Track Friendly DD Tires?

[Yarko]

Debating tire choices for the Elise right now so this topic is timely

I've heard the Yoko A048s take too long to get any heat both for street and autox (and even cooler trackdays)

R888 I'm hearing mixed reviews, some love, some say they get greasy too quickly.

R1Rs also seem to have a following with the lotus guys.

RA1's are an old standby, decent stick but im not sure if they have my sizes.

[Darwin]

So, I got the NT05's mounted up on Friday afternoon, and had about 100 km on them before hitting the track out at Mission on Saturday. They did seem a little greasy for the first bit, but got nice and sticky. Saturday was warmish, it got up to 20C and both me and my instructor were impressed with the grip. Sunday it rained like crazy and they held up pretty well. With a big torquey car like this in those conditions, it was all about exploring the thresholds. If it weren't for the straight-away speeds I'd have been smoked by the smaller cars. On the last session on Sunday, the track started to dry out - and it really started to hook-up again. Can't wait for the fist SoloSprint event...









Cheers,
Darwin.

[Traum]

Sounds like you had fun.

How was tire wear on these guys? In particular, did it seem like the outside tire (esp the front) sustained noticeably more wear than the inside tire?

-Lik

[Yarko]

Hey Darwin, who put on that track-day?

[Sead]

As an FYI, Rocket Rally is doing a massive clearout on tires. I believe they have the older A032s,48s, es100s, and other tires. Call them direct to find out.

[Darwin]

It was fun allright! The event was the spring SCCBC Driver Training course, which is required before applying for a Novice racing licence, as well as one way to get a senior SoloSprint licence. The car is getting a roll bar installed now, and I'll be running it in the CACC SoloSprint this year out at Mission and probably the Knox Mountain hill climb event in Kelowna.

I'll take some shots of the tires when I go see the car later in the week, but I think the wear was ok. I was running 36 psi on the right and 35 on the left.

Cheers,
Darwin.