Hmm maybe some super sports as they get some good comments and at least have a 15k warranty which is kind of comforting when spending 1k+ on tires.
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If you cannot afford a non-A/S tire for the track, then I suggest you put off going to the track. As Gomer mentioned, do not track on an all-season tire. You will just burn them up and will not learn anything about high performance driving, wasting money hand-over-fist. Just take a step back and ask yourself if what you are trying to do makes any sense. Just bought a Z...paying the fee for track days (at Laguna Seca, noneless)...wanting another A/S tire...cannot afford a performance tire appropriate for track use, even limited. No. It does not make sense. Make a plan for next year, save your money, try again later.
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Also, if it is your daily and just thinking about tires is a financial struggle, I'd stop taking your car to the track on inferior tires. One slip into the wall and you won't be able to recover financially.
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06-17-2016, 06:40 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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Man, going to the track on all-seasons seems . . . suicidal or pointless. Push it and the low level of grip is gonna send you into a wall or other car; the alternative is going like 5/10ths and then why bother
If you can't afford tires, like others have said . . . best to wait. This is for safety. I'd recommend new brake pads, brake fluid, and from what i've heard, an oil cooler. |
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I have pilot super sport currently on my car and very happy with them in the track. But I didn't try any tire in the Extreme category as they aren't available locally, even the PSS, I bought them and shipped them from UK.
I had them on my old DD but I didn't track them, they lasted two years and half with around 37k miles on them.
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I fully plan on a second set later but that will be more likely a next year thing that I get over winter. Just looking at what I can use as a good tire now since my rears are nearing wear limit and these tires pretty much don't match this vehicle anyway. Also at my level I am not pushing the car, as for not being worth it if only pushing it 5/10 well that's all an opinion. See I am required to hold my class b license for work so I can not drive reckless in the street at all! Otherwise I get arrested, pay huge fine, lose my license, lose my job, now can't afford payments, lose my car etc etc. So then why bother owning a z if I can't use it every now and again so the 200.00 for an open track event and 200.00 for a 2 day insurance policy all of a sudden looks very cheap comparatively wouldn't you say?
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OP, maybe you should consider autox instead of doing HPDE. It still gives you an opportunity to push the car (albeit not as fast) but at a much lower cost and lower risk.
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FWIW, Laguna is pretty easy on tires, at least compared to other tracks in California. I get 5-6 track days out of a set of RE-71Rs. Drop the A/S and just take the Skibus to Tahoe!
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Looking at the avg mi and my avg mi I probably will look at the re11/pss/or direzza star spec ii after all since I only drive at 15k a year at most. Probably end up a rear set a year and a front ever 1.5 is my guess. |
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Good to know and yea I will never take my z in the snow I only need to make it to granite bay to hitch a ride with a friend. I do Tahoe in summer for northstar dh biking. I will look at the 71r as a second set for next season when I have another set of wheels. I've found some for about 1400 which isn't bad. Just going to look for another set of Oem Rays sports.
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Ok well thanks for all the feedback guys, it give me a lot to think about and I really appreciate the concern for my safety and understand where your coming from and do believe in being safe (that's why I did all the brake and cooling work before going). Looks like I will get another set of wheels and tires but in the more imediate future I will drop the a/s tires and get a max performance since I drive low mi anyway and that should suit me for a few track days as well as I am not one that believes in pushing it to my limits, I stay safer and steadily progress (been dh riding for over 20 years and haven't broken anything knock on wood. Still not the fastest guy but not the slowest either and don't have all the injuries the fastest guy has). So just knowing my limits and staying within them as I get more comfortable I will steadily get faster and smother and at that point may require some more mods but I still have a long ways to go before I even come close to pushing what I haves limits.
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And your right the brakes were way overkill but I'm still not late braking yet and errord on the side of safe (didn't want car and driver Nismo event happening to me), easy enough to swap in and out too so they should last a while since only used on track. |
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18's do, it's a snug fit. Plenty of serious track guys run 18's on their Z's. I believe the z's in certain country (Australia I think) actually comes with 18in wheels and sports brakes.
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