Steve Brown Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 A guage of public opinion, please: What's the best intermediate tyre for trackday only use - Yoko A048R, Toyo R888, or Kumho. Expected usefulness is for a damp track, ie not wet enough for CR500 or dry enough for slicks. Votes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 slicks ya pussie 😬 here is C7 TOP Taffia rear gunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 *biggrin*or just use the Cr500's if they are already on the car and save yourself £600 + in wheels and tyres ...... if its damp there will no performance gain from any of the above, and you will be oversteering everywhere anyway with a big on ya face here is C7 TOP Taffia rear gunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Dave Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Well, I've only used R888s on the Caterham, purely down to price. Four tyres delivered (13") for £220 inc VAT is great. A lot cheaper than the others from what I found. Dave is right though, possibly more fun to be had sliding around on road tyres . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrigsby Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 TBH if it's not wet enough for CR500's you might as well stay on slicks and enjoy yourself 😬 I ran some Kumho's at Spa last year in everything from torrential rain to a bone dry track and they seemed pretty friendly, just happened to be what was on the rims at the time though. Rob G www.SpeedySeven.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremybu Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 What's the extra icon on grigsby's bar? 1.6 SV - GJ02JLO - If there's one thing I've learned, it's that it should have been something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Brother Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 ICQ (I seek You) Steve SE7EN-UP! -----If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. ----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10ROX Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I guess your question is seeking to know what is the next grippiest (cheapest?) tyre when conditions are not suitable for slicks I think perhaps the ".. wet enough for CR500" is a red herring And do you know what ... "I'd like to know that as well *cool*" I guess ACB10's could be an option ~ but not the cheapest at the same price as slicks and not durable enough if being used as a road tyre as well, however if a crossply slick is being used then the set-up is not being compromised For a radial set-up then you have listed the alternative options so who has experience of more than one of the tryes listed? A10ROX now garaged with D10ROX (Red GT3)! Edited by - A10ROX on 29 Mar 2008 14:30:17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Having tried a used set of Hankook Ventus RSS (now Z211 ?) in the damp (ie very little STANDING water) I was quietly impressed. I guess newer ones would be better. They are a fair dry weather tyre also but do wear ... However.... I am not sure that they are still available. They were out of stock (in the size I needed for the front at least - 185 x 60 x 13) at the end of last year and new deliveries were not expected till March (this year). If they are now in stock I may well put my hand in my pocket for a new set ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 30, 2008 Leadership Team Share Posted March 30, 2008 And don't forget that both the tyres you opt for (the slick and "intermediate") need to work on similar suspension settings. My car is set up for ACB-10s. I tried to use CR500s on a damp Anglesey track and found them hopeless ☹️ The settings are just too far different for both for things to work anything like they should on track, road use was fine though! Stu. Joint Area Representative MAD Sevens (Merseyside And District) www.superse7ens.co.uk..........the rebuild 😬 Edited by - sforshaw on 30 Mar 2008 09:13:11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Brown Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks all so far. A10ROX has succinctly phrased the question I should have asked - what's the next best option (without breaking the bank) if I take the slicks off? Or is the answer CR500's ie you don't get anything extra having a third (radial) option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gamma Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hi Steve, (slight hijack - sorry) I've just been doing a search on tyres; it's time to replace mine. Where's the best place to get some Avons in this part of the country? Cheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A10ROX Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 BMTR .. somewhere in the midlands or if its CR500 Caterham A10ROX now garaged with D10ROX (Red GT3)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Brown Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Rob - I've bought Avons from BMTR, and coincided it with the Championship meet at Harewood so that they'll put them in the race truck and fit them in the paddock for me. ps you were spotted by the missus on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Adderley Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Steve I'm confused Your car never goes out in the rain 😬 Mark 1400 SS - 53k........ and counting again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 well it was pretty wet at Llandow on saturday. I was running CR500 in the morning which were fine. Lapping pretty much as quick as anything else out there. Then in the afternoon I swapped over to slicks. The track was certainly wet, but without standing pools of water. The slicks were fine under these conditions, even though it was impossible to get any sort of heat into them. So unless you are racing/competing where 1/10th of a sec a lap matter than I woudn't bother with the faff of an 'intermediate' set, personally. and the slicks were FUN! *cool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted March 31, 2008 Support Team Share Posted March 31, 2008 and the slicks were FUN! Requiring judicious use of the "oh sh!t lane" I seem to recall . Yellow SL #32 - member of Drowned Rat Racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gamma Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Steve - I thought I might get spotted if I made enough noise ; I've just got the reverser back in and need to recalibrate the speedo - that's my excuse. MOT being done on Friday; tread on tyres just above the wear markers - I was hoping I could get the tyres changed closer to home - looks like a trip to Birmingham! See you at the next meet (no excuses now) - Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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