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haha, R tyres are "road legal" slicks - they act pretty much like real slick tyres as far as stiff sidewalls, need to warm up to work properly etc.

They just have minial grooves cut so they are road legal. Very close to the real thing without the hassle of having to change wheels when you get to the track.

Hi GTS-t VSPEC, if you warm them up the "R" Spec tyres (Dunlop R, Bridgestone RE540, Yokohama A032R, Falken RX) are better for drags than "normal" road tyres, Nitto's are better, and drag slicks are best.

Hope that adds to the knowledge base.

I just bought two 255/40/17's re540's for $590 all up. not too expensive really....then you see how long they last and go...hmmmm maybe they are. not sure how long for pure track...mine last about 10-12 thousand kms on the road...most of the wear comes from the three or four hard drive days at reefton spur etc...just around town the are fine, if you are judicous with the wheelspin. I also run 2.5 degrees of camber on the front, if you ran .5 or 1 they would last a bit longer too.

Once you have had them you wont go back!

Russ

I run dunlops, not bridgestone, but they are similar compounds.

They last me about 6 months worth of track days, about 6-8 days of (very) hard work. Also includes driving to goulburn and back (2.5hrs) for a couple of them, and a few days in traffic when I can't be bothered taking them off :lol:

So, they wear MUCH quicker than regular road tyres, you would need a good reason to run them on the road (ask Merli!). They are tops on the track though!

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