add as i'm a bike racer really and only just dabbled with my street car
This photo shows that fairly well
This was with 255 Toyo T1r's on and they were ok but i reckon i could have shaved a good couple of tenths off with R888's even more with Mickey Thompsons or a full slick.
I dont know what the experienced car racers can add as i'm a bike racer really and only just dabbled with my street car
Any soft compound tyre is going to wear quicker than road tyres - the question you need to ask is how hot do you need the tyres to get the optimal traction with your setup?. Every RWYB or Peak Performance day I go to I see drivers trying to emulate pro mod cars with long smoky burnouts - which is great if you've got 1000+ bhp to put down but the average RWYB-er doesn't need it and it will cost you ET rather then reducing it - the reason why? the tyres will get too hot and produce an oily like surface instead of a grippy surface.
Tyres like MT Drag Radials will last quite a long time even with normal road use, all they need for most cars on the track is a quick chirp just to get them clean; BFG drag radials are the same but require a bit more driver input to make them work (step in here anytime Frosty
) . If you want to balance cost against wear then look at M&H tyres or Nittos; they'll both provide good traction if applied correctly.
R888's are a good circle track tyres but for the drag strip they're just not good enough.
Tyres like MT Drag Radials will last quite a long time even with normal road use, all they need for most cars on the track is a quick chirp just to get them clean; BFG drag radials are the same but require a bit more driver input to make them work (step in here anytime Frosty
) . If you want to balance cost against wear then look at M&H tyres or Nittos; they'll both provide good traction if applied correctly.R888's are a good circle track tyres but for the drag strip they're just not good enough.
Edited by Bigmouse on Wednesday 9th January 20:30
Edited by Bigmouse on Wednesday 9th January 20:32
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