What Tyre Pressure For Re 55

[tacker]

Guys what pressure are you running in your Bridgestone RE 55s tyres please i need a starting point.

[BBGTR]

Guys what pressure are you running in your Bridgestone RE 55s tyres please i need a starting point.

32-33 psi hot

[tacker]

Cheers for that sounds like i am running them a little to high then. Got to find a second a lap to give the GT2 a hurry up,

Will try that in the first practice tomorrow.

I want my slicks back, not likin these semi much now after not using them for 12 months

[BBGTR]

Cheers for that sounds like i am running them a little to high then. Got to find a second a lap to give the GT2 a hurry up,

Will try that in the first practice tomorrow.

I want my slicks back, not likin these semi much now after not using them for 12 months

[Snowman]

I've recently found I have had better results on 34psi. I found 32-33 good for that one lap but for more consistant results slightly higher to be better.

[Duncan]

me too...I am for 34 as well

[tacker]

Ok thanks guys but its done and dusted now LOL

Got a first and a second placing against the GT2 in our 2 races so not to bad, got me by a half car length in the second race as my old girl pushed a little wide in third last turn....my fault not the old girl she did really well to be fair just need some good rubber under it and i will have him on a plate

going to try a dunlop DZ 02 i am told next time out see how they perform against the re 55. Anyone heard about them or used them. but thanks for the advice on the RE 55 i was at 36 and they were not good at all.

[Duncan]

well done mate.

dz02 are about the same as the re55 (maybe a touch worse in the dry but better in the wet). But they have been superseeded by DZ03 which are better again. The DZ03 are the current tyre of choice among the tarmac rally guys

[tacker]

Thanks Duncan will post a few pic when they come through just for a few laughs.

Sorry i did mean to say DZ 03 was a typo was looking at them last night on the net, and while doing so i found these little numbers

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...odel=ECSTA+V710

what do you know about them if any as i had not heard of them before and i think as they are DOT legal i might be able to use them for the FIA GT3 racing week.

[vspecm8]

i run 35 psi on mine

[Gts-t]

me too...I am for 34 as well

Is this when the tyres are hot? Ive been setting mine to 32 when they are cold

hmm

[Duncan]

hot for sure. 32 would be coming up to 36 or maybe 37 when hot - a couple of psi too high. best way to check is pull in after 3 good laps and check the pressures straight away

[ferni]

I had mine set to 30psi cold for start of winton, when i came off they were 40psi... was like driving on street tyres.

I try to run 32-33hot.

[phunky_monkey]

I run 28-32, depending on how the car is feeling, the track I'm on etc

[Marlin]

Well we aim for 38 hot (end of stage) on DZ03. Typical start point is 32 cold.

But yeh, that's tarmac rallying (9/10th's), not circuit (10/10th's)

[tacker]

Hmm we pulled quite large bits out of the outer edge when they got hot ( 38 psi ) have you ever come across this ?

[ferni]

Nope. What size tyre on what size rim?

[Marlin]

Hmm we pulled quite large bits out of the outer edge when they got hot ( 38 psi ) have you ever come across this ?

Never yet on Dunlops. Never used RE55's so wouldn't know.

[tacker]

245 x40 x18 on a 9" rim

[ferni]

That's the right site for the rim. No idea why it would do that, even when i hit 40psi hot at WInton the other week i just got lots of understeer, dropped the pressure for the next session and fine. No damage to the tyres.