hrd-hr30

I had these on mine. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4pcs-TE37-15-inch-Wheels-Rim-4X100-4X114-3-5X114-3-Alloy-wheel-Car-Rims-SY5029-1/202307696405?hash=item2f1a7a7715:m:mzSq8e4N6sRzyu4P-hxy9Gg:rk:4:pf:0 Contrary to popular opinion I didn't die. Also tracked them with semi slicks.

mistake above. Levin's normal pressures were 32F 36R according to my notebook. I did another hillclimb on the weekend with it and tried lower pressures 28F 32R. It had heaps more tyre squeal and heaps more understeer. Ran 50.72, 50.79 and 50.69 like that. Pumped then back up to 32F 36R and was instantly back to the normal sort of times with a 50.06, much less squealing and noticeably improved grip. Ran them 2psi higher on Sunday and they felt a little better again, set a new PB of 49.92. Based on that, I'm going to try the a bit more pressure in the Soarer next time too.

it depends on the car - weight, amount of camber, balance etc. in my 1530kg rwd Soarer 32psi hot all round in my 1080kg fwd Levin 30 hot front, 34 hot rear.

Richard, I don't think anything has really changed in the semi slick landscape since you asked the same questions last year, other than the R888R which are still a bit of an unknown quantity. I haven't seen any decent cars try them or heard any reviews. Price of every tyre has crept up a bit. Just go back a page or two and the advice is all still relevant, including the warnings about Hankook Softs giving up the ghost after not many heat cycles, and way before the tread wears out... the Mediums cycle well. I've had the Nankangs on the Soarer for just over a year now. Wearing well and heat cycle well, although I have only used them twice since buying another car at the start of the year, they're still getting PBs when I dust the big Soarer off for a run. I also bought a set for my other car that I've mainly been using this year. Definitely the pick of the budget semis. 1.09sec faster than NT01 at Lakeside on the Soarer, and they're cheaper. Or compared to arguably the fastest semi available, Hankook Z221 C70 Soft, the Nankang is just 0.27 slower at Lakeside, for half the price. More sizes available than when they first came out too.

Yeah, the Renault looks much better out in the sunlight than it did in the dark studio shots which made it look like there was too much black. Not a fan of the shark fins, but i think all the cars look good. With Sauber's livery being the least good I particularly like the Williams, but it's hard to go wrong with Martini colours. The new cars are certainly much better proportioned than they have been for years.

I was hoping Sauber would go back to the jellybean mags of a few years ago New cars look good though - the lower, wider rear wing totally transforms them. Not liking any of the liveries other than Williams yet... Too much fussy gold on the Sauber. Too much black on the Renault which hides the car's shape. And Ferrari's are supposed to be red. Keen as for the racing to start - Pirelli reckon they'e actually made tyres not designed to degrade so they can actually drive them hard in the race, and corner speeds should be pretty epic. Hopefully that's right and the fast drivers get some reward from it, instead of it being all about tyre management.

Farcical 1. All those penalties were a joke. As were all the drivers comments during and after the race. Seems if they're not handing out 40 place grid penalties they find other ways to keep themselves occupied - in this case by artificially modifying the podium

cheers

what's the other place? I have a mate who's after a set

yep Nankang AR1. You're in luck being in Adelaide, they're from Sleeka Spares.

They're in a totally different league to NT01s. No doubt whatsoever. There's no downsides to them. The guy who fitted them has been selling NT01s for years, said the Nankangs definitely have stronger sidewalls. They're good on the limit, and when you overstep it. No quirks or foibles at all - they just perform like a good semi slick should. They might not be quite up there with A050/Z221 mediums, but would be FAR closer in performance to those than the Nittos are to AR1s. I'm hoping they release a 295 or the back of the Soarer... Would be awesome for the hillclimb if they release a soft compound! I've done 3 trackdays and one hillclimb so far, so it's early days to be talking about durability, but no concerns so far in wear or heat cycling.

Used the Nankangs at Mt Cotton hillclimb on the weekend. They were great - work very well from cold. I've never felt a semi work so well in Turn 1 out there. The sharpest steering response I've ever felt into T1, with not even a hint of understeer and probably the best traction I've ever had on the way out of T1. Actually, they've got excellent traction off all the slow turns out there. I'm very impressed with them. Had to be careful not to overheat them with the burnout - just a very small 2 second burnout to warm the rears was about all they wanted. Any more and they went a bit squishy. Haven't seen the times from the last couple of runs yet, but runs 3 and 4 were 47.9s which is 4 tenths faster than the Nittos were there (without tyre softener). That's heaps of time at a ~48sec hillclimb, and I reckon I went faster on the last run. Just waiting on the results to be emailled out.

hehe that BMW 135 is a bit quick... he's the one who broke my record at Mt Cotton. Yes,15yrs is a long time, but I bet it's still a bunch of slow 90 deg corners and short straights with hay bale chicanes/barriers - that's still not my cup of tea no matter how many years have passed. But like I said these events are very popular, so obviously not everyone agrees with my critique of the track

yep, FI have been much improved since their Spain update. Williams messing around with the extra illegal wing on test days says to me they're more interested in testing stuff for next year's high downforce cars. Hopefully it pays off.

I think Williams and a few others with tight budgets are focused on next year's massively different cars and making do with what they've got for the rest of 2016

Yeah why would you want Rosberg? Next minute, pole vs the greatest driver in the world in the same car... Who's sooking now? lol He is better than Nico at that but! roll on the excuses!

I needed a pair of wheels when I got my 265s all round too. I went with Koya CR Tek - cheap, strong, and proven on the race track. 18x9.5 was widest they have, but that's perfect for 265s anyway. Offsets are cut to your specs.

Is this the same Rosberg who has lead the championship all year until just now, and has a longer winning streak than the best driver in the world?

Seems to be the Hankook Soft that goes off quickly with heat cycles. The Z214 Medium cycles very well, if Nev's experience with them over a couple of years is anything to go by. FWIW, Nankangs ran 60.2 at Lakeside yesterday. That's 1.1sec faster than NT01 and less than 4 tenths slower than the Hankook Soft PB. Not bad for cheap rubbish in a medium compound vs probably the fastest semi available. Hell, they make NT01s look expensive!

It's more of an Historic event. They'll probably put you in the "Invited" class if they accept the entry. I've only done it once back when I had a 1200 coupe, probably 15 years ago. Course has changed a few times over the years, but it's always 90 deg corners, short straights and hay bale chicanes/barriers. These street sprint events are very popular up here, but they're not my cup of tea. Highlight is the pub!

Yep, having driven on Hankook Z2000S, Yokohama A032R, Yokohama A050M, Bridgestone RE55S, Toyo RA1, Toyo R888, Federal FZ201M, Nitto NT01, Hankook Z221 C70, Hankook Z214 C50, Hoosier R6, Nankang AR1, and streeters like Falken Azenis, Kumho KU36, Federal 595 RS-R, Hankook RS3 Z222 in various cars over the past 17years, I would not buy NT01s again. Better off buying RSRs or similar IMO, or literally any other semi slick. The reasons for this opinion are; 1. I've driven on better tyres and don't really want to go slower again. Some of those better tyres also have the advantage of being road legal and cost less! 2. Street tyres like RSRs or RS3s can do very similar times to NT01 in experienced hands, are significantly cheaper and road legal. And in some events they can keep you in a lower class. 3. If you're in a class that allows semi slicks, you are starting well behind the 8 ball if you choose NT01s. But if you're just doing track days, don't really care about getting the best possible time your car can do, or haven't driven on any other semis, and just want a tyre that doesn't cost too much and lasts ages, then the NT01s might suit your purposes. It doesn't make them a good tyre compared to other options IMO. NT01 are not legal in Australia. As explained before they have no marked load index on the sidewalls = not road legal. Cops are normally clued up on that from pinging people in utes for not having load ratings to match their tyre placard. They are also marked for competition use only, like full slicks. And even if you ignore that and pretend they are road legal because ozzytyres website said so, the "legal looking" part of their 2 stage tread depth (assuming you guys don't consider 2 groove slicks road legal? They are DOT, after all) is just 3/32" deep. That's 2.38mm. Meaning you have 0.88mm of wear before they'd be illegal anyway. I just got a set of RS-RR for one of my other cars. There'd be no point explaining what they're like though...

noobs and their first ever set of semis...

This unequivocal evidence has thoroughly convinced me.

Not what I said...

yeah well, your posts in the SAU Circuit Times thread says that time you did on Nitto Invo & Federal 595 RS-R was your 2nd time ever at Wakefield Park, and the next time also included going from "stock-ish" power and "some horse shit" suspension to a "Hypergear SS2 running 1.4bar ~300kW" and upgrading the suspension with "Lower sprinngs with Bilstein Shocks + 24mm F&R Whiteline anti-roll Bars" maybe not the best way to compare the tyres themselves, huh?