[s-cars] summer tires

[LL - NY]

P,

Worth searching back issues of Grassroots Motorsports (within the last two
years, can't recall the issue). According to them, the DDS1SS are very much
the equal of the Bridgestones in terms of on track performance, the price
being a notably "firmer" (from my recollection of the article, I'm being
kind) ride and somewhat weaker high speed wet performance. OTOH, it's more
resistant to heat and seems to be a favorable choice (again, opinions biased
towards their on track performance) for the "heavier" set of cars.

That being said, on the Saabaru forum (I don't spend much time on the true
Subaru forums) the Dunlop has gained favor over the BS, although I'd be
willing to bet that is based heavily upon budget constraints vs.
performance/real world livability concerns. Also seems to be the Street Tire
class tire of choice at the regional level of Autocross around where I live,
but that may also be based upon budget concerns.  So far, locally, I've
heard little "real world" complaints about the Dunlops. IF I switch to
Street Tire class in the next season, I'll be rolling on Dunlops.

LL
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:40 PM, pmische <pmische at comcast.net> wrote:

> The biggest obstacle to the RE-11s is $$$ - they're $100/tire more than the
> Dunlops, which seem to have a loyal following - I wonder if they work
> almost
> as well?
>
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> P
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> From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:29 PM
>  To: pmische at comcast.net
> Cc: pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] summer tires
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> If you're starting off with replacing RE050PP, you're not going to be happy
> with the budget choices.
>
> I'd go with RE-11. Worlds better from everyone I've talked to and I agree
> with the assessment, I love them on my Corvette. If you're going to get
> tread noise and thumping, you're definitely going to hear it with 265s and
> 305s.
>
> Taka
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:23 PM, pmische <pmische at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm not as fast as I think - I've run both my cars at LRP and The
> Glen
> multiple times on RE050 PPs and never had a problem.  Of course I'd like to
> think I'm just ultra-smooth and good to my tires.
>
>
>
> PJM
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>
> From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:58 PM
> To: pmische at comcast.net
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] summer tires
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>
>
> Phil-
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>
> Depending on how fast you are in the UrS, you'll end up killing street
> tires
> on the track- high weight and relatively small tires will just end up
> overheated.
>
> I saw Bruce cord a set of Ecsta V700 on his UrS4 at LRP, which isn't a
> particularly taxing track.
>
> Taka
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