Recommended Tires for FI
10-13-2011, 10:34 AM
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well good thing you are in luck and dont have to look dumb!
Toyo Tires recommends the following general set up guidelines for the Proxes R888:
Operating Temperature: 160°F to 220°F
Hot Inflation Pressures: 32 to 38 (psi)
Camber: -2.5° to -5.0°
Caster: As much positive as possible
Toyo Tires recommends the following general set up guidelines for the Proxes R888:
Operating Temperature: 160°F to 220°F
Hot Inflation Pressures: 32 to 38 (psi)
Camber: -2.5° to -5.0°
Caster: As much positive as possible
^^ i think alignment can mean more than width as well. if youre only riding weight on the inside corner of the tread, it doesnt really matter much at all if you add another inch on the outside because its hardly being pressed into the ground. they will wear in a little bit but not enough. my 350z looked just fine with around -1 camber in the back. my 370z at -1.5 right now looks dumb like it has positive camber 
i wonder if anyone will ever make a tire with a tilted tread, say 1.5 - 2 degrees, so with that camber you get full contact.
i wonder if anyone will ever make a tire with a tilted tread, say 1.5 - 2 degrees, so with that camber you get full contact.
10-13-2011, 11:10 AM
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Most of the tires listed except for the DR's are designed to hook out of the hole. Then of course as others have said, what camber setting were you running them at? An FI Z should run any more than -1.6 in the rear IMO, and less than that if you want a drag setup.
10-13-2011, 12:01 PM
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Berk Technology had no problem setting track records with close to 500hp using a 285/35-18
Most of the tires listed except for the DR's are designed to hook out of the hole. Then of course as others have said, what camber setting were you running them at? An FI Z should run any more than -1.6 in the rear IMO, and less than that if you want a drag setup.
Most of the tires listed except for the DR's are designed to hook out of the hole. Then of course as others have said, what camber setting were you running them at? An FI Z should run any more than -1.6 in the rear IMO, and less than that if you want a drag setup.
Here are some low 1:46 laps with me at Laguna on the RS3s. A 1:45 was coming if I had one more lap
http://youtu.be/SHDnoP0BMkQ
10-13-2011, 12:41 PM
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I'm sitting on Yokahama S Drives right now all around, 275 rears and 245 fronts. I'm only JUST going to be enjoying the Quaife LSD with them and don't have anything to add about their performance so far because it's tough to be critical of a tire when power is all going to just one wheel. I can say that with the open dif even while NA I was having some issues- tuned to 400 for my break in I would depart almost immediately no matter what I did... was understandably hesitant! In what I've read subsequent to buying them, I'm reasonably impressed with their wet weather performance overall but I am looking for a more robust solution for the back half.
I noticed BP talking about the RE-11 and seen some pretty convincing reviews on it. Talking to someone about this before- it sounded like keeping the S-Drives on the front and going with the RE-11s on the back (285-35R19) sounded like a reasonable solution. Might be trying that out depending on if I can find some up here for a reasonable price.
I noticed BP talking about the RE-11 and seen some pretty convincing reviews on it. Talking to someone about this before- it sounded like keeping the S-Drives on the front and going with the RE-11s on the back (285-35R19) sounded like a reasonable solution. Might be trying that out depending on if I can find some up here for a reasonable price.
10-14-2011, 04:44 AM
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I'm sitting on Yokahama S Drives right now all around, 275 rears and 245 fronts. I'm only JUST going to be enjoying the Quaife LSD with them and don't have anything to add about their performance so far because it's tough to be critical of a tire when power is all going to just one wheel. I can say that with the open dif even while NA I was having some issues- tuned to 400 for my break in I would depart almost immediately no matter what I did... was understandably hesitant! In what I've read subsequent to buying them, I'm reasonably impressed with their wet weather performance overall but I am looking for a more robust solution for the back half.
10-14-2011, 01:05 PM
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You are so correct about a dif, but i would expect anyone with FI to have upgraded to a real LSD. My NA car felt slow when i installed my dif, because i could no longer spin up the tires at will. IMO, a proper dif should be a mod done before anyone even thinks about going FI.
Even just a stock 3.3 VLSD would be a huge improvement- a 3.5 not so bad either.
It was definitely an oversight on my part and didn't actually come to light until just about the last couple weeks of the build. At that time I needed to evaluate the different options and eventually decided on the Quaife (which to my chagrin had become very tough to find at that time).
The more I'm reading about the RE-11s the more impressed I am. Wearing them all the way around looks better with every article I read.
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10-14-2011, 01:23 PM
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10-17-2011, 09:36 AM
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well good thing you are in luck and dont have to look dumb!
Toyo Tires recommends the following general set up guidelines for the Proxes R888:
Operating Temperature: 160°F to 220°F
Hot Inflation Pressures: 32 to 38 (psi)
Camber: -2.5° to -5.0°
Caster: As much positive as possible
Toyo Tires recommends the following general set up guidelines for the Proxes R888:
Operating Temperature: 160°F to 220°F
Hot Inflation Pressures: 32 to 38 (psi)
Camber: -2.5° to -5.0°
Caster: As much positive as possible
With any tire in the world, common sense says it will grip best for pure straight line traction with zero camber of any sort while the car is accelerating, which can mean light positive camber base setting as mentioned by Scott
02-02-2012, 07:46 AM
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Bumping this thread for opinions.
Currently looking into
Nitto NT05
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt05
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Nitto NT01
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt01
Thoughts and opinions?
Currently looking into
Nitto NT05
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt05
or
Nitto NT01
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt01
Thoughts and opinions?
02-02-2012, 07:59 AM
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the nt05, i havent driven on those yet but i rode in a car with them and they hooked up great, i have a set of the nt01's on my other z and theyre good just didnt feel as grippy as the nt05's
02-02-2012, 09:57 AM
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Bumping this thread for opinions.
Currently looking into
Nitto NT05
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt05
or
Nitto NT01
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt01
Thoughts and opinions?
Currently looking into
Nitto NT05
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt05
or
Nitto NT01
http://www.nittotire.com/Tire/nt01
Thoughts and opinions?
02-02-2012, 12:00 PM
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Any good recommendations for an r-compound tire then?
02-02-2012, 02:01 PM
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Also another good question but at what PSI do you guys run the tires at when they are cold or hot?
R888 sound like a great tire but out of my price range and I am wanting something that will last a bit longer. That is why I was leaning towards the Nitto.
R888 sound like a great tire but out of my price range and I am wanting something that will last a bit longer. That is why I was leaning towards the Nitto.