Alternative Track Day Tyres

[Keith185]

Seeing as the price of Toyo R888 has gone up into the price bracket of other manufactures trackday tyres.

Has anyone any experience of using other semi slick track day tyres and anyone know how they compare to the R888?

Would be good if we could get a list up with some approx prices

 

[Nick r26r]

yoko parada spec 2's , half the price of r888's and are a semi slick tyre , handle well on my car

 

[Fred@BTM]

parada a semi slick?

i think i'm going for silverstone or federal, maybe cooper next

 

[jenic]

Hankook RS2's seem popular, especially since R888's went up in price.

 

[Dan R]

Hankook RS2's are very good. Main thing u need to look for is the sidewall strength. The hankook has a much stiffer trackday tyre sidewall like the R888. All other tyres like T1R's, paradas etc have the softer wal for road usel. No good. Youll just eat the corners completely off within one track day unlike the hankooks.
I ran them before R888's.

 

[Bluebeard]

Paradas are bobbins. Complete guff. I had some on a Clio and did Combe and the complete edge of the tyre just fell apart!

Not even close to a semi slick.

Vs Toyo R888....

 

[Fred@BTM]

^that's an AO48

 

[Bluebeard]

Well google fcuked it up then!

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Parada+spec+2&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

 

[DannyR]

Paradas are bobbins. Complete guff. I had some on a Clio and did Combe and the complete edge of the tyre just fell apart!

Not even close to a semi slick.

Vs Toyo R888....

Yup Yokos are s**t once up to a decent track temperature, but very good for road driving.

 

[Bazzon]

Parada spec 2 s :dapprove:, they are not great but they are Very very cheap.

 

[Whiteley]

Wasn't particularly impressed by the RS2's at Oulton the other week personally.

Now i've got 6 Dunlop slicks instead

 

[chrispy.clio]

Wasn't particularly impressed by the RS2's at Oulton the other week personally.

Now i've got 6 Dunlop slicks instead

I thought that running slicks isnt very good on your driveshafts tho!?

But then again the cup racers run slicks so hay ho

 

[Fred@BTM]

its a track car, give a s**t! LOL

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Wasn't particularly impressed by the RS2's at Oulton the other week personally.

Now i've got 6 Dunlop slicks instead

But R-S2's and slicks are 2 very different things, the R-S2's are a road tyre with a stiff side wall...I think.

 

[Whiteley]

Wont do shafts or bearings any favours no, meh.

 

[Whiteley]

But R-S2's and slicks are 2 very different things, the R-S2's are a road tyre with a stiff side wall...I think.

No i know. I wasn't directly comparing the 2. I bought the RS2's knowing they were somewhere between T1R and R888, but wasn't very impressed by them

 

[Bluebeard]

I thought that running slicks isnt very good on your driveshafts tho!?

But then again the cup racers run slicks so hay ho

There was a guy on MLR that used slicks on his 400hp Evo 8 and reckoned that he cracked welds on the car! lol.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

No i know. I wasn't directly comparing the 2. I bought the RS2's knowing they were somewhere between T1R and R888, but wasn't very impressed by them

Please explain further.....as I was about to buy some.

 

[Fred@BTM]

^correct you can pull apart spot welds and stuff

my roof is nicely bent up these days!

 

[172Ben]

Prada spec 2's were terrible at oulton for me. Kept washing out, sidewalls were ruined as said.

Although £150 for 4 isn't bad!

 

[Fred@BTM]

^T1-R's is a better tyre IMO and only £30 a corner

 

[Whiteley]

Please explain further.....as I was about to buy some.

I ran T1R all of last year, £28 a pop and did the job just fine. I didnt think the RS2 were alot better and not worth twice the money. They were no doubt better, but not quite to the extent I was expecting having read other peoples opinions on here. I'd say I used half the tread in one day too, so not looking like they'll last too long either (I just had a pair on the front).

 

[drhowser]

^T1-R's is a better tyre IMO and only £30 a corner

Agreed, I know people slate them on here but I've never had a problem with them.

The best I've used were yoko A006t's but good luck getting them at a sensible price!

 

[Fred@BTM]

get the pressures right on the T1R's and they're blinding! 205/50 15's too

 

[drhowser]

Is there any other size?

 

[adam172]

t1rs are what i will be gettingn they seem to get the best comments on both, track and road

 

[HUGHESDOGG-172]

i've been looking at these for track use..... £276 for 4 on 16's they look pretty good... be intrested to know if anyone had used them in anger,,lol

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motor...Competition_Tyres/Maxsport_RB5_Tyre/1790/2209

 

[Cooksport]

Parada spec 2's de-laminated after 2 short sessions around combe. T1R's are much better for a budget tyre.

 

[Whiteley]

My RS2's after quite a steady day at Oulton. These were on the front of a sub 850kg Mk1, so would probably have suffered a bit more on the Mk2's

My small collection

 

[Fred@BTM]

were you going slowly Chris?

 

[Whiteley]

By steady I meant i didn't go out for as many stints as I usually would, wheel bearings put a stop to things

 

[Carlos Fandango]

Meant to be better than 888's

http://www.rarerims.co.uk/tyres_sub2.asp?id=89&SubCategoryID=11&RangeID=89

 

[Whiteley]

Meant to be better than 888's

http://www.rarerims.co.uk/tyres_sub2.asp?id=89&SubCategoryID=11&RangeID=89

Surely they're aimed at the same market as RS2's. Not an outright track tyre like the 888/A048, but more track biased than most road tyres

 

[Fred@BTM]

to be fair the 888 isn't all that and a bag of chips if i'm honest

 

[Carlos Fandango]

How about these:

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop...._pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=110&sowigan=So

 

[Whiteley]

Never used them/heard anything of them. For performance/£, T1R every time, just play about with the pressures.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Khumo KU36 looks pretty!

 

[Bazzon]

i've been looking at these for track use..... £276 for 4 on 16's they look pretty good... be intrested to know if anyone had used them in anger,,lol

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motor...Competition_Tyres/Maxsport_RB5_Tyre/1790/2209

Ideally you want a set of 15s for track.

 

[HUGHESDOGG-172]

Ideally you want a set of 15s for track.

intresting why do you say that?

 

[Steve]

I ran T1R all of last year, £28 a pop and did the job just fine. I didnt think the RS2 were alot better and not worth twice the money. They were no doubt better, but not quite to the extent I was expecting having read other peoples opinions on here. I'd say I used half the tread in one day too, so not looking like they'll last too long either (I just had a pair on the front).

What did you have on the back?
888s?


What pressures you using, i'm 26 cold & seem fine.
For the money in 17's nothing comes close.
Did nearly 200 miles round Silverstone & only one tyre was showing wear.

Parada spec 2's delamitate when pushed hard, fact.

Awaiting RS3