Thats a 17" tyre compaired to a 15" tyre Simon. You should know its like compairing shit and bricks. Same tyre design/make/rubber/watever else yes, difference principles.
Thats a 17" tyre compaired to a 15" tyre Simon. You should know its like compairing shit and bricks. Same tyre design/make/rubber/watever else yes, difference principles.
Last edited by Matt-AE86; 4th June 2009 at 02:55 PM.
my most recent drift attemps a was running half worn re540s potenza semi slicks
but they started to delam shortly after i clicked 4th gear at the end of the baskerville drift section
i am now thinking i need more grip
Owner built and tuned 9000rpm 402kw atw 3sGTE - AE86
Originally Posted by Beau
Dont skid on semi's.
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
any particular reason? just noticed a few people down here are using them lately....
i'm not in any way trying to jaw off, i'm genuinely interested as to why you think people shouldn't?
NEAR MISS
They simply heat up too much and delam, they arent made to be spun excessively and put under that much stress. They are a way to soft compound to be drifting on at around 80 treadwear.
Look to use what the D1 and MSC drivers use, top level street tyres such as the RE01R, Dunlop Direzza D1, Advan Neova etc. treadwear around the 150~180 mark.
You can get cheaper taiwan brands that make similar style tyres for much cheaper and that are available here so you could give them a crack.
Of course not everyone has that much coin so i'd just try some RE001 adrenalin bridgestones and see if thats enough grip.
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
the guys with R1R's (CTS and Holdfords) run 30 psi hot's in them to get the most grip and life out of them,
anything 40+ will give you awesome smoke but a 3 lap lifespan....
Odd, one of the videos had a segment showing some of D1gp cars even using well into the 50psi's.
yeah... for the smoke.
they dont last long at those pressures AT ALL
More smoke, but surely they wouldn't sacrifice grip levels for some smoke show? Seeing as how the cars here which are apparently running 30'ish, make shit loads of smoke anyway.
D1GP = Show
so yes.... they are all about making more smoke.
anyway im not going to get into an argument about it.. im just letting you know my back to back findings... 28 psi was very very grippy... too much grip for my set up and 40 psi was the perfect balance of grip/slip for the power levels that i had (190 rwkw in a ke70) and this was dry.
in the wet i went ultra low pressures and it preformed really well... until i came up against cars with R1R's lol
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