BYP Sponsored Damien's EG Civic- Quickest FF around Wakefield Park 1:03 on R compound

**Cooker** · 06-12-2011 11:22 PM

How you find the z214 in grip compared to a050 mediums?
What compound z214 you running?
How do you rate the z214 overall?
Cheers

**damienm** · 06-12-2011 11:35 PM

both tyres were medium compound
data showed that the z214s when new gripped a bit harder than the a050s new
The 1.04.2 time was done on the 4th trackday with the same z214s so the tyres had already lost a lot of grip.
The 1.03.0 by benny was done with Brandons A050 rear tyres (replaced my front z214s) that had been used for 2 trackdays so it provided a fair bit more grip.
The z214s are good if you just want to go hot lap after hot lap as they tend to fade alot slower whereas the a050s are only good for 2-3 hot laps per session and then they start fading.
Personally i would choose the z214s over the a050s as they are much cheaper and last longer but critics would say they arent a "real" r compound tyre so from now on ill run a050s

**dlai5552** · 07-12-2011 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by damienm

critics would say they arent a "real" r compound tyre so from now on ill run a050s

Have you tried other Hankook semi's? eg. Hankook Ventus TD Z221
Garage Revolution RX7 killing it on those tyres!

**Mr.Brightside** · 07-12-2011 12:57 AM

Cyber evo killing it on yokohama

**hussLEr** · 07-12-2011 07:24 AM

Congrats!..you guys just seem to get quicker! sub 1 minute in 2012?!

**dlai5552** · 07-12-2011 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.Brightside

Cyber evo killing it on yokohama

Only at EC. Tsukuba's a different story haha

**Mr.Brightside** · 07-12-2011 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by dlai5552

Only at EC. Tsukuba's a different story haha

i don't think damo will be going to Tsukuba lol

**damienm** · 07-12-2011 02:54 PM

bit hard to say which is the faster tyre of the 2 unless we do some back to back testing.
I might give the hankook Z221s a go if i can find a good deal