Are Michelin sport cup tyres any good
Are Michelin sport cup tyres any good
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Ferb

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3,112 posts

234 months

Tuesday 28th April 2009
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Would these tyres be better on a heavy car 1800kg (my holden ute) I've been using 888's, good grip wet and dry but go off to quick. I don't care if the Michelins are no good in the wet as I will still have my 888's and a very large boot biggrin I would just like to stay out on track for more than 4 or 5 laps at a time.
Thanks Ferb

legaleagleboy

605 posts

275 months

Tuesday 28th April 2009
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are you sure you have dropped the pressure enough on the R888's when hot? when I was running them on my 1400kg car anything more than 30 psi was too much.

MSC's are a whole load more expensive, tread depth less but might last better -- providing you drop the pressure as above.

matt frost

783 posts

275 months

Wednesday 29th April 2009
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R888's are much better for cars 1 tonne and under really. As you say, they go off very quickly on heavier cars. Michelin PSC's would be much better suited for your car, (not from personal experience but logic) seeing as they came on CSL's (1500ish kg?) from the BM factory they are obviously much better suited.

However, they are very expensive, hense why literally no CSL owners run them these days. I am not sure but there may be a cheaper and better option out there.

matt frost

783 posts

275 months

Wednesday 29th April 2009
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matt frost said:
R888's are much better for cars 1 tonne and under really. As you say, they go off very quickly on heavier cars. Michelin PSC's would be much better suited for your car, (not from personal experience but logic) seeing as they came on CSL's (1500ish kg?) from the BM factory they are obviously much better suited.

However, they are very expensive, hense why literally no CSL owners run them these days. I am not sure but there may be a cheaper and better option out there. They definately go well though as they really were the only thing that provided a difference in laptime between an M3 and an M3 CSL.

Porkie

2,378 posts

265 months

Wednesday 29th April 2009
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Amazing tyres... but expensive.

Try dropping the pressures on the R888's to 18-20psi cold and then see what they get upto after a few laps.

I found R888's awesome on my lard ass R34 GTR and 996TT... and great value compared with MPSC and Dunlops Direzzas etc