Semi Slicks?

[spirosky33]

hi guys im in the market for some semi race slicks what brands/ models are the best for overall stickiness and life expectancy somthing sticky but not going to be chewed awy in 5000ks?

[T04GTR]

dont get them if your using them mainly for the street. youl get unstuck..

you need to get them up to temp. or just not drive them hard at all.

[spirosky33]

60/40 more a track car

have a 4x4 for a daily

ive been told re55s are the go is anyoune running them and can you buy them in diffrent compounds as in harder/softer

Edited November 11, 2006 by spirosky33

[GTRsean]

Toyo 888

yoko advans

[Roy]

I personally think anything Dunlop are the best, but RE55s are cheaper and come up to temo quicker which is good for club sprints...bad if you want to do 10 more then 6 or so laps.

RE55s also dont seem to mind plenty of heat cycles. A friend that ran the Yokos on his GTR and another that runs them in the 944 Porsche series think that after a few heat cycles they are past their best, even though they may have plenty of trad left on them

[salad]

Does anyone know how the Toyo R888 are heat cycles?

[Duncan]

The Dunlop DZ02G are the best semis I have used, the bridgestone re55 are also excellent.

I've tried a bunch of other ones but have always been disappointed in comparison to those two - yoko A032R, yoko A048r, toyo 888, falken rs04v, falken rt215, kumho 712, dunlop d01j, dunlop d98j, bridgestone re540s.

But any of them will be chewed up in 5000klm especially if you are running a bit of camber.

[Reedy]

RE55's are good, got 6 track days out of them on a second set of wheels and cut seconds off my times.

[VHR32]

for 60/40 track/road use, you would probably be best off with a good road tyre designed to be used on the track sg:

Falken RT615 (treadware 200)

Federal 595RS (treadware 180)

These aren't as sticky as semi slicks but have stiffer sidewall construction than most normal road tyres.

These are the allround pick of semis. One of the cheapest, best and most common:

Bridgestone RE55S soft=WT, med=TT, hard=SR

Bridgestone RE540S soft=G, med=S, hard=R

others:

Dunlop DZ02G

Dunlop D01J

Yokohama A032R

Yokohama A048R

Kumho V70A

Toyo RA1

Toyo R888

[PSI_GTSII]

somthing sticky but not going to be chewed awy in 5000ks?

Most / All true Semi Slicks will be all but worn within 5000kms

My advice is go for the Federal 595-RS's

I had not driven on anything but street tyres until I bought these, at a recent track day I noticed the difference in grip levels and overall confidence they gave over the old Bridgestone road tyres was massive!

Infact I dropped almost 3 seconds in Lap times.

I imagine a true semi slick would be another level up again and would be good for another second off my lap time, but the tread life they offer is not enough for me as I do not want to run 2 sets of rims.

You should comfortably acheive 15'000kms from the Federals.

[Snowman]

RE55's are the best bang for buck I have used.

And I've tried DJO1, DZ02, RE540 and A048's as well.

Just have a set of R888's on my car now but I'm not expecting much from them to be honest (only have them because they were free).

The only tyres I'd buy however are RE55's (SR compound - which is all they'll have unless you specify otherwise)

[thizzle]

TOYO proxes ra1

use them in my daily driver lasted me over a year now..

still tons of tread left..

[Steve]

I have used RE55S, great grip, but only got a bit over 1500kms out of them

I have also used RE540, better wear, a little less grip

I am currently running Federal 595RS, cheapest of the bunch, grip is very good, they are on my daily which sees a track at least once a month and have lasted for nearly 6 months now, and still have more than 1/2 tread left

Best bang for buck, especially for street driven car IMO

[Roy]

How hard do you drive the thing to only get 1500kms out of them?

I have never seen wear liek that from them, unless those kms were5 round trips to the track

[Steve]

That was mainly street work, but driving pretty hard on them with some kms through the hills around adelaide (god I miss them)

I wasn't the only one getting that sort of wear, a mate also got around the same out of his RE55s