Fellas, im getting in to racing, im about to get me some tires and i was wondering what is the reccomendation? ill use thease as a semi daily tire and for use on the track.. what do you think of the new nittos 555r (?) i was looking at the toyo prokies also.. id like a tire that will last a few days at the track. im gonna run at summit pt (W VA) and some solo raced in md at fedx field...

-Tony

 

If you plan to drive on the street with the tires then I would suggest that you buy either Kumho Ecsta Supra 712, of Yokohama AVS ES100 tires. I used the the Yokohamas at summit point recently and they were soft enough that I had chuncks of melted rubber coming off of the tires and I now have about 2000 miles on them. I use them for autocross also (every other week) and I expect to get about 4500 miles from the tires.

 

yea, i dont really care about street as ill have a set of wheels for the track.. Have you delt with the new nittos or the pilots?

 

twolfe

i am a little confused, in your first post, you use the word daily, as in a driver. in your second post, you say you have a second set of wheels. are you looking for a full on competion tire, or are you looking for a tire you can drive to work on everyday?

 

For autox if you dont want a full-on race tire its hard to beat the Kuhmo MX's.

 

sorry i was meaning something that i could throw on and drive to the event if needed. I have a trailer and can trailer the car with tires if nessasary.. im in the faze of decidint on what type of tire to go with.. full race, good daily, or a combo of each.

 

it really depends, the Kuhmo MX is very hard to beat, it will be ok driving ot and from events. the Yoko A032R would be a good choice also.

Your choices will of course be limited by what tires size you can run.