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]

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 :) )