[FASTFATBOY]

I actually put a timer in the car(phone app) this past weekend at Barber. My best lap was a 1:50.3 in traffic I had to let 2 cars go by.

The intermediate group that weekend with REZOOM was the fastest I have ever been in.

I am 3800 lbs with me in the car, on 275-40-17 NT-05 street tires. I finally think I am tire limited, my goal was to run a 1:49 on street tires and I know now I can do it on a clean lap.

What tires do you guys think I should go to? NT-01, R888, R6?

I don't think I can move to a 315 square setup, I saw a pic of the car in between turn 12-13 and the left front is shoved all the way up in the fender, only and inch of the tire is visible the lip of the rim is almost even with the top fender.

This was the first weekend with some real front camber in the car (1.9 degrees) and the Raybestos ST47/ST43 pad combo. Pads have the highest bite I have had yet, incredible stopping power. The ST43 is too much pad for the rear though.

Any help is appreciated.

Here is a vid of a session on Sunday. Almost every car out there was on some kind of good tire, at least as good as what I have all the way to full slicks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMirqCLBEs

This post has been edited by FASTFATBOY: Nov 5 2013, 12:28 PM

[93FirehawkTA]

I've used both Toyo R1s and Nitto NT01s. They also doubled as my street tires. I liked them a lot. Before I started trailering my car, I used to drive 2.5 hours on my R1's to Barber and Little Tally, run my sessions, then drive home. If you're going to use them as a dedicated track tire, not on the street and not in the wet, I'd recommend shaving them before use. I always ran mine from full tread depth down to the cords, but in doing this found both tires easy to overheat and get a little "greasy" the first weekend of use. A non shaved R1 was a much better tire in the wet. The NT01 was a little better in the dry, but I found it very difficult to drive in the wet.

Was Tony Cook there too?

[FASTFATBOY]

I've used both Toyo R1s and Nitto NT01s. They also doubled as my street tires. I liked them a lot. Before I started trailering my car, I used to drive 2.5 hours on my R1's to Barber and Little Tally, run my sessions, then drive home. If you're going to use them as a dedicated track tire, not on the street and not in the wet, I'd recommend shaving them before use. I always ran mine from full tread depth down to the cords, but in doing this found both tires easy to overheat and get a little "greasy" the first weekend of use. A non shaved R1 was a much better tire in the wet. The NT01 was a little better in the dry, but I found it very difficult to drive in the wet.

Was Tony Cook there too?

As usual I was the only 4th Gen in the paddock.

Thanks for the info on tires.

I can get R888 and R6 race takeoffs for $145 shipped. Dunno which one to get lol.

After talking to Kevin I will put bigger bars on the car first(35/22) and see where that goes.

I have always trailered the car to the track.

This post has been edited by FASTFATBOY: Nov 10 2013, 11:08 AM

[wstukas]

I've used both Toyo R1s and Nitto NT01s. They also doubled as my street tires. I liked them a lot. Before I started trailering my car, I used to drive 2.5 hours on my R1's to Barber and Little Tally, run my sessions, then drive home. If you're going to use them as a dedicated track tire, not on the street and not in the wet, I'd recommend shaving them before use. I always ran mine from full tread depth down to the cords, but in doing this found both tires easy to overheat and get a little "greasy" the first weekend of use. A non shaved R1 was a much better tire in the wet. The NT01 was a little better in the dry, but I found it very difficult to drive in the wet.

Was Tony Cook there too?

As usual I was the only 4th Gen in the paddock.

Thanks for the info on tires.

I can get R888 and R6 race takeoffs for $145 shipped. Dunno which one to get lol.

After talking to Kevin I will put bigger bars on the car first(35/22) and see where that goes.

I have always trailered the car to the track.

I can probably hand you down some 275/40/17 RA1's. I usually run them down pretty far, but there's still some life on them, and I know they are better than street tires...