Tires for the shelby

[jcox07]

I need new street tires for the GT500 and would like to get a set that I could also use as rain tires at nationals. Any tire that would be good at this?JY

[MARKP]

My Dad's vette has some sort of Goodyear F1 tires that came on it from the factory. They are gummy and seem to do well in the rain.

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[thrdeye]

What about some RS3's? Are you on 18's? I know a lot of the Corvettes run them.

[jcox07]

It will be on 19's and it has goodyear f1 supercar tires and they sux. Strano calls them goodskates and I agree, when Gary M drove it at his school at walter state on them he didn't like it at all. Any one ever ran the toyo 888's on a heavy car? JY

[ke0ki2k]

They make RS3's in 19's now - wide ones too: 305's and 275's. Theyre not the best rain tire in the world though, and they're STUPID expensive in that size. Yokohama AD08's might be your best bet in the 19" size

[EliseAutoXr]

Probably not much help, but I liked the R888's on my "non-heavy" car. Seemed like a good generalist (I DD'd, autox'd and track'd) tire.

[CABoegemann]

Just read about these today.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... Contact+DW

but in a 19, 285's are as wide as you can get. They don't look like rain tires to me, but several people said they were great in HEAVY rain... (STR thread, Miata.net)

[jhix33]

The consensus among magazine/forum testing has been that the fastest street tire in the rain is the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. The Continental DW is a close second for less cash. I haven't looked so see about 19" sizes though.

I have F1 Supercars on my daily wheels. They're great if you enjoy some unintentional drifting at part throttle.

[MARKP]

The consensus among magazine/forum testing has been that the fastest street tire in the rain is the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. The Continental DW is a close second for less cash. I haven't looked so see about 19" sizes though.

I have F1 Supercars on my daily wheels. They're great if you enjoy some unintentional drifting at part throttle.

Come to think of it, I think my dad's car has the Michelins. I know the option was for one or the other.

[ke0ki2k]

The consensus among magazine/forum testing has been that the fastest street tire in the rain is the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. The Continental DW is a close second for less cash.

faster than star specs or R1R's?

[TennTechMan]

This is probably no help for JY since I don't know if they're available in 19's, but I have been really impressed with the wet grip of the Star Specs. We've got them on both the RX-8 and the Focus. I thought the R1R's were good at full depth too. That's all street experience though. The only tires I've autocrossed in the rain have been shaved R1R's.

[jhix33]

The consensus among magazine/forum testing has been that the fastest street tire in the rain is the Michelin Pilot Super Sport. The Continental DW is a close second for less cash.

faster than star specs or R1R's?

Grassroots tested the Contis head to head with those tires and found them faster in the wet: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articl ... sh-splash/

That was done before the Michelin PSS hit the market, and I think there was a Tire Rack test that showed the PSS edging out the DW. If it were me, I would go with the DW based on price. The PSS looks to be offered in a lot more wide 19" sizes though.

[jpvette]

I have been using Bridgestone RE-11's on my vette for the last 4 or 5 autocrosses and have been very pleased with the performance. I have not raced in the rain yet but have driven several times in the rain with them. They seem to grip well in the wet. 180 treadwear,lot's of sizes and good wear so far.

[Wheelman_13]

In a previous magazine test, the Star Spec and Yokohama AD08 KILLED every other ST tire in wet conditions. The R1R was in that test, but I don't think the Conti/Michelin were. I have yet to find fault with the Star Specs on my car in any condition including monsoon.

From a semi-race tire standpoint, the R888 do work well in the wet on a light car (I have a set for my MR2), but I hear the Toyo RA1 is better if it comes in the right size. No experience with the latter though.

[TennTechMan]

In a previous magazine test, the Star Spec and Yokohama AD08 KILLED every other ST tire in wet conditions. The R1R was in that test,

I've always wondered how the R1R compared to the Star Spec in the wet. I'm glad people go to the trouble of doing these tests and then publishing them.

I guess the STC and STS crowd use full depth R1R's for rains more for the contingency money.