Track and street tires?

[76FoMoCo]

So looking at the BFG g force comp 2, the cont extreme contact and the Mich Ps4s. this a work car and tracked about as much as I work it....LOL.
Leaning to the ps4s more for the fact I like the lack of road noise and the big part is looking for grip on the 1/4 eta.
please give the good the bad and the alt..
thanks in advance.

 

[limited02]

I have the Continental DWS06 tires and they grip pretty darn good from a dig (I'm tuned). I've heard great things about the PS4S and I imagine those would hook even better. Best of luck!

 

[SHOdded]

It's a mixed bag. Part of what allows better handling is stiffer sidewalls, and if the PS4 sidewall is stiffer than the DWS06, the DWS06 will actually have a slight advantage in the 1/4 given all other conditions are the same. But for daily driving, probably the PS4s are the best.

You should also play with tire pressures at the track. Quite common to lower to 30 psi or even 26 psi. Might differ front to rear. Lots of combos to try.

 

[Sholab1]

It's a mixed bag. Part of what allows better handling is stiffer sidewalls, and if the PS4 sidewall is stiffer than the DWS06, the DWS06 will actually have a slight advantage in the 1/4 given all other conditions are the same. But for daily driving, probably the PS4s are the best.

You should also play with tire pressures at the track. Quite common to lower to 30 psi or even 26 psi. Might differ front to rear. Lots of combos to try.

Loved the Dws06 when I had my sho. Wife's escape lease is almost up in 6 months I feel the beginning of another sho


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[76FoMoCo]

bridgestone potenza s007a
are also on my list

 

[SHOdded]

Loved the Dws06 when I had my sho. Wife's escape lease is almost up in 6 months I feel the beginning of another sho

Go get another one already, Bob!

 

[marius883]

Firestone firehawk indy 500, also known as the Bridgestone RE003 in other markets.
They’re super grippy, don’t have the longest threadlife though.

 

[Sholab1]

Go get another one already, Bob!

Been so damn busy, hate Jessup md, lol

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[SHOdded]

LOL

 

[Sgtmeatsauce1]

Zeon rs3
I have General Gmax RS
Love them quiet sticky great in dry n rain 115 shipped stock size 20s.(simple tire.com)

 

[PaulTAutoX]

A few years back one of the mags, maybe Grassroots Motorsports did a comparo on basic "good" street tire
vs. autocross-grade Summer top level street tire
vs. drag radials.
As I recall there were a couple of tenths acceleration advantage as you stepped up each level in that order. But they couldn't test multiple brands of each type of course.

The DWS06 being an all-season has less rubber on the road, higher void %, than a Summer tire, all else being equal, and the rubber won't be quite as soft/grippy WHEN WARM. (If you're racing at 40 degrees F the DWS06 will totally out-grip a Summer type, and you're not even supposed to drive on the latter when it's freezing. I had a set of the previous-gen DWS.) So if you don't need all-season, I think a PS4S though not cheap is going to have more grip and per Tire Rack the Conti ECS is very close, again a Summer tire. If you need all-season, I really liked the handling of the previous version of Michelin A/S3+, and per Tire Rack they have a little more performance than the DWS06.

If you can stand higher harshness, the full on Bridgestone RE71R is stickier than any of those on curvy tracks. Unsure about drag traction but its braking is also better, and that's just acceleration reversed right? Tire Rack test, the RE71R stopped a BMW in 78 ft from 50 MPH which is ~1g average, higher than even a Gen 4 accelerates.

All that said, I don't have drag experience nor a Gen 4 and don't know if the sidewall issues mentioned have that much impact.

 

[SM105K]

I love my Conti's DWS06. At 26 psi at the track, on a 2 psi boosted launch, they held the 470 awtq my car makes with a 1.77 sixty foot. I actually cut three 1.78's that night on stock springs.

I have even rippped them through the mountains and they held some high speed corners as well.

Now I have the H&R springs, so things should get even more interesting.

 

[76FoMoCo]

I love my Conti's DWS06. At 26 psi at the track, on a 2 psi boosted launch, they held the 470 awtq my car makes with a 1.77 sixty foot. I actually cut three 1.78's that night on stock springs.

I have even rippped them through the mountains and they held some high speed corners as well.

Now I have the H&R springs, so things should get even more interesting.

I would be very interested to see how much time the springs shave off.

 

[SM105K]

I would be very interested to see how much time the springs shave off.

Hopefully a high 1.6x is obtainable.

 

[Sgtmeatsauce1]

How's the ride with the springs vs PP stock springs which are pretty stiff....

 

[SM105K]

How's the ride with the springs vs PP stock springs which are pretty stiff....

Honestly, I have only driven the car 3 miles since I installed them. I noticed a difference right away. I am going to drive the car tonight and I am probably going to drive the car six hours to California this weekend so I will have more to report later.

 

[Sgtmeatsauce1]

Ok be safe have fun...

 

[SM105K]

Ok be safe have fun...

Thank you sir. I will give them a good 300 miles to settle, and then I will rip it up the mountain into Lake Arrowhead. New springs, new powerstop brakes, new trans, new IC, sounds like a recipe for fun or a glorious disaster.

 

[Sgtmeatsauce1]

Yeah write a little story about let us live vicariously! Just got the intercooler be weeks before I can get it installed....let's know how that feels too!