Size 245/50-16
I have been looking for tires for my TGP. It will not see any rain or snow ect. Just sunny summer days and hot asphalt. I would like to run something similar to an Azenis 615 or Hankook RS2, but I can find nothing reasonably priced in my size and really don’t want to downsize from stock, and can’t find anything if I upsize too. Any ideas?
You could consider 245/45-16s, which would fit just fine and get you some mechanical advantage and slight lowering, and give you the option of:
Hankook R-S2s
Hoosier A6s
BF Goodrich R1s
Kumho Ecsta V710s
and several others.
tough selection in 16"
looks like you have to go 245/45/16 and the Hankooks are the only ones I can think of.
What do you consider “reasonably priced”? The RS2 in 245/45/16 is $113 at Tire Rack.
What about something like an R888?
They don’t have that exact size, Best you can do in a 16 is
245/45R16 for $198.00 from thetireshoppe.com
but that tire is very well reviewed from lotus guys.
Could also look at an A048
225/45R16 is the biggest they have, but they don’t really measure up like normal tires. I think the A048 225 is the same width as the R88 245. It’s 250 dollars per tire though.
Both these are Rcomps
dunlop z1’s
They aren’t. A hoosier 225 is the same width as most other 245s, but the yokos aren’t that wide.
Hmm, i guess that scratches that.
The best advice I can give you is to buy the cheap tires and save your money for entry fees.
Not a bad plan if you don’t like winning.
Good tires and a harness are your best investments, and affect your time significantly.
I put on mediocre tires last year and wound up doing okay, but not good. I bought good tires this year, and I hope to do well (we’ll see). But when people found out what I was driving on, the general consensus was “buy good rubber.”
You shouldn’t plan on winning when you are new. And considering that his car isn’t even listed in the rulebook for classification, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that no matter what tires he runs, he won’t be competitive. If he’s there to have fun and learn (which is what everyone should be there for), then a cheap set of decent tires and money for entry fees will take him further.
Seat time > tires. If you have heard differently, you got bad advice.
sorry, but WTF is a “TGP” ?
Turbo Grand Prix, at least that’s what I am assuming based on his profile.
i love my RS2’s…best bang for the buck IMO, i’ve never found anything so cheap and at the same time so quality
edit:
and yes, it’s a turbo grand prix
Fair point, but entry fees are inexpensive enough and infrequent enough that you can buy yourself the tires AND the entry fees if you make yourself a ham sandwich for dinner a couple times per month instead of going out or ordering pizza.
I guess, if you are only doing one event a month…
but $30-$40 a week for 16 weeks sure adds up (plus gas)
The Kumho Victoraces are another option. Back when I was running my 240, I had those tires on the car all summer and ran competitive times.
Obviously if you’re running every event in 2-3 regions, your situation is different from mine.
I’ve run both the Azenis 615’s and Ventus RS2’s and I thought the Azenis had much better grip.
I was also running both on the street and autocrossing, as well as a couple track days.
well you need to decide if youre going to run street tires (like the two you listed), or slicks. I have never run slicks so I can’t make a recommendation on those but for street tires you should stick with Bridgestone RE-01R’s, Dunlop Direzza SS Z1’s, Falken Azenis RT615’s, or maybe the Hankook RS2’s.
I have always run azenis and have liked them but I am trying our the bridgestones this year, from how I understand it, the Azenis have a bit stiffer sidewall and let go “less” progressively than the re-01r/Z1’s. However complared to slicks any street tire is going to feel this way.
In all honesty you’re probably not going to be much quicker on any of those three more than the other… I would pick the Hankook’s last, IMO, but they are probably fine.