Quote Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe View Post
The Nitto NT01 is a very good tire with a lower performance capacity but with better lifetime consistency, a lot like the old RA1.

Is it currently, though? I've run the NT01 before. It was fine but I didn't do a detailed comparison of performance from old to new. The bigger question is whether the NT01 you can buy now is the same that you ran before? The RA1 went through at least three iterations while we were running it (I'm guessing more) even though Toyo denied it. The current RR is different than the RR we started on. The common end of life for RR's when we started was a light cording of the outside edge all the way around the tire. It was guaranteed if you didn't flip the tire on the rim after the first event even though the tread seemed to be wearing evenly otherwise. I haven't seen an RR cord like that in a couple of years even when we don't flip them. What else have they changed???


Richard P.