More durable/affordable tire option?

[marshall_mosty]

You guys should contact Louis at Gspeed about these tires he has been running on his WRL corvettes. They are DAMN sticky and DAMN fast and last 8 hours with ease even with the varied driving styles of "rent a vette" racers who constantly brake stuff.

Don't laugh at the chinese tahrs....they are pretty damn good. I think Louis brought in an entire container of them. Just have to figure out which size to order since most of his are the 265/18. http://nankangusa.com/passenger-tires/ns2r/ These tires make the Azenis 615+, Rival and RE71 seem like hockey pucks and yet they still last fairly well for the weekend. I want to say they were $175/tire but could be wrong.

EDIT:

simple tire for 255/17's... $142/ea. https://simpletire.com/nankang-255-4...iABEgI1XfD_BwE

Unfortunately the 275/40 is only available in an 18"...
The closest they have for a 17 is a 255/40...

http://nankangusa.com/passenger-tires/ns2r/

[Pranav]

It's made in a Chinese factory

All they have to do is wake Wang up and he'll have a batch made and loaded on a ship by Monday

[centerville]

Unfortunately the 275/40 is only available in an 18"...
The closest they have for a 17 is a 255/40...

http://nankangusa.com/passenger-tires/ns2r/

Devils advocate here: Why not go to 255's, they are even less expensive? It has nothing to do with the fact that I have 5 sets of 17x9 wheels.

[ShadowBolt]

I'm kind of shocked that no one cares about the e-mail Terry sent Bryan. I think Terry has hit the tire issue squarely on the head.


JJ

[RichardP]

I'm kind of shocked that no one cares about the e-mail Terry sent Bryan. I think Terry has hit the tire issue squarely on the head.


JJ

I think a lot of people care and agree with Terry. That's why we are doing the experimental tire thing...


Richard P.

[BryanL]

https://www.windingroad.com/articles...eid=4e618c612d

-There is no substitute for high-grip, new tires. You will get beaten by a driver who can afford to run new tires each race, assuming they follow #1 above.

-People so often try to set up a car on worn-out tires and fool themselves into thinking they learned something, when in fact they “learned” something that’s wrong. Now instead of just not knowing the answer, they “know” the wrong answer. That’s MUCH worse.

-Heat cycles affect a tire more if that tire is closer to an out-and-out racing tire. People worry about heat cycles on a tire that’s good for 20,000 miles on the street car...that’s not important. However, on a high-performance race tire that’s good for 150 miles, one heat cycle will cost you a lot of grip.

[AI#97]

I think a lot of people care and agree with Terry. That's why we are doing the experimental tire thing...


Richard P.

I would not take everything Terry comes up with as gospel. Remember, nearly all his cars are 2 or 3 lap wonders or for autoX...not great data transfer over to 30-45 minute hard sessions going wheel to wheel in cars without ABS. Keep that in mind and read between his data.....just sayin. Also, most of his customers are riding on $3500-7000 sets of good shocks...um, ya'll aren't. That alone will effect tire data almost as much as driving style.