garrygt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 im looking for peoples views on the semi slicks they have used. im needing to buy some for my gt soon. any help would be appreciated Quote
garrygt Posted April 10, 2014 Author Posted April 10, 2014 weekend toy and occasional track use. was considering getting another set of wheels with tyres. my main reason is that putting 350 brake onto the road isnt going to be easy lol Quote
TimD Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Kumho V70 medium. Best tyre I've ever used on track. Quote
Mad Mike EP82 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Any big name brands but you can't just stick semi slicks on and get full performance out of them you need to set your car up to use them for example Trackdays you can be more aggressive with setup you can run stiffer springs,camber,toe etc but this will compromise road setup can't have both with out £££££&&£££££ Quote
garrygt Posted April 10, 2014 Author Posted April 10, 2014 i know this mate its going to be set up for fast road / track. I've got plenty of £££ so i dont need to worry about that. Quote
TimD Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 I'm of the school of thought that what works on track doesn't work on road and visa versa. There will always be a compromise, so if you're using the car on the road, you don't want an out and out semi-slick, or rather, R rated tyre. Semi slicks, are slick tyres with cuts in them, and aren't road legal. Some of the more road friendly tyres are R1R, AD08, 595rsr. I ran a 595rsr on my M3, and it was decent on the road and good on track, but not as good as a good road tyre, or a Kumho or A048r on track. Quote
TimD Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 i know this mate its going to be set up for fast road / track. I've got plenty of £££ so i dont need to worry about that. It doesn't matter how much money you have, or how much money you throw at it. A road car will always be compromised on track, a track car will always be compromised on the road. Quote
Rob Scott Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 It doesn't matter how much money you have, or how much money you throw at it. A road car will always be compromised on track, a track car will always be compromised on the road. And thats where rally cars come in ;) Quote
maddox710 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 R888 are fairly good at both just don't last very long Quote
mikey4410 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 yes I have to agree with r888 comment. although I didnt think they wore that bad tbh.that comes down to how balanced a car is.any shitty unbalanced car with kill tyres very well.the r888 are good on the streets as they are soft but never really gonna get much heat in them.and as for the track.i would say mindblowingly grippy would be what I would say. Quote
morgey Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 R888's come in different compounds so if you have the soft ones they will wear a lot quicker than the hardest. But will obviously offer better levels of grip Quote
akaye4000 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) I run ad08rs on the road and a048s on track and both are brilliant tyres running 300hp bit biased towards yokohammas tho as get good prices through work:) Edited April 10, 2014 by akaye4000 Quote
mikey4410 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 the r888s that are the most common and widely used in most instances are the CC or GG.thats what I am basing my experience on. Quote
Jim* Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 I run ad08rs on the road and a048s on track and both are brilliant tyres running 300hp bit biased towards yokohammas tho as get good prices through work:)How good are they at putting 300bhp down? Quote
akaye4000 Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Just about grips in second but most chassis and suspension mods have been done. That's with the ad08rs and grips fine with a048s both in dry conditions don't even bother in the wet lol Quote
garrygt Posted April 10, 2014 Author Posted April 10, 2014 it will be set up at a happy medium. at the end of the day it isnt a track car i know, however that doesnt mean i cant use it on the track. its between the r888s and the ad08rs. might even get a set of each and use the ad08rs on the road whilst keeping the r888 for the track Quote
Jim* Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Just about grips in second but most chassis and suspension mods have been done. That's with the ad08rs and grips fine with a048s both in dry conditions don't even bother in the wet lolSounds better than the level of grip I get at the minute! Quote
RobSR Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Im currently going through the same thought processes. Each have pro's and cons. Probably end up trying all of them and see what suits the car best. Quote
Hunty Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Nangkang RS2-R I will second that my mate uses these on his m3 track car and they are very good for the money Quote
ragz888 Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 I have tried achilles 123 and so far so good. I have tried also Yokohama A050 and its so good on the tracks. Quote
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