Tarmac rally tyres

Nickb · Postby **Nickb** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:55 pm

Hi Guys,

I'm going the Dutton rally in WA in a couple of weeks and am looking at some new wheels and tyres before then. It's my first outing (yes, probably jumping in a bit, but you only live once) so would appreciate a bit of advice. Currently have 17's with Nexens. Looking at getting some 15x7 and new tyres. Any recommendations? Thinking of keeping the 17's for the street, so the tyres only need to be road legal and capable of wet weather stuff.

Thanks

Postby **Boyracer** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:39 pm

Get Dunlop D01 or D02 or D03 Medium compound...they do the job nicely...we have used them on a few different cars in Targa New Zealand,Targa Tassie and East coast targa.

mazlot · Postby **mazlot** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:52 pm

Be prepared to ruin the set in the Event :shock:

Nickb · Postby **Nickb** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:21 pm

Yeah, worried about that. Just been quoted $330/tyre for d03's..... maybe I'll look at a high end road tyre (RT 615 or similar) and get rid of the 17s completely. Get the D01,02 or 03 when I can make better use of them

CT · Postby CT » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:40 pm

Try the Kumho Ecstas or Toyo R888 - cheaper than dunlops and much better than RT615s. Dunlops are the real deal though.

Nickb · Postby **Nickb** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:19 pm

I'll get quotes on both of those. Are the Ecstas the KU31s? Looks like there are a couple to choose from. Got quoted $185 for the KU31 and $175 for Toyo T1Rs. Would love to get the Dunlops but the budget is getting stretched pretty thin already. Adds up quick, haven't even turned a wheel in anger yet...

Ted · Postby **Ted** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:47 pm

Given the relatively low amount of time you are at full noise in one hit during each event, I would go for whatever comes up to temp quickly.

Casey · Postby **Casey** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:54 pm

Nickb wrote:I'll get quotes on both of those. Are the Ecstas the KU31s? Looks like there are a couple to choose from. Got quoted $185 for the KU31 and $175 for Toyo T1Rs. Would love to get the Dunlops but the budget is getting stretched pretty thin already. Adds up quick, haven't even turned a wheel in anger yet...

No - the Kuhmo Ecstas are the V70A/V700. Same tyre, both numbers are on the sidewall. These are a (very) streetable semi slick whereas the KU31 is more a performance road tyre.

zoomzoom · Postby **zoomzoom** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:48 am

Personally I would go for the semi rather then the street tyre, else you will probably regret it later. I have the t1r and they are by no means a bit of both, the soft sidewalls puts them right down to a pretty good street tyre.

Blue94t · Postby **Blue94t** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:41 am

I just got a set of Bridgestone RE55S tyres.
Very happy with them so far. Got them mounted on 15x7 rims from MX5 Mania (Rob E actually).
$280 per tyre and seem great so far though have only used them on cold or wet days.
Jake

mazlot · Postby **mazlot** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:00 am

I can recommend the Kuhmo V70A, have usee them on 2 Duttons so far, both sets are now rooted, one down to canvas after the second day :shock:

Nickb · Postby **Nickb** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:10 am

Would you guys recommend getting a spare tyre and wheel? I only have the little space saver which is useless....

BiX · Postby **BiX** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:50 am

Ppl use the D03 in medium for the entire legth of targa on some lighter cars( And even things like 968's which are 1.5t) which is 2000km with 500km competitive. The Black lambo used the R1 compound D03 and that also lasted all of targa. If you afford it a set of D03 on soft should last dutton. But if you don't want to go through a set of tires per event a set of the med or R1 would be the go.

D03 goes soft-medium-R1-hard