Kitcat Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Tire life: I can't imagine how long a street tire wld last on a se7en, given my super sticky race compound RA1's have 12K miles on them (tho little visible tread). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwind25 Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 This all great info, thanks everyone! Sadly we do have a tight budget to work with. We are not too worried about tire wear. Yes we want a tire that will compliment the car and it's handling and not embarass it, but we wont be taking it to the track often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 southwind25, Go to your local tire dealer and ask him what he has that has a 200 or lower tread wear rating as that is a soft DOT street tire that will give you good grip and yet be a good street tire for you on your 7. I have a set of tires on one of my cars that are a no name brand that are a knock off of the Pirelli Cinturato P7's and are made at the same plant but just do not say Pirelli on them and they work great and were half the price. I found this out by accident when I needed to purchase four new tires due to running over more roofing nails than one could imagine from a spilled box on the road and needed to save some dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwind25 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Ouch..... sure you were not chasing james bond or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Replaced some Dunlop Star Specs with Nitto NT-1's and have been happy both on the street and the track with them. Several track days last year and still seem soft and sticky. Not the "Ultimate" tire by any means and won't compare with something like Hoosiers but street legal, enough tread to work in slightly wet, a lot less money and if you just happen to take an off track excursion you won't have to hold you breath and wait for the "POP". Also, give you plenty of notice about letting go once you get them down in pressure. First time out with them I had no benchmark so was going to start a little high and come down. Wound up backwards the minute I started pushing it and thought I had made a mistake not going with something else. Just kept dropping the pressure and they got better and better all the way to about 14-15 Lbs hot. Lower still stuck but I thought I could feel the car shifting on the sidewalls in transition even though the edges didn't seem to be rolling over and heat was still fairly well distributed. My S2k weighs in at about 1,400 lbs and the tires have to make up for a host of my poor driving skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarefour Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Tire life: I can't imagine how long a street tire wld last on a se7en, given my super sticky race compound RA1's have 12K miles on them (tho little visible tread). Wow, my RA1s only lasted about 6k on the front and 3.5k on the rear (to the wear bars). I suspect Little Tujunga tears them up pretty good. I'm giving up on fancy tires. I currently have BFG Radial TA 235s on the back and they give better traction than the 215 RA1s, by virtue of a lot of tread (and weight, but so what). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTTTCAR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Toyo r888s just put 235-18s on the front and 305-19s on the back but had to build new fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost7018 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 305's in the rear????? Do you need an extra wide load escort??? Man-O-man that is some serious rubber. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnr Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Wow, my RA1s only lasted about 6k on the front and 3.5k on the rear (to the wear bars). I suspect Little Tujunga tears them up pretty good. RA1 last well past the wear bars and can be run all the way down to the canvas (in the dry). In fact their best grip comes when they are down to just 2 grooves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m wirth Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Just wondering what the group thought of the Falken Azenis rt 615 tires? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 good reviews so far from teh 615k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I have them on mine... but don't really have anything to compare them to as that's what came with the car. Going to the track this weekend though... should have more to say about it later. They have 8000 miles and are almost 3 years old so might have to take that into consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnr Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Just wondering what the group thought of the Falken Azenis rt 615 tires? thanks I bought my Ultralite with 235 width RT-615s all around. They were well above the wear bars but the compound must have heat cycled out because I was getting wheelspin in 3rd gear and had to carefully revmatch on upshifts. Currently on 235/275 Nitto NT01 and am very happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Used them on my MINI, two sets worth as track tires and they were pretty good all the way to worn out, but at 200 wear rating may be a bit hard for a lighter car like a 7. Not sure just what the rating is on the NT-1s but they "feel" softer, or maybe the 615's in my shed are one heat cycle past throwing away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m wirth Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. I saw an article on a machine that does the initial heat cycle on tires, any experience with this and will the process possibly give a more consistent life to combination street/track day tires? mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarefour Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 RA1 last well past the wear bars and can be run all the way down to the canvas (in the dry). In fact their best grip comes when they are down to just 2 grooves. Yeah I know but I start to get really paranoid about the weather, and getting flats, and I start checking for visible cords every drive before I get in the car, etc. I will run the fronts past the bars but I'm definitely changing them before the tour. Besides, it could be my imagination but they seem to tramline pretty bad once they become slicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Well I had a blast out on the track... I think they may have aged a bit. They did ok, and they gave good progessive feedback as far as letting go (had fun on the skid pad too). Ran them at 16lbs cold (they got to 20-22lbs when returning to the pits) so I don't know if less pressure would of made them stickier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwind25 Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) Whats the best prices out there on the Toyo's?.. The plot thickens..i just read that Nitto is made by Toyo?...i was looking at the Toyo ra-1's, but also read the Nitto 555r was supposed to be equal...but i also saw it is rated as a drag race tire??? and the Nitto nto1's are rated dangerous in the rain..(which is still needs to be a consideration since i live in Ohio). The The falkens sound nice..but i hate the ones i have. So wheres the deals on the Toyo's out there? Edited April 19, 2011 by southwind25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Best prices I've found on Toyos: http://www.tiresdirect.net/. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwind25 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 UGH!!!!! So i finally go to order the new RA-1's...and they are on nationwide backorder till...july! wheres that little crying face icon? now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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