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Trying to get some extra life out of my tyres. Currently running re55's which are lasting 3-4 track days before they're dead.

Just priced up michelin slicks at $660/tyre (27/65/18) which is comparable to the re55 (265/35/18). The salesmen said it would be like christmas when i first strapped on the slicks, shedding plenty of time off my laps times. However, life of the tyre is apparently similar to the re55.

What are the alternatives? Don't really want to go slower than an re55, so is there a harder compound slick that will last 6 or 7 track days?

cheers

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car is a 33 gtr

adjustable bilstein c/o's with ikeya arms....running around 4 degrees camber in the front, rears are fairly neutral.

would be doing 10 laps each outing....4 or 5 times a track day. if i had to be honest...probably half of those laps are at more than 85% pace.

so the tyres are probably lasting 80-100 laps at pace on avg.

tracks are mainly wakefield and eastern creek.

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s2 i think they're called

the medium....not the supersprint soft ones.

The SR2's

http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/motorsport/RE55s.aspx

That's what most people are using, and I doubt I'd get 100 laps out of mine. Guess alot depends on driving style and how hard you're pushing.

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there's no doubt i'm more limited by my own ability than that of the car or the tyres. As i start to bridge that gap, i'm sure the tyre life will decrease rapidly as well.

but for the good of my kids college fund, i want to be able to get more life out of a slick....just need to find the one.

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Guys

Trying to get some extra life out of my tyres. Currently running re55's which are lasting 3-4 track days before they're dead.

Just priced up michelin slicks at $660/tyre (27/65/18) which is comparable to the re55 (265/35/18). The salesmen said it would be like christmas when i first strapped on the slicks, shedding plenty of time off my laps times. However, life of the tyre is apparently similar to the re55.

What are the alternatives? Don't really want to go slower than an re55, so is there a harder compound slick that will last 6 or 7 track days?

cheers

I have used SR2 and TT RE55's extensively. And S7, S8, S9 and N1 Michelin slicks.

What sort of events are you thinking of running the tyres in?

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I dont think you'll find any slicks that will outlast the 55's

But for economy perhaps try some 2nd hand Michelin slicks. Get the S9's (harder, take longer to heat up but will laster longer) - i was getting about two days out of the 2nd hand ones, however they were about 1/10th the cost vs new. Those were up to a second faster vs new SR2 RE55's btw, so exceptional value.

- We found Soft Michelins (S7) do not last long at all - a new set will last will last only 1.5 days at Wakefield

- The new N1 compound is sensational, stiff sidewall, exceptional for a heavy car, the best yet.

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set of second hand s7 slicks coming (that's all they had).

will let you know the results vs some second hand re55's.

if they're any good, i might spring for a new set up against a new set of re55's.

Just FYI, as above, out of all the Michelins i've tried, the S7's go off the quickest (they 'expired' after one day for me).

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