Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Need Autox tire recommendation: Hancook RS3 V2 vs. Direzza Z2 star spec

AK370Z · 03-23-2015, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by stuy486

Well, both drivers in the vette beat me, but not by much. Results .........

They ran the Bridgestones and their old RS3s back to back on Saturday, they were definitely struggling for grip on the RS3s compared to the RE71Rs, but that's probably more a result of tire age than anything, so it's tough to draw an conclusions really. It seems to me like the RE71R is much more of a contender than the RE11As, but it's not like they're running away with it because the tire is that much better.

I know. Thanks for Sharing Jeff. I have been reading that thread. The feedback on RE-71R has been positive. Heck, some were saying it acts like tires that are much much lower utqg (slicks). I even heard Sam Strano praising about these tires. And honestly at the end, lets just look at it from a unbiased aspect: Bridgestone has been showing up to Nat tours and are now doing Contingency program which is great (though no love for Pro solo ). I think they want in on the autox game and I think we should give them a shot. BTW, congrats on this weeks class win. AWESOME driving.

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Originally Posted by cruzthepug

From the Dixie Tour event this past weekend

Street Tires
Hankook 67 Trophy 23
Dunlop 52 Trophy 17
BFG 22 Trophy 3
Bridgestone 19 Trophy 11
Toyo 7 trophy 2
All the rest less then 5 each

Looks like all the cars in BS were on Dunlops, no 370's in the field.

One of the local BS drivers (Corvette) had this to say about the Dunlops on the local forum:

"A note about tires: The new crop of super-performance street tires, if the Dunlops I'm running are typical, do have more grip than ever, making them more fun to drive. And the Dunlops stick cold, so you can drive hard from the start of run 1. On the other hand, I'm glad I didn't sell my trailer. They seem to wear more quickly than last years Rivals and I suspect will heat-cycle out after a while. We may be headed for tires that will last one season locally with street driving thrown in, but probably 2 sets a year if you really do a lot of events and better limit the number of street miles by trailering to the away events."

Thanks for the input. Are you on Z2s? how do you like them? I usually never see many 370Z owners on Z2s(mostly rs3 or re-11). I also was told by someone Z2 likes light Rwd cars or awd cars. On heavy cars like Z, Z2 doesn't perform well. But yes, the statistics look VERY promising for RE-71R.

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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz

If I were buying a street tire for Autox right now....probably be the RE71's. Looks BFG went all in on their new compound, too, but have not seen any viable data on them.

Ahhh.. it means a lot coming from you. That's all I have been hearing last couple weeks. Followed Dixie tour (which had more RE-71R) and SD tour. What made you say that about RE-71R?

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Originally Posted by j-rho

My Hankook RS3V2's have 15 runs and about 100 miles on them. Ordered Bridgestone RE71Rs today for use this weekend - even though they're only available in 245-18, while I'd prefer (and the class allows) 255's.

Nice Jeff. wow.. everyone is on Bridgestone game! haha.. Great driving this weekend. Saw the video.. how did the car feel? I thought it was turning well?

So I'm coming to a point that I HAVE to order the tire for the Z. No more reading or fb posts or feedback. It's decision time. Though my first event is on 4/12 (will try my best to sneak in a 4.4.15 event but as of now I'm working), I want to get the Z ready. I think with all the reviews, praise, feedback on RE-71R, I'm pretty confident to order a set of 275-35/19" sq RE-71R.. lol.. Well.. unless you give me a very good reason why I shouldn't order this set, I think I'm decided. Lmk if i'm making a good decision