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Originally Posted by dP3NGU1N
Thanks for all the info guys. I really appreciate it. I've decided not to go with the cheap tires and just save for an extra two weeks for some proper tires. I had intended to use them at the track but not for time attack. The reason I was looking for cheapy tires was because I'm going to be burning through them at the drift track.
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So you are going to save for an extra 2 weeks only to burn through them in a few sessions??? Go to a used tire place and buy every 19" 265-305 that you can get your hands on with 30-35 profile for like $30 a peice. And also a pair of some crap 19x10.5's. I am starting to question if you are even serious about learning to drift or came up with this idea on a cocktail napkin at some bar drinking with some buddies.
This thread is all full of win here! From a guy wanting to spend extra money for track purpose tire to only burn them off, to people making assumptions by saying you will "probably" feel the understeer, without even driving on them. Most people on here I can safely say have never even come close on the street to hitting the grip thresholds of the factory crap tires. But yet drop serious coinage on PSS or re-11's only to cruise around town and maybe if the car is lucky some spirited driving.
SPECIALIZE: Buy a spare set of wheels for your drift tires. Then you can have a street set of wheels/tires as well as your own drifting wheels/tires. Swap out wheels when you arrive at an event or practice course. Buy cheap rear tires for your early drifting days. In fact, most tire shops have a discard pile of tires that they will let you go sort through for free rubber. You're going to be burning them up; match your budget to your available effort (hey, it's easier to to buy new tires and pay someone to mount them for you, after all) and time.
TIP: Smaller wheels and tires are easier to spin, requiring less horsepower (read: less money/investment). Less hp means less wear. Sure, we've all seen someone brag about their tuned 1,000 hp Supra Turbo that can spin 20" rims filled with Pirelli P-Zeros, but what Mr. Tuner isn't telling you is that the money spent to bump up that engine isn't going to last very long...that motor may only last 4,000 miles before it needs a full $$ rebuild. Most of the tuner kids learn the above the hard way, and when they do finally realize it, they end up leaving their tuned car in the garage for most of its life because they don't want to pay to fix anything again. That turns them from drivers into museum attendants. Welcome to living online instead of out on the track. They can brag about their car, and maybe even *trailer* it to car shows, but they can't/won't drive it any longer.