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View Poll Results: What make of tyres do you use?
Goodyear 111 11.95%
Continental 31 3.34%
Toyo 179 19.27%
Pirelli 40 4.31%
Michelin 38 4.09%
Dunlop 65 7.00%
Bridgestone 196 21.10%
Avon 25 2.69%
Yokohama 99 10.66%
Falkens 145 15.61%
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Old 12th June 2002, 07:53 PM   #16 (permalink)
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bugger they are on order and I was gonna race on them
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Old 12th June 2002, 08:01 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Good evening. I have not voted as I drive a Soarer and tyres are car specific.

But I must relate something that may be of relevence to you;

During my ownership of my car I have had 2 front tyre Blow-outs, the first at 110mph (dry, straight road, accelerating) the second at 130mph (damp/wet, start of a curve, braking) each time my car remained stable and drama free and I was able without concern pull over and replace the wheel as the one on the rim had self immolated to save my life.

Each time the tyre has been a Goodyear F1, nothing wrong with the tyre, just bad luck on the road, I am certain that I am alive/undamaged as a result of the construction of this tyre, i have had a few blow-outs (I drive very fast, and maintain my car fanatically), the others have been at lower speeds and much more dramatic (including a Skyline rear blow-out at 100mph, we spun all ovr the damn place, but hit nothing and did no damage other than 1 rim dead) it was running SO-2's.

I am a Fellow of the Institute of Tyre Technology and I sit here puffing my cigar typing thanks to the guys at Goodyear.

The same carcass but with a more opposed top belt design is used in the Fulda Carat Extremo, you guys might find this better than the F1 as it likes 4WD due to the extremely corrective btop belt.

My 2 penn'orth. FWIW
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Falkens for me!
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Old 13th June 2002, 01:11 AM   #19 (permalink)
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R33 v-spec, if u look my poll is ordered in line with evos results from the tyre test, Ive seen it too!

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cheng-shin ????

must be soft-compound - down to canvas in 3 laps

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Old chesnut.

Well, not wishing to resurrect old differences here, clearly the handling characteristics of a Focus will differ somewhat to a Skyline but even with that in mind, I simply can't understand the comments about the SO3s particularly the wet handling performance as I've found them to be absolutely superb on the road and on the track in the wet, a easy match for the SO2s.

They are soft and driven hard and aggressively on track especially on a warm/hot day they will roll over and die but I've done 3 or 4 track days on my current set and there's still plenty left on them.
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Old 13th June 2002, 08:17 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I got some Kuhmo's on mine as a mate gets'em dirt cheap.


I couldn't justify the price of s03's.nearly 800 for less than a years use with a few track days.. I can get 4 sets of kuhmos for that....


They are ok and definately better than the worn out ones I had before... they do squeal a bit on hard cornering but they have the right kite mark on them and they are ZR rated..I haven't lost the car with them on yet...

never driven with decent tyres on there, perhaps if I get some spare wheels I may use decent ones for road and shite ones or cut slicks on track.

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Old 13th June 2002, 08:31 AM   #23 (permalink)
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P Zero

BUT IT MUST BE THE P Zero "C" the first and only true road legal competative circuit wet/dry tyre !! Have had three sets of them and while they are a premium tyre they are worth it with the number of track days i do a year !!
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Not on a GTR, but.........

I'll be trying those new F1's within the next week or so If they're as good as the old GSD2's, I'll be well pleased.
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Does anyone know of any good websites that do a tidy selection of tyres?
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Hated regular Pzeros, loved Goodyear F1's, not had much else lately, though have had split sidewalls on both Pzeros and Firestone tyres
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Tyres

Just changed from Falkens to Bridgestones

Uneven roads now seem to affect steering much more than before though not sure whether thats because I've swapped from 17's to 18's

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Re: Tyres

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Just changed from Falkens to Bridgestones

Uneven roads now seem to affect steering much more than before though not sure whether thats because I've swapped from 17's to 18's

Mal.
Yep it will be, I have 235/35/19's Conti's and the grip is phenominal, but if u pull up at a set of traffic lights, particullaly in a bus lane, u have to fight quite hard to keep it straight.

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Now I know only a little about the Skyline suspension so this may not be relevent to you, but the fact is that most (all?) cars from Japan have lower supension bushes that are designed for use with rims up to a certain size, this is certainly the case with my Soarer and also the Supra, the standard rim size for both these cars [J-specs] is 16"rims, the Euro spec Supra has 17"rims but uses the same J-spec bushes.
The limit for good handling on standard bushes is 17" after this the whole thing deteriorates very rapidly as the tyres sidewall is reduced to less than 100mm [at that point tyre manufacturers increase the thread size of the strands of the tyre carcass) thus a greater shock load is tranmitted to the susp. and therefore the bushes are crushed at a highter rate and with greater deformity than designed for making the car less wieldy after ½ an hours driving, those of you with big wheels may notice this on a longish journey.

Go here for if you want a little bit on tyres;
http://www.jkwebdesign.co.uk/lexusclub/onallfours.htm

Please delete this if it is not relevent.
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Club Sport?

I currently have 275 SO2's on, but need to be changed as worn out and yes on an uneven road I am arm-wrestling with the steering wheel.

I have been told that the Michelin "Club Sport" (not Pilot Sport) is another road legal wet/dry racing tyre. Michelin arranged for a demo day at Sepang and feedback was pretty good from those who tried it.(unfortunately it was for the Porsche club, Nissans not invited) I saw a write up of the club sport in the Japanese Club Skyline mag (last month), but no idea what it said, as cannot read Japanese. Has anyone heard of any feedback on the "Club Sport"?

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