Tyre Width

[TornadoJudd]

thanks F6 Tornado very handy info. what tryes do you run

[F6_Tornado]

  TornadoJudd said:

the tyre bloke quoted me $423 each tyre fitted and balanced. TOYO Proxes TIR.  Which leeds to another question what is the best tyre to use on street/strip

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ask him what size they are? very important to get the right size

The Proxes T1R is probably about as good as u can get to fit an 18 or 19” rim.

MT Street Radials are the go but the closest size is a 17” so you need Rims.

Stick great on the road and the track but aquaplane something horrific in the wet . And don’t last to long.

[F6 UTE]

^^ What he said.

[F6_Tornado]

  TornadoJudd said:

thanks F6 Tornado very handy info. what tryes do you run

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When I had the manual Tornado I changed out the dunlops for Yokahamas 255/35/18 but they were too small in the OD and down the ¼ you either have to let it hit the limiter in 4th or pull 5th which cost a heap of time.

At present with the auto Tornado I’m driving around on the 17" MT Street radials and its great (in the dry) but they chop out so fast.

I have just bought two T1R’s which Ill be testing today and went for the 255/40ZR19

OD=27” Width=10.2” @ 770 revolutions per klm.

They cost more than the Proxes 4’s but by all reports stick a lot better.

The 255/40ZR19 cost me $450 each

[TornadoJudd]

  F6_Tornado said:

  TornadoJudd said:

the tyre bloke quoted me $423 each tyre fitted and balanced. TOYO Proxes TIR.  Which leeds to another question what is the best tyre to use on street/strip

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ask him what size they are? very important to get the right size

The Proxes T1R is probably about as good as u can get to fit an 18 or 19” rim.

MT Street Radials are the go but the closest size is a 17” so you need Rims.

Stick great on the road and the track but aquaplane something horrific in the wet . And don’t last to long.

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275/35R18 I think I will buy some 255/45R18 T1Rs after your advise thanks.

[F6_Tornado]

  TornadoJudd said:

275/35R18 I think I will buy some 255/45R18 T1Rs after your advise thanks.

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The 275/35ZR18 is for a 9” 10” or 11” rim (but will squeeze on)

OD=25.6”

Width= 10.7

813 Revolutions per Klm

U get a bit more width (allbeit deformed) but lose the height u want if u have a manual.

Just make sure he is talking Proxes T1R's and not Proxes 4's

[GT290]

  RAPHOON said:

  TornadoJudd said:

Whats the widest tyre you can fit on the rear of a Tornado with standard F6 18s?

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From memory, you can leagally go up one size. (Cro can you confirm this)

I've fitted 255/40/18's on mine.

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Mika, did u fit 255's on your standard F6 rims u have? or are these new rims you got?

[Evil F6]

  F6_Tornado said:

  TornadoJudd said:

the tyre bloke quoted me $423 each tyre fitted and balanced. TOYO Proxes TIR.  Which leeds to another question what is the best tyre to use on street/strip

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ask him what size they are? very important to get the right size

The Proxes T1R is probably about as good as u can get to fit an 18 or 19” rim.

MT Street Radials are the go but the closest size is a 17” so you need Rims.

Stick great on the road and the track but aquaplane something horrific in the wet . And don’t last to long.

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Hmm, I can name quite a few tyres better than the Proxes. Would be about my 5th choice at best. Even in the Wheels big tyre test they were average, finishing well down the list. Wet traction was not in the same class as tyres like the Eagle GS-D3 F1 (best wet weather tyre), Dunlop Sport Maxx, Michelin PS2, Yokohama Advan.

[F6 UTE]

  Mr Majestyk said:

Hmm, I can name quite a few tyres better than the Proxes. Would be about my 5th choice at best. Even in the Wheels big tyre test they were average, finishing well down the list. Wet traction was not in the same class as tyres like the Eagle GS-D3 F1 (best wet weather tyre), Dunlop Sport Maxx, Michelin PS2, Yokohama Advan.

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Have you driven 5 tyres better than the Toyo T1-R, have you seen what 3 laps of a track do to Eagle F1's?? Dunlop Sport Maxx are brand new out afaik?? And he has back to backed Advans.

Make sure you're comparing Proxes T1-R, not the other in the series too.. They ( T1-R ) are a soft compound 'track' tyre, so obvioulsly they will have wet weather sacrafices, but it's coming into summer, and we need grip..

[Evil F6]

  F6 UTE said:

  Mr Majestyk said:

Hmm, I can name quite a few tyres better than the Proxes. Would be about my 5th choice at best. Even in the Wheels big tyre test they were average, finishing well down the list. Wet traction was not in the same class as tyres like the Eagle GS-D3 F1 (best wet weather tyre), Dunlop Sport Maxx, Michelin PS2, Yokohama Advan.

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Have you driven 5 tyres better than the Toyo T1-R, have you seen what 3 laps of a track do to Eagle F1's?? Dunlop Sport Maxx are brand new out afaik?? And he has back to backed Advans.

Make sure you're comparing Proxes T1-R, not the other in the series too.. They ( T1-R ) are a soft compound 'track' tyre, so obvioulsly they will have wet weather sacrafices, but it's coming into summer, and we need grip..

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Dunlop Sport Maxx have been out for at least 4 months, as that's how long I've had mine. Didn't realize this was for track work. If so there are other choices.

Edited 03/10/06 04:07 AM by Mr Majestyk