Best Track Tyres for Saxo IMO! toyo r888's maxsport rb5 anRd Yokohama Ao48

[KamRacing]

Originally Posted by dannygti

i doubt they will last as well as a r888 as they are a moulded slick.

ill be buying a new set of dunlop direzzas to try out this year.

the direzzas are great. We found the fronts wore quickly on the nose heavy Lupo. If you have not got a smooth throttle control with your turbo setup you might want something a little harder in compound

[jzink]

Can only go off my experience on track with my near 160bhp Saxo edges wore quicker but main tread lasted better! Especially now nearly have price of r888 as toyo have gone to expensive now IMO ok 2nd hand if price right

[Jimmy-Boy]

cheers for this thread!! will be buying these in stead off £100 a corner A048s now

[jzink]

Originally Posted by Jimmy-Boy

cheers for this thread!! will be buying these in stead off £100 a corner A048s now

No worries that's what forums are for

[dannygti]

Originally Posted by KamRacing

the direzzas are great. We found the fronts wore quickly on the nose heavy Lupo. If you have not got a smooth throttle control with your turbo setup you might want something a little harder in compound

true, ive used them on a couple of 500kg westfields and im impressed.

ill have to get in contact with a dunlop dealer and see if they do different compounds.
like you say, with my setup and also doing nurburgring laps i dont want something that will go off on me 3/4 of the way round the track.

[Gordon]

Good to hear you liked your RB5's.

I was weary of them with them being remoulds, but I thaught sod it, they're cheap enough and when being used for sprinting they're unlikely to overheat and delaminate.
Had 4 of them fitted round my VTR wheels and out of the 4, 3 of them had eggs in the sidewalls

Had them removed and replaced with the Toyo's which were on offer at the time so weren't that much more. Been impressed so far but the prices have gone stupid so will hive the A048 a try next.

What was the wear like on your RB's?

[Ryanp]

Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy

Toyo t1r's aren't bad at all in the dry...for £27 you can't go wrong tbh...

Absolute krap in the wet though!

Buy some decent tyre's and if you had a lot of power to put down you would see why theyre crap. Why spend loads of money on suspension making it handle if the tyre's slide.

They're my wet weather tyre's for when I just can't get any heat in the r888s at the rear.

[-shuggles-]

Originally Posted by JoshB

These are what I'll be going for later in the summer.

More or less the same I guess

http://www.ears.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=299

I tried these on a spirited drive on a completly standard vtr and really enjoyed them, never had anything to compare too tho

[hard_corejoeboy]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Buy some decent tyre's and if you had a lot of power to put down you would see why theyre crap. Why spend loads of money on suspension making it handle if the tyre's slide.

They're my wet weather tyre's for when I just can't get any heat in the r888s at the rear.

I don't have a lot of power to put down and neither do most people who own saxo's. Just think with my spec and some dry weather and once they are warmed up they really aren't too bad. However i only have experience of t1R's T1S's and proxes 4's and nankangs the latter are as bad as having tyres made from ice!

[Dave_P]

Originally Posted by jonathon5

Avon acb10's Are another option, very light tyre

+1.

[Mieran]

I will give these a try in the future, 185.55.14 is the size I'm going for

[axsaxoman]

Originally Posted by Dave_P

+1.

me also acb10,s are the biz
and for wet,s avon cr28S-cannot be beaten . not to be confused with normal road version,although road legal,just what you need for the wetdays at doune dave
I have set of four in 185x60x14" of these --no good to me now as car is on large rim size now . approx 6mm of tread depth on all no half sensible offer refused, also have 3 worn acb10 15"

[jzink]

Got the acb10s yesterday to try thanks axsaxoman-GMC look wide before fitting them can anyone tell me difference in mm of these which r 7" wide or 7-22-15 to Toyo which r 195/50-15 as tyre convector don't do it

[Dave_P]

They're a 195-45-15. Doesn't it say that on the tyre beside the 7-22-15?

Dont inflate them to 30+ psi like a radial tyre.

[jzink]

O my god it does they are 195 45 15s cheers even better acceleration than my 50 profile what pressure would you Recomends then for track only use when cold and hot

[jzink]

I need one more Avon ACB10 in a 195 45 15 as now have 3 cash waiting must have atleast 1.6mm or more preferred!!!

[Dave_P]

Try high teens to low/mid 20's pressure wise and see how you get on.

[jzink]

When cold?? Will be running a pair of them on either front or bqack open to suggestion as only have thre with either full slicks or r888's whihc would give nearest grip levels to match acb10's??? And whihc way round would you run them??

[Dave_P]

Ye cold.

What slicks do you have? Radial or Crossply?

Its not ideal running different tyres like you suggest.

[jzink]

No idea are bf goodrich