Tracking Base Wheels... Tire Choices

osbornsm · 03-14-2014, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar

The RS3 is an awesome "street" tire (really, it should honestly be classed with R-comps in terms of performance) - feels amazing, grips well. However, it's a little more pricey than the initial option list posted. Tire rack in his sizes puts them at about $1K for all 4, before tax/shipping.

Well hell... might as well get RE-11's at that point. The Sumitomo are $600 SHIPPED. So for me who only does HPDE for entertainment, not times... i think they'll do just nicely.

I hope.

Chuck33079 · 03-14-2014, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by osbornsm

Well hell... might as well get RE-11's at that point. The Sumitomo are $600 SHIPPED. So for me who only does HPDE for entertainment, not times... i think they'll do just nicely.

I hope.

Well, you'll just have to see how long they last to make a useful comparison. If you fry them in half the time as a more expensive comparable set, you haven't really saved any money.

osbornsm · 03-14-2014, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Well, you'll just have to see how long they last to make a useful comparison. If you fry them in half the time as a more expensive comparable set, you haven't really saved any money.

Totally agreed!! I only got 2-3 days out of RE-01 in my R32, but that understeered so much, it just scrubbed the tires away.

The 370, on the other hand, handles properly... so they "should" last quite a bit longer without being understeered to death.

Only time will tell if this is a good tire decision. We'll see how many HPDE days i get out of them.

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