Tires

[drakkie]

Is anyone doing the tires on it yet ??? if not so, i will (let) me get informed on it and make the right choiche for our car....

How about some Pirelli Pzero's ?
What is the size of the rims, so that i can choose the right ones...


http://www.yokohamatire.com/searchresults.asp?id=hp
http://www.bridgestone-eu.com/articles.asp?id=139
http://www.bridgestone-eu.com/upload/album/AP_9562.pdf

some ideas perhaps...

[Coventrysucks]

ContiSportContact 2s are supposed to be good.
Bridgestone Potenza S03
Pirelli PZero Corsa
Toyo Proxes seem popular with TVR, as are Goodyear F1s

[Blue Supra]

Michelins have to be the go surely...

[megotmea7]

i can personaly vouch for the pirelli Pzeros. awesome tires

[taz_rocks_miami]

Originally Posted by megotmea7

i can personaly vouch for the pirelli Pzeros. awesome tires

Me too, love them tires

[jcp123]

I got Continental ContiExtreme Contacts for $114 each. Nice meats. They grip hard and are unflappable in the rain + inclement surfaces, yet even the small profile 245/45's ride softer than the 215/60's i had before!

[Egg Nog]

If it comes down to cost, we could go with a set of Kumho Ecsta MX tires, but I think we should be okay.

I wonder if Matra would like to help drakkie do the tires?

[drakkie]

that would be welcome, cos i cant remember exactly, how the sizes were.i ll contact him via PM. How big are the rims gonna be, so that we can pick the right one.

[Matra et Alpine]

Need to get drivetrain, weight, balance and suspension sorted before we go picking tyres or we risk screwing up what might be reasonable handling

We might want a tyre that release adhesion gently rather than all at once.
The latter is good for getting nice numbers on meaningless road test but are lethal in the real world

Also we can't "afford" to have a manufacturer make us a custome tyre, so we need all the info to chose the best size and THEN look for the best grip/wear and THEN pick a supplier ( kind of how it works for most of us ).

BUT we can decide if we offer a compromise all-year-round tyre or promote the 'supercar handling' as focussed and provide 2 or 3 tyre options and supply at additional cost. So a fast road option and a rod/track optin and a pure track ( assuming we don't want any 20,000mile Micheline crud )