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LOL, man if its real wet and raining go out with 34psi. If its damp and not raining go out with 32psi. At the end of the first sesssion jut check them and have a think about how they felt.

LOL, thats what i would do...lol problem is it may not be the correct thing :)

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LOL, man if its real wet and raining go out with 34psi. If its damp and not raining go out with 32psi. At the end of the first sesssion jut check them and have a think about how they felt.

LOL, thats what i would do...lol problem is it may not be the correct thing :(

Lots of lolling going on at your end! Must be having a good time :)

Cheers for the advice, it's sort of patchy rain so I'll go for 32.

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Just in case someone searches for this later I've done the trackday and the r compounds were great in the wet. It was amazing how much heat I got into them. It took a couple of laps to get the heat in but once done they gripped a treat. I'd highly recommend them if available.

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re01r's are pretty much a semi anyway , i would've gone with them!

My RE01Rs look, feel (to the touch) and drive nothing like my RE55s. Add to that different sidewall construction and I'd argue they are very different tyres and not comparable at all. I'd say an RE01 is simply a high performance road tyre. RE55s etc are a road legal track specific tyre, which IMHO are the most appropriate choice on all but a flooded track (based on a trackday I did on Sat). 5-7 fast laps on a soddent track with ambient at about 8 degres and they were very warm to the touch and generated heaps of grip.

R compunds all the way at the track.

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re01r's are pretty much a semi anyway , i would've gone with them!

Errr, that is far from the truth...

RE01R's are not a semi comp tyre and cannot be compared to RE55's.

RE55's are in a different league...

And yes, I've been to the track with both... :P

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