I usually just run 255 star specs all the way around for club stuff...they work well enough to have fun.

 

Our local venue, Marina, doesnt work well with street tires. Cold smooth cement. My car becomes a drifter. Lots of fun but not very fast. And most of my freinds drive prepared cars so I like to give them a run for their money as its fun to give them a hard time when I beat their times.

 

Oddly enough, I actually love the RS3s at Marina. I have found, however, that worn A6s at our Sunnyvale asphalt are horrible - to the point of justifying throwing them away - but then once they (same tires) are on the concrete at Marina, oh boy do they show their stick again.

 

Thats funny. RS3 is only street tire I havent tried down there! I have run RE 11, Direnzzia, Falken 615 K and Nitto NT05. NT0% absolutely suck at Marina for me. Last I checked I didnt see the RS3 in good sizes for the 370Z. Will have to keep my eye out for them if they start making my sizes.

I hear lots of good things about the RS3. When grassroots motorsports tested them against A6 they were less than two seconds off the pace which is impressive for a street tire.

 

I just picked up a set of used NT01s for the Miata.. 225/45/15 for $40.. Hard to beat. Any one care to share their experience with them?

 

Tire situation...

Pictured:
(12) 285 A6's...4 of which are on 18x10.5 RPF1's
(4) 315 A6's
(4) 18x9 RPF1's for Wets

Not pictured:
(4) more scrub 285's
(4) more 18x9 RPF1's with 255 Star Specs
Set of stock wheels

The things we do to race cars...

 

I know this isnt the right place to post this but oh well lol.

does anyone know if a OS GIKEN SUPERLOCK is significantly better then the CUSCO RS or vise versa?

I can not decide which to pick up

 

I have a cusco RS in my car....not a single complaint in terms of performance.

 

a lot of noise?

the RS is like $400 cheaper then the OSG so if their performance is exactly the same ill probably go with the cusco

 

I'll have to take a similar (recent) picture. I think I currently have:

8 x 18x10.5 TSW Interlagos with 285 and 315 Hoosiers
4 x 18x9.5 RPF1s with 285 RS3s
4 stockers with 245 Kumho XS
2 285 BFG R1s
2 255 RE01Rs
set of SSR Comps (18x9 / 18x10.5) with 265/295 R888
set of SSR Comps (18x9.5 / 18x10.5) with 275/315 R888s
8 205/50/15 new R888s (anyone shopping?)
4 x 18x9 NISMO wheels with 265/275 Star Specs
4 x 18x10 RPF1s with 285 V710s
Some other strays. . .

8 wheels for/on the Titan
19" Volks on the ZR

 

Yes, but it seems to get a little better with every fluid change. You'll think the diff is completely broken if you haven't been a clutch type LSD car, but it is perfectly normal. It will however not impress the bishes as you tote around the parking lot clunking, skidding the tire, etc...

 

the broken feeling I can stand, I was just curious if they both performed the same. Ive been in a Z with a NISMO LSD and a OS GIKEN LSD neither of them seemed that bad to be honest.

 

Cusco is probably somewhere in the middle in terms of performance. It is very very unlikely you will "out drive" the capabilities of the cusco. Unless you can get 11/10ths out of the car...the slim benefit of the OS is not going to warrant the extra cost IMO. It does operate smoother than either the cusco or nismo, though.

 

blah, thanks for the help, I guess ill just have to make up my mind whether its worth the extra money or not.

 

New helmet for 2012 ... I smudged it up with my grubby hands already:

 

nice! 2005 or 2010? I just got my 2010 last year as well. . .

 

10.

 

Anyone going to 1/29 Nor Cal UFO event? I'm trying to decide what class to run. Technically my car is ASP but under UFO would be BSP. However I may just run OSP or XP. Maybe SSM?

Where are most of you Z guys with modified cars planning to run?

 

Just got a big sheet of lexan for the rear spoiler.

 

That's so ax ghetto. Thats one thing I have resisted with my two past prepared class cars.