Tires for 2016 SHO

[RonPorter]

They're your kind of wrong. They're excellent rain tires. Plus if you're running high performance street tires, they still overheat just like these at the track within a couple laps of a road course. What kind of performance are you talking about? Are you talking drag performance? Are you talking handling performance? Are you talking braking performance? Are you talking ride comfort? All tires are a compromise. It all depends on what you want from your tires and the type of usage your wanting for them. So if you want low durability one-trick ponies go ahead. Have at it.

No dragstrip. Besides road course days, summer tires will give you the best braking and handling, in the dry or wet. Tradeoff is lower tire mileage. 500-600+ treadware tires can't match them, in any kind of condition. A/S tires are compromised, so they do nothing exceptionally well.

 

[RonPorter]

First, handling and braking would be rated under the traction portion of the tire rating not the tread wear. (The first letter in the UTQG rating.) Second, why call it at 300? Is it because a 220 tire wears to fast for you? If so, that goes right along with the statement that it is completely dependent upon the person, their goals, and the concessions they are willing to make. Third, comparing a Toyo 300 to a Pirelli 300 is apples and oranges. The treadwear test is completed after only 7200 miles of use and is rated based on the manufacturer. It is extrapolated by their research and marketing departments and varies greatly based on how conservative or optimistic they are. A low mileage (30,000) tire would be almost 1/3 worn (3/32 on a 9/32 tire) and a lot easier to predict than a high mileage (100,000) tire that is only showing 0.6/32 (literally less than 1/2mm) of wear.

Traction rating is too broad, and doesn't represent real world. Try to find something other than A.

I have run numerous sets of 200 treadware tires (Hankook, Falken, Michelin), and that is my preference. 220 is close enough.

Treadware is rather comparable across tire mfrs. Pure summers are generally below 300. Tried my first Pirelli, tires, PZ4s (280 treadware), and they've done quite well, including track days at Gingerman and PittRace, on a 4400# car. If I went to a 200-220, that would likely be 2 pair during the 10k mile summer season (I'm at just under 10k since the end of April).

Braking and handling are much more apparent if you do track days, but better braking performance can be felt on the street.

 

[SM105K]

Traction rating is too broad, and doesn't represent real world. Try to find something other than A.

I have run numerous sets of 200 treadware tires (Hankook, Falken, Michelin), and that is my preference. 220 is close enough.

Treadware is rather comparable across tire mfrs. Pure summers are generally below 300. Tried my first Pirelli, tires, PZ4s (280 treadware), and they've done quite well, including track days at Gingerman and PittRace, on a 4400# car. If I went to a 200-220, that would likely be 2 pair during the 10k mile summer season (I'm at just under 10k since the end of April).

Braking and handling are much more apparent if you do track days, but better braking performance can be felt on the street.

98% of SHO owners will never see a track of any kind. Most will never boil brake fluid or glaze pads. Most will never put a on the edge tune in their car and launch hard 0n the street. I have done all of that on my "No Season" DWS. They have taken me 1.77 to the sixty foot at that track. On the street they have taken me to a 3.75s zero to 60. In the mountains my brakes gave up before I ever experienced any scrubbing or chattering of the DWS.

On a 4/5 Gen SHO, there is a reason why so many owners recommend them. In a heavy car with decent power, they work WELL in all areas.