Goodyear F1 GSD3 or Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ??
#22
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Originally Posted by mthreat
Coming from BFGoodrich KD's, I found the sidewalls on the PS2's too soft for my driving style, especially at the track. They do grip extremely well. My next tires were Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07's, and they are possibly the best tire I've ever run - great grip, and the sidewalls feel much stiffer. They are damn expensive, but then again, so are the PS2's.
This is the first time I’ve heard anyone say PS2s have sidewalls that are too soft. I only have a short experience driving a car with PS2s (an hour or less driving a Porsche Boxter with this tire), but the Michelin PS2 tire on the Porsche felt great with sidewall stiffness much better than the Goodyear F1 GS-D3s I have on my Z.
After reading your comments about the PS2, I would like to ask for more details: What was the tire pressure and what size?
--Spike
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Originally Posted by mthreat
Coming from BFGoodrich KD's, I found the sidewalls on the PS2's too soft for my driving style, especially at the track. They do grip extremely well. My next tires were Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07's, and they are possibly the best tire I've ever run - great grip, and the sidewalls feel much stiffer. They are damn expensive, but then again, so are the PS2's.
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Originally Posted by VIZAGE
UH OH, seems like someone really didn't know what he was talking about?
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Originally Posted by Spike100
Darn… thought I had my mind made up about my next tire purchase…
This is the first time I’ve heard anyone say PS2s have sidewalls that are too soft. I only have a short experience driving a car with PS2s (an hour or less driving a Porsche Boxter with this tire), but the Michelin PS2 tire on the Porsche felt great with sidewall stiffness much better than the Goodyear F1 GS-D3s I have on my Z.
After reading your comments about the PS2, I would like to ask for more details: What was the tire pressure and what size?
This is the first time I’ve heard anyone say PS2s have sidewalls that are too soft. I only have a short experience driving a car with PS2s (an hour or less driving a Porsche Boxter with this tire), but the Michelin PS2 tire on the Porsche felt great with sidewall stiffness much better than the Goodyear F1 GS-D3s I have on my Z.
After reading your comments about the PS2, I would like to ask for more details: What was the tire pressure and what size?
front: 255/35/18 on 18x8.5" rim
rear: 275/35/18 on 18x9.5" rim
Running 255 on a 8.5" wide rim is pushing it a bit, so maybe that contributed to the "soft" feeling I was describing. I'm certainly no tire expert.. that was just the first thing I noticed with the new tires was the car 'swaying' around when I would do slaloms.
By all means, try the PS2's out! So far I've run: BFG KDW2, BFG KD, Michelin PS2, and now Yokohama AD07's. And Kuhmo MX's on the MR2 (but not on the track yet).
#28
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Originally Posted by mthreat
On the street I ran about 34-35 psi... on the track, I would start with 31-32 psi COLD, and they would be 38-39 psi hot. I ran the following sizes:
front: 255/35/18 on 18x8.5" rim
rear: 275/35/18 on 18x9.5" rim
Running 255 on a 8.5" wide rim is pushing it a bit, so maybe that contributed to the "soft" feeling I was describing. I'm certainly no tire expert.. that was just the first thing I noticed with the new tires was the car 'swaying' around when I would do slaloms.
By all means, try the PS2's out! So far I've run: BFG KDW2, BFG KD, Michelin PS2, and now Yokohama AD07's. And Kuhmo MX's on the MR2 (but not on the track yet).
front: 255/35/18 on 18x8.5" rim
rear: 275/35/18 on 18x9.5" rim
Running 255 on a 8.5" wide rim is pushing it a bit, so maybe that contributed to the "soft" feeling I was describing. I'm certainly no tire expert.. that was just the first thing I noticed with the new tires was the car 'swaying' around when I would do slaloms.
By all means, try the PS2's out! So far I've run: BFG KDW2, BFG KD, Michelin PS2, and now Yokohama AD07's. And Kuhmo MX's on the MR2 (but not on the track yet).
It’s probably a case of perception. When I went from the OEM Bridgestones to the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, I really felt that the Eagles were wiggly and soft. After a few hours of driving, they felt normal. After that I drove a Boxter with Michelin PS2’s, and these tires felt much more stiff than the Eagles. And then… going back to my car with the Eagles, they felt too soft. But then I got used to the Eagles, and they felt alright. For sure the PS2’s have stiffer sidewalls than the Eagles, but you get my point (and I now understand what you are saying).
--Spike
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