Optimal wheel and tire size?

POS VETT · 04-13-2016, 05:54 AM

Pilot Super Sport is a great tire, for street use, but not so much for track duty. If you had to stick with Michelin, try the Pilot Sport Cup for road course instead (assuming that when you mentioned "track", you meant asphalt road course and not autox and not drag racing).

What optimal is difficult to say. Optimal in what sense? Cost, grip, longevity, availability?

Rusty · 04-13-2016, 06:55 AM

First starting out. The PSS's will work for you, BUT once you start getting some track time. The PSS's will get greasy at around the 20 minute if you are really pushing hard. The RE11's will let you go longer and they have a bit more grip. The Mich Cup tires are great, but are $$$. As for tire sizes. A lot of guys run a 18" square set-up.

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04-13-2016, 05:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
POS VETT Track Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Columbus OH Posts: 612 Drives: Z34\|C4LT4\|C6Z06\|V25 Rep Power: 3368	Pilot Super Sport is a great tire, for street use, but not so much for track duty. If you had to stick with Michelin, try the Pilot Sport Cup for road course instead (assuming that when you mentioned "track", you meant asphalt road course and not autox and not drag racing). What optimal is difficult to say. Optimal in what sense? Cost, grip, longevity, availability?