Track day tyres

[Edamski]

Ok guys,

I'm wondering will my toyo T1-S be good enough on track, or whether i should invest in some R888.

[danvilla2]

I know a lad who put some R888's on his 205 rallye, and he only managed something like 8k miles with them!!!

R888's look lethal if the rain came down, but look quality if the suns out.

[Edamski]

i am only thinking of them for track use, just get them swapped over before hand or see if i can get some more supper's

[warrior]

i have a set of yoko A048's n they r awsome but i have also tracked on my uniroyle rain sports nand they were more fun,

pluse if you meet a wall of water if it all of a sudden rains (like it did to me at croft) and theres standing water u have no control you just aqua plain, if the track is damp and ya tyes r warm then you will be fine,

like said above though they are very expensive for the amount of miles you will get out of them.

[dannygti]

ive use r888 all the time, they are a great tyre in the dry and wet as long as theres no standing water.
what suspension have you got? if you run r888 or yoko a048's then it will show any weakness in yor suspension setup.

[piglet0073]

Ive gone for R888s I have not tried them out yet, But I will at bedford if your coming Edamski

[leeds106]

your toto's will be fine mate ive done a fair few trackdays on the toyo's i use and they have always done really well and been hard wearing

[Edamski]

ATM mate its koni dampers (sport) with eibach springs. Looking at buying a strut brace.

Cheers for the advice everyone and yea all things being well mate i should be at bedford :)

[warrior]

ATM mate its koni dampers (sport) with eibach springs. Looking at buying a strut brace.

Cheers for the advice everyone and yea all things being well mate i should be at bedford :)


i'm using my A048's with my standared rallye suspention beside's it been lowered 40mm on puma springs and haveing a upper and lower strut brace.

[rushy_23]

Only issue with the R888 (other that there life from the sounds of it lol) are they come
in 50 profile at the least. No 45 profile available.

Also Toyo T1S tyres are discontinued Ive heard. They only do the T1R tyres.

[piglet0073]

Rushy where the hell have you been man!! lol

But yeah you are rite Toyo R888s only come in 50 profile but its a hardend wall, they are no show tyer lol but from what i have been told the grip is amazing, going to try mine out at bedford, looking forward to it!!! :p

When you up for a track day rushy? did you get your pug sorted??

[leeds106]

all slicks have 50mm+ profile tyre walls dont think ive ever seen low profile slicks tbh

[rushy_23]

Rushy where the hell have you been man!! lol

But yeah you are rite Toyo R888s only come in 50 profile but its a hardend wall, they are no show tyer lol but from what i have been told the grip is amazing, going to try mine out at bedford, looking forward to it!!! :p

When you up for a track day rushy? did you get your pug sorted??

Hey buddy!
Been up to my eyeballs of late lol. Moved out not long after the trackday and since
then have had some ups and downs but its all good. Plus no internet at the new
flat :(

Cars fine now, turned out that the standard airbox caused the fault. The pipe
from the rocker to the airbox was feeding oil! So the oil was running into the mix
and burning out the rear (hence the smoke). Had a BMC fitted since then as
well as other bits which seems to have fixed. Compression checks came out spot on.

Next trackday will be FCS now I think, monies a bit tight. Hopes your cool anyhow! Anyways back to tyres lol :D

Will put some more updates in my thread whereever it is now.