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Post by randomfactor on Nov 3, 2016 21:45:57 GMT
Jack you need new daily wheels and keep yours for track wheels!! Agreed, there's a cracking set of rota bm8s in the for sale sections, would look cracking on yours  |
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Post by jackyboy on Nov 6, 2016 10:34:48 GMT
shelby looking for new wheels. i will have his old mark 2 wheel. he wants rotas too.
Yeah in an ideal work i would have a set of bbs wheels for road with some chunky tyres and keep my badly sprayed white ones for track work with some nankang ar 1s fitted.. but bank says nooooo
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Post by jackyboy on Feb 7, 2017 2:03:52 GMT
Canoeing nankang ns ultra sports have been ace so far but after many track and its a dailys they wont Canoeing wear down!! I need them to wear down so i can put ad08s on but they just Canoeing wont! Lol
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Post by oli on Feb 7, 2017 10:30:07 GMT
You're not trying hard enough.
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Post by jackyboy on Feb 7, 2017 11:46:21 GMT
Man dem not going to resort to burn outs and doughnuts!!
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Post by Basra on Feb 7, 2017 12:04:15 GMT
I have run the following tyres on my mx5's;
Bridgestone RE002 195 50 15 - Probably the best 1a listed tyre and around £35/£37 per tyre. Dry 6/10 Wet 5/10 Wear 8/10
Yokohama Prada spec2 195 50 15 - Average summer tyre, many size options. Dry 5/10 Wet 3/10 Wear 8/10
Toyo Proxies R1R 195 50 15 - Currently running these, very noticeable improved overall grip, improved turn in and at the time cost me £250 delivered for a set. Unfortunately have been discontinued. Dry 8/10 Wet 8/10 Wear 6/10.
My advice for a daily mild modified mx5 (non forced induction engines) is to run a 1a listed or equivalent, as i found it less enjoyable having plenty of grip and reducing the chances tail happy action. However since i now have a turbo'd NB the R1R tyres can easily loose traction thanks to the extra power gains so i doubt i'll go down to more generic road tyre.
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Post by minty on Feb 7, 2017 12:28:19 GMT
Rainsport 3 here - only been on for about 500 miles but have been excellent with all this rain lately. Much grips
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Post by howardb66 on Feb 7, 2017 13:39:26 GMT
Currently got AD08R's on but I really don't like them. The Rainsport 3 are a really good tyre that I used last year on the road & for sprints+hillclimbs- very impressed with them for the price.
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Post by qwackingduck on Feb 7, 2017 14:07:52 GMT
I'm currently using Kumho HS51, cant fault them at all....
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Post by Rickster on Feb 7, 2017 15:45:22 GMT
Currently got AD08R's on but I really don't like them. The Rainsport 3 are a really good tyre that I used last year on the road & for sprints+hillclimbs- very impressed with them for the price. How did you find the Rainsports in the dry i really like them in the wet but they seem to scrub up a bit in the dry, grips still good though, I have a spare set of wheels with pilot sports on for the dry |
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Post by howardb66 on Feb 7, 2017 16:36:16 GMT
Currently got AD08R's on but I really don't like them. The Rainsport 3 are a really good tyre that I used last year on the road & for sprints+hillclimbs- very impressed with them for the price. How did you find the Rainsports in the dry i really like them in the wet but they seem to scrub up a bit in the dry, grips still good though, I have a spare set of wheels with pilot sports on for the dry Good point: For road use, the Rainsports were great all round. For sprints/hillclimbs they were fine as they were grippy straight away & only needed to work hard for 3 minutes maximum. Castle Combe sprint in the old Mk1 on Rainsports- If I was to be pounding around a dry track all day in the summer, I'm not that sure they would hold up. I'd get some R888Rs to do that (that's what I run on my TVR & they're pretty good). The AD08R's that are on the Mk2.5 are ok for grip but I'm finding that I struggle for traction & braking where I know the R888Rs wouldn't... |
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Post by rustywheels on Feb 7, 2017 17:30:04 GMT
The courtesy car I currently have from The MX5 Restorer has Briway BFH57 tyres. Ooohh - they squeal just like the best tyres in Starsky & Hutch! Just need to find some cardboard boxes to drive through (and if you have no idea what I am talking about, you are far too young)  |
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Post by boringgit on Feb 7, 2017 19:29:02 GMT
I'm still under 30 (just) and know what you're on about.
Tyres. Both the below are on standard daisy's in 185/55/14 flavour.
Toyo Cf2s on my car. prarrie canoe in the wet just like the 'other' mx5 toyo everyone loves. Fab in the dry though however I think if you drove many miles they would wear away faster than a whore gobbles sausage.
Her car has Rainexperts and they are fantastic. They inspire lots of confidence in the wet abs I think you could really push the car if you wanted to.
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Post by wannabe on Feb 7, 2017 23:51:07 GMT
+1 for RainExperts in 14s!
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Post by Rickster on Feb 8, 2017 6:51:18 GMT
How did you find the Rainsports in the dry i really like them in the wet but they seem to scrub up a bit in the dry, grips still good though, I have a spare set of wheels with pilot sports on for the dry Good point: For road use, the Rainsports were great all round. For sprints/hillclimbs they were fine as they were grippy straight away & only needed to work hard for 3 minutes maximum. Castle Combe sprint in the old Mk1 on Rainsports- If I was to be pounding around a dry track all day in the summer, I'm not that sure they would hold up. I'd get some R888Rs to do that (that's what I run on my TVR & they're pretty good). The AD08R's that are on the Mk2.5 are ok for grip but I'm finding that I struggle for traction & braking where I know the R888Rs wouldn't... Nice lap I did some track time at Combe last year, in the morning it was wet and the Rainsports were absolutely brilliant - no one could touch me! Different story in the dry though, they were ok but lost my adavantage. are you doing the Combe sprint next month? |
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