i just bought a set of toyo t1r last weekend. the grip is awesome... compared to what im used to which is regal rd3100 lol.
they seem to be quite quiet too.
i just bought a set of Yokohama Advan AD-043 215/45/16. What i noticed they are crap if they are cold. But once they are warmed up they are pretty good. Not as good as re010 though
anyone tried federal 595 or 595 evo. are these good for value? just haven't really heard anything about them and according to their website they are good. well i know they are of course gonna say they are good so just wanna hear what other people have to say about them. also are they cheaper than the more expensive brands?
Haven't been keeping too up to date with this thread, but thought I would share track experience on the RE001. Make sure you have plenty of camber on these as the loaded shoulder does not like the heat and will have chunks ripped out. Fairly common for hi performance road tyres to suffer from. My experience with Yoko C.Drive leads me to believe that they are designed for camber settings that maybe less than ideal. Yokohama does advertise they design to reduce heat build up in the shoulders, I assume they carry this through to the others in the Drive series.
But I want to see what the other companies are going to do about the RE001, as by the looks of things they currently have the market wrapped up. I am very pleased with them.
Done 3 track ( AHG test track at the Perth airport )tuning days now on my set of RE001's, and after the 1st outing the shoulder got pretty chopped up and after the 2nd outing the outer edge of the sidegrooves vanished altogether. I find that once the shoulders had been rounded off they tend to stop getting worse.
I've been running 40psi cold pressure mainly on track days, over 42psi the way the slip angles build up wasnt to my liking so I find 40psi the best compro for me. My eg runs 2 deg neg camber on cheapie Kings Low which is bit soft on good street tyres.
Still hugely impressed with them even b4 the cheap price is taken into consideration, as they are designed for all round driveablilty is achieved partly by a softish outer sidewall to optimise grip balance between the loaded and unloaded tyres.
As for the their performance at the track, it was only in the 2 tight corners ( 20m radius corner ) where the outer shoulder folded over and the grip snapped off where I wish they had stiffer shoulders, the rest of lap was fine where most corners were around the 40m-60m radius range.
In terms of numbers, they pulled a max lateral g of 1.20g, and sustainably in the 1-1.05g range.
Cant wait to get my hands on a set of RE11 which has a more agressive tread pattern still and presumably stiffer shoulder.
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