Yet another which 225/45/15 tire thread
#42
Cap plies are laid on like a roll of paper. There is an overlap somewhere. That overlap gets pulled apart and the tread tears. Looks like someone took an exacto blade and cut slits laterally across the tire. Worst case, the tread comes off in a big flap. I head that is a bad thing.
Tire Rack tech thingy http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=160
Toyo RR
Rival
BFG R1
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#44
Just tried a set of 225 RS3v2 a couple weeks ago. Very impressed. They're the worst tire I've ever driven on when cold and took almost 2 full laps to come up to temp. They were so bad that I even managed to spin the car on the out lap sunday morning. Once warm they were awesome though. I was driving my 99 that's all stock except for XIDAs and 225 RS3s on 9s, and I was only half a second off the SM record. (1:22.3 vs. 1.21.8)
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#54
For endurance WRL series we must use > 180 UTQC tires. Planning to upgrade to 15x9 rims after running 15x7's with original Rival the past two season in Chumps. For 225/45/15's the current Tire Rack 200 UTQC choices are Rival S, RS3 V2, and Toyo R1R. Interested in durability and good driving manners as we're still learning... Any advice on which 225/45/15 tires are a good fit for endurance racing?
#58
WRL here too. I am hoping that we don't end up having to run the Rival-S and do a tire swap mid race to be able to keep up with. Fingers crossed that the new VR-1 is a healthy balance of wear and traction that will negate the time it takes to do a full change. Right now it isn't that way, but I have seen a rise in teams using them, only to then have to change the tires 5 hours in.
#59
The new generation of tires got a little ridiculous. The RS3V2s were a great balance. You could run a crapcan race the whole weekend on one set, on your street car you could autocross a whole season and throw some track days in there too.
Now you need 3-4 sets for a weekend of crapcan racing to win? 2 sets for a season of autocrossing?
#60
Is anyone brave enough to drive your miata to the track on Toyo Ra1's? I dont necessarily want to buy two sets of wheels right now and was just wondering if i could manage driving the Ra1's in a little wet. I don't dd my miata so theyd just be for driving to the track on the track and then back.