FAO motorsport boyos/trackday warriors - tyres

[Fred@BTM]

right was contemplating buying some uber s**t 15inch tyres - such as Wangli's or Loveyoulongtime's etc (on the idea that track days will be more fun with less grip!)

but then i saw sense

slicks

anyone used the maxsport RB5's? (remanufactured aka remoulds) road legal and e marked

£70 a corner?

yay or ney?

 

[Hutchie]

get silverstones.. competion tyres simular price, our lad rates them over dunlops...

http://www.serviceandsport.com/ftztyrerr.htm

these are sided

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah had a nose at the silverstones, but couldn't find any prices on tinternet

(sod paying over £100 for an R888, when proper slicks can be had for £150 a corner)

 

[Hutchie]

ill get you contact details of our supplier mate

 

[Fred@BTM]

ooooh they do proper slicks too

 

[drhowser]

group buy on slicks?

after i've paid you...

 

[d4ve86]

the silverstone tyres look good never tried them myself but heard really good report, i think there close quality to dunlop without the name on the side and about 30 quid cheaper. if there was a group buy going im sure id have 4 or 6 slicks ...

i use dunlop tyres, DZ03G's (100 + vat each), Full wet and slick (134 + vat each)

 

[Neal 182]

What's going on Fred get some T1R's and grow some balls

 

[ForceIndia]

right was contemplating buying some uber s**t 15inch tyres - such as Wangli's or Loveyoulongtime's etc (on the idea that track days will be more fun with less grip!)

but then i saw sense

slicks

anyone used the maxsport RB5's? (remanufactured aka remoulds) road legal and e marked

£70 a corner?

yay or ney?

The RB5's are meant to be very good.

 

[Hutchie]

What's going on Fred get some T1R's and grow some balls

nahh running remoulds is big ball teritority

 

[Tony Hunter]

Remoulds rule

 

[Hutchie]

kingpins rule in the snow. 5th overall proves this.

 

[Nick r26r]

dont they break all bush's and things on your car , put a hell of a lot of stress on your car , as they grip like f0ck , i was going to get a set of 4 of these , http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-62-16-MICH...ItemQQptZUK_Cars_Tyres_RL?hash=item27afef3028

 

[Fred@BTM]

dont they break all bush's and things on your car , put a hell of a lot of stress on your car , as they grip like f0ck , i was going to get a set of 4 of these , http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-62-16-MICH...ItemQQptZUK_Cars_Tyres_RL?hash=item27afef3028

i believe you've been told a bit of internet hearsay, granted yes they're going to cause extra stress, but who cares! its a track car!

cup racers ran stock lower arms and ARB bushes

 

[gashead1105]

i believe you've been told a bit of internet hearsay, granted yes they're going to cause extra stress, but who cares! its a track car!

cup racers ran stock lower arms and ARB bushes

It would be the clutch I'd be more worried about though. Surely the racers run uprated ones? For example, I've never liked the way mine feels at the end of a track day when I've been running r888s, almost like its slipping - whereas I don't get the same issues running standard PE2s (although wear rates are higher!).

 

[Fred@BTM]

aye fair point, never had a problem with the clutch, but then again heal and toeing helps massivley IMO

put a r****d standard driver (such as warren's brother!) behind the wheel and the clutch won't last the day!

 

[gashead1105]

Maybe that's the problem I can't heal and toe without giving it some serious thought, which I can't do at track speeds. Equally, I don't ride the clutch like warren's brother did at Bedford!

For what it's worth, I was chatting to Mark Fish about running slicks when I had my last service and he didn't recommend doing it without uprating the clutch. But Dave has probably got more insight into Mark's views.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i've been doing it for years, no bother so far, luckily for me its a 4hr job to change one on my car, box normally comes out every 12-18months for an overhaul, i always change the clutch when the box is out, dumb not too

(i refuse to spend £400 on a helix!)

 

[Tony Hunter]

No more strain on a clutch than bad driving would do anyway.

 

[d4ve86]

my Track182 is on 48k miles now and seen a lot of track miles on simi slicks, as far as im aware its on a standard clutch, i brought it on 20k miles and ive never changed the clutch. It all depends on how you down-change....