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track day tyres : FAQ
« on: December 09, 2009, 01:49:16 pm »
Summary


make/model 171819 compound road legal
Dunlop DZ02G???????
Dunlop DZ03Gs???????
Hankook Ventus K107s???????
Hankook RS2 Z212???????
Kumho V70As???????
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup???????
Toyo R1R???????
Toyo R888???????
Pirelli P-Zero Corsa???????
Yokohama AO48-R???????
Yokohama advan neova ad08???????
 
      


The compound of the T1R is 280.
Ive just checked some 888's in stock and they are 100.  
(T1R's 2.8 times harder)

Caveats

Toyo temps : http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/TireStorage.pdf
Ageing
Insurance / Road legality

previous threads

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9789.0 : TC asks about R888's
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2745.0 R888 thread
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5522.0  : increasing tyre width post

Reviews

 http://www.autoweb.co.uk/article/834                   : Dunlop DZ02G



suggest away  :happy2:
and ill add it in  :pomppomp:

[edit 1 : 9th Dec 2009 add more data from tonyd and danishmkvgti : thanks  :happy2: and create table layout]

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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 01:49:28 pm »
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 01:49:40 pm »
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2009, 04:08:38 pm »
DZ02G's now superceeded by 03Gs. Also add:

Kumho V70As & Yoko AO48-R

R888s and Yokos as far as I've seen and heard aren't that well suited to heavy cars, they have epic grip but treated wrongly can overheat and therefor induce rapid wear rates.

The M3 CSL boys love the Kumhos, great value for money and grip/wear well.
PSCups I have and cannot fault, they come up and stay static from that point onwards. Expensive though.
Hankooks as used by VWRacing, so you'd imagine they suit the car well... If only VWR would start using their ties and flogging them to us cheap!!
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2009, 04:31:05 pm »
^^^^
how good would that be. what hankooks are VWR using and are they road legal.
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 04:34:09 pm »
They're on slicks and wets, so not ideal for us - but more importantly they have a 'deal' with Hankook to supply every car on the grid.

It would take nothing more than a cheeky wink to see them supplying their track day tyres through VWR as a bit of an extention of that deal.
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 04:38:10 pm »
How about :

Toyo R1R

And

Yokohama Parada AD009?

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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 05:01:00 pm »
i dont think we can get the R1R here yet
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2009, 06:49:50 pm »
they had the hankook rs2 on camskill a few months ago 225/40/18  XL for £85 a corner !!

was going to order some but they advised they are on backorder and would be a few months before delivery

they are road legal track day tyres and a  harder compound than the r888 so should last longer
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2009, 03:36:52 pm »
Sorry,

it's not parada ad009 but advan neova ad08:

 
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2009, 04:12:20 pm »
« Last Edit: May 16, 2013, 10:44:02 pm by danishmkvgti »
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2009, 05:10:44 pm »
Ahh - now, I forgot to add - being able to fully rotate track tyres is a big consideration, as you'll batter the nearside much more than the offside.
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2010, 02:13:19 pm »
as i know bridgestone re55s is one of the best tyres. But they are only for track days...
and for JDM market

here is a link, btw: http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/motorsport/RE55s.aspx

 they have 3 compounds:

tt - medium soft

wt - soft

sr - hard.


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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2010, 10:57:42 am »
Quote from: davv on January 15, 2010, 02:13:19 pm
as i know bridgestone re55s is one of the best tyres. But they are only for track days...
and for JDM market

here is a link, btw: http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/motorsport/RE55s.aspx

 they have 3 compounds:

tt - medium soft

wt - soft

sr - hard.


cheers

That's an awesome looking tyre, is it road legal?? and do they make a left side tyre and right side tyre ?  :drool:
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Re: track day tyres : FAQ
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2010, 08:28:02 pm »
Had some of these fitted today to my TD's today  :innocent:

    DZ03Gs  

I was after the previous version the DZ02G but was unable to get them, so i had to pay a bit more for latest incarnation.

All i can say is wow!  and i have hardly tested them yet.   :jumpmove:  Cant get the car to spin up in third at all, just grip grip grip. Can get a bit of spin if i drop it in second above 5000 revs.
Tried a couple of launches and it only spun up top end of first, no spin at 2800rev launch  :evilgrin:
But the biggest benefit by far was on the exiting bends, no spin at all and could get the power down miles further back in the turn.  :driver:

Cant wait to test them properly, but initial testing shows masses more grip than normal road tyres. Obviously this was going to happen, as thats what there for, but i was taken aback by the extra traction gained.  :party:
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