victorofhavoc
Autocross Champion
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Probably a similar amount of road miles and yes, these are my every day tires. For me, tire life is measured more meaningfully in sessions and not miles.
Fair enough. I measure by events.
Probably a similar amount of road miles and yes, these are my every day tires. For me, tire life is measured more meaningfully in sessions and not miles.
Many of us track junkies switched to a dedicated Comp R treadless track tire years ago because they last so much longer than extreme performance street tires that the economics made sense for us. That may not be the case for other folks however, especially if you don't do 5+ DEs per season.
YMMV
I did 16 HPDE days last year. I don't feel like carting track wheels around and swapping wheels at the track.
Fair enough. I measure by events.
Rs4 are awesome tires, they do require some heat but it's not bad. They last an incredible amount of track days, I didn't find them to be all that much slower compared to some of the softer tires.I just picked up some Hankook RS4s in 245/40 for my 18x8.5 Neuspeeds. Really looking forward to seeing how they do in a couple weeks at VIR and throughout this season, especially compared to what I used to run. The RS4s are supposed wear "like iron" on track while being a tad slower, and not as good in the rain (I read they require some heat) than the other 200tw RE71Rs, Direzzas, etc as a trade-off.
Previous tires were 245 Sumitomo HTR zIII 300tw, which were very reasonable in cost and capability for learning, burning through at the track, while also DDing for most of the year. Those survived 15 trackdays and probably a grand total of ~15k miles BUT could have went at least another 5 trackdays if I was properly rotating towards the end. They made noise towards the limit which would keep me in-check and safe, would get a bit greasy towards the end of the sessions, but were still a lot of fun being able to drive fairly close to their limit. I'll note stock power, but would buy those again if I wanted an inexpensive and fairly capable tire to chew through and learn on.
I just picked up some Hankook RS4s in 245/40 for my 18x8.5 Neuspeeds. Really looking forward to seeing how they do in a couple weeks at VIR and throughout this season, especially compared to what I used to run. The RS4s are supposed wear "like iron" on track while being a tad slower, and not as good in the rain (I read they require some heat) than the other 200tw RE71Rs, Direzzas, etc as a trade-off.
Previous tires were 245 Sumitomo HTR zIII 300tw, which were very reasonable in cost and capability for learning, burning through at the track, while also DDing for most of the year. Those survived 15 trackdays and probably a grand total of ~15k miles BUT could have went at least another 5 trackdays if I was properly rotating towards the end. They made noise towards the limit which would keep me in-check and safe, would get a bit greasy towards the end of the sessions, but were still a lot of fun being able to drive fairly close to their limit. I'll note stock power, but would buy those again if I wanted an inexpensive and fairly capable tire to chew through and learn on.
Sweet, that's definitely the general consensus I've read about and super excited to put them on...Rs4 are awesome tires, they do require some heat but it's not bad. They last an incredible amount of track days, I didn't find them to be all that much slower compared to some of the softer tires.
Hey which club are you running with at VIR?
Im piloting the Accelera 651 sport 200tw right now. So far pretty damn decent.