Post your Tire set up....

[LuckyWinner]

Just want to find out what brand and size tires your running. Whats best for track and street? Are you happy with your choice or would you change anything.

[Jeff Kleiner]

Kumho XS---255/40-17 on 9" wheel in front; 315/35-17 on 10.5" in the rear. I'm very happy with them. Do a lot of auto-x and some track days and I think the XS is generally regarded as one of the highest performing street/track tires available in the sizes we use. They take a few heat cycles from new to really start working and then just keep getting better as they wear. They want heat and traction definitely falls off below 60 degrees. I first put the car on the road with Sumitomo HTR-Zs in the same sizes. Dirt cheap and OK if all you are doing is street cruising. They were very consistent though; not much traction whether they were hot or cold!

Jeff

[Bobasaurus]

I am funning Falken ZE-512 (245/45-17) on the front and Falken FK-452 (275/40-17) on the rear. I like them for the street. I put about 33000 miles on the first set of fronts, including donor time.

One day I will move to 315's on the rear, but for now the selection at a price I would like to pay is limited on that size locally.

Bobby

[Bob Cowan]

I started out with BFG KDW. It's an excellent tire - very stable, good traction, and long lasting. Gives an excellent ride. But, I can't get them in 295's any more. I still have them on the front (oddly enough, the rears wear out a lot faster than the fronts!).

Last summer I bought a set of Nitto 555's for the rear. Not a good tire at all. The car doesn't ride nearly as well, and feels darty sometimes. I've played with the tire pressure and alignment settings, and got them calmed down quite a bit. But still not where the BFG's were. I think I'll get rid of them soon. I'll probably end up with a BFG in a 275 width. The stability gained will be worth the traction lost.

On the track I use a Kumho V710. Excellent tire. Good grip, communicates well, and lasts a long time. Unfortunatly, getting those in a 295 width is also getting to be impossible. I might have to switch to a Hoosier R6

In '09, I used a set of Toyo 888's. Terrible tire! They're directional, so I couldn't switch them side to side. So the tires wore at a very uneven rate. And halfway through the season they were done. Once they got hot, they were sliding all over the place. A terrible track tire.

I'v heard the Toyo R1's are an excellent tire. Lots of people at the track use them with good success. But I don't really know about the wear rate.

[cobramd]

I'm running Kuhmo xs 245/45/17 in front and 285/40/17 in back great street and autox tire I wish I could go bigger but my old Mk1 doesn't have a lot of room and my wheels would need to be replaced. I also have a set of MT ETstreet drag radials 275/40/17 and Nitto 555 235/45/17 for the front great straight line set up but that's about it. Very darty at speed and as you would probably expect horrible on the autox track.
I use to run BFG radial ta's 235/15 in front and 295/15 in back they did look nice but were absolutely worthless when it came to traction my 1/4 mile times were in the low 12's with 125mph trap speeds. Cornering was also worthless as well.

[LuckyWinner]

Has anyone ran the VREDESTEIN ULTRAC SESSANTA? Their not to expencive but they get some good reviews and a very nice looking tread pattern

[BigLeo69]

mickey thompsons on 15" wheels

[Marty Prario]

BFG Ground Force Sports. 255/45/17 on all four corners. Good all around tire for street, works well in autocross and track days. For a tire that has a 340 tread wear rating they work suprisingly well. My next set of tires will be the Kumo XS.

[Sergio]

Dunlops 335/35/17s in the rear and 275/45/17s in the front mounted now on FR500s in Black:

http://cobra4me.com/SuperCobraDone/DSC06595Bz8.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/SuperCobra4Me/SuperCobraBuild/335s/3.jpg

[Someday I Suppose]

Sergio, what width are the rear wheels your running? I have the room for 335's as my fenders are flared, but haven't found a suitable 12 inch wheel that I really like.

_Scott




Dunlops 335/35/17s in the rear and 275/45/17s in the front mounted now on FR500s in Black:

http://cobra4me.com/SuperCobraDone/DSC06595Bz8.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/SuperCobra4Me/SuperCobraBuild/335s/3.jpg

[timp2]

BF Goodrich Radial T/A 275/50R15 Rear 235/60R15 front. I like the fat look. I think that these tires are too hard and will switch to Mickey Thompsons when all of the smoke has been let out of these.

[Sergio]

Sergio, what width are the rear wheels your running? I have the room for 335's as my fenders are flared, but haven't found a suitable 12 inch wheel that I really like.

_Scott

The rear rims are 10.5 x 17 s

[Tad]

Has anyone ran the VREDESTEIN ULTRAC SESSANTA? Their not to expencive but they get some good reviews and a very nice looking tread pattern

Here are my Vred's. I've only recently gotten registered so I don't have many miles on them yet. But so far, I like them. Hopefully I'll be able to really get some miles on them this spring and summer.

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq34/tad240/NovemberDecember2010149.jpg

[Wayne Presley]

I've driven on all of these on cobras
Sumitomos- absolute crap, no traction ever, very cheap. rating 1
BFG radial TA's- classic look, no traction. rating 3
BFG gforce KDW- really good all around tire. rating 7
Nitto 555 II's - good all around tire. rating 6
Nitto NT01 -open track/autocross tire, really sticky. rating 9
Nitto NT05- drag radial hooks up well, wears really fast with 705 RWHP. rating 9
Kumho Ecsta XS - best street tire I've driven, near DOT race grip levels but doesn't pick up rocks like one. Rating 8 on traction (10 on value)
Kumho V700 Victoracer- I ran them on a street car and while they have great grip, they pick up every stone you run across. rating 8
Kumho V710- like the V700 with better turn in and grip with shorter life. rating 9
Toyo Proxxes RA1- great track/autocross tire, gets better the more worn it becomes. rating 9

[Bill_VA]

Running the same set of Sumitomos for the last four years/11000 miles. Going with Kumho Ecsta XS tires this spring. I wonder if maybe it was a good thing to cut my teeth on tires with less traction for a while. Looking forward to grippier tires.

[Someday I Suppose]

Sergio, thanks, no issues with the wheel width? All the tires I have looked at suggest a min of an 11 inch wheel and use a 12 inch wheel as their midpoint.


The rear rims are 10.5 x 17 s


Wayne, so would you rate the XS as an 8.5? Do they tramline like the old Exsta did? Had those on my Mustang good tire but the tramlining was a B.

[Wayne Presley]

I wonder if maybe it was a good thing to cut my teeth on tires with less traction for a while. Looking forward to grippier tires.
Absolutely not, less traction equals a greater risk of losing control of the car. If you have to replace the tires every 10K miles, that's 2-3 years use for most people.

[Wayne Presley]

Wayne, so would you rate the XS as an 8.5? Do they tramline like the old Exsta did? Had those on my Mustang good tire but the tramlining was a B.
I fixed the post, the XS's track smooth and are not very noisy.

[mydream]

I had d Sumi's and Jeff K converted me so i went to the Kumho XS
245-45-17 and 335-35-17 inthe rear on 11 inch Team 3 wheels
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[Wayne Presley]

...Jeff K converted me...


TMI...hahahaha

[mydream]

TMI...hahahaha

I had to google that LOL! I guess you have teenagers.....