what tires would you use for high speed runs 160+mph on the highway?? 265 for the front and 335 or 345 for the rear...

Im thinking R888 toyo's....

any suggestions??

 

michelins.

 

...I'm sure you meant to say "for high speed runs 160+mph on the track....



Nitto Invo's

 

On the highway? Hope it's not when I'm on the highway.

RonJ ...

 

For the sake of all of us who have families, as well as your own loved ones, please take it to the track.

But to answer your question, I run Kumho race rubber on the race car and I know a lot of the T1 Corvette guys run Kumhos as well, although I don't know what to recommend in those sizes in a street tire... maybe Michelin or Pirelli.

 

If they're for 160mph + runs on the highway, you should get whatever tires will kill you while sparing all the innocent bystanders.

Tool.

-Geo

 

Let's hope he meant track?

 

Any road racing tire is made to grip in corners on a track. I've heard of them tearing up and falling apart on a few occasions when used on the streets from pot holes and debris that any street tire would have easily gone through.

 

Oh yeh, most certainly, a DOT R-compound race tire is no choice for the street - the compounds are too soft and the heat build-up will either a) cause the tire to be prone to blistering and delamination. under really bad conditions or b)wear out WAY too quickly for street use, i.e. to the cords in just a couple thousand miles or so.

Street tire compounds are much harder and don't build heat like R-compounds and thus last much longer.

My comment concerning Kumhos had to do with the 160+ mph use, which obviously should be kept to track weekends only.

 

I don't think that you want to do 160 on the highway!

 

Sheesh... these type of threads always bring out the holier-than-thous.

FYI, there are plenty of LEGAL oppotunities for highway top-end runs:
http://www.silverstateclassic.com/
http://texasmile.com/
http://bborr.com/

Step down from your soapboxes before you fall and hurt yourselves.

As for the oriiginal question re tires, here's a post from someone who has 1st-hand experience. Maybe PM them and ask their opinion.

 

I meant highway

 

 

I would not even consider speeds like that on the highway... Sounds like another post just trying to start a contoversy to me.

 

and IB4TL

 

Now wait, maybe he's a State Trooper out west and thats his chase car.

 

NO, these threads bring out the people that have some common sense.

This guy wants to drive his Corvette at "160+" mph on the highway, YET, he doesn't even know what kind of tire he should be using.

You get off your soapbox, before someone close to you knocks your azz off it..

 

A Corvette is not a NASCAR and the highway is not Laguna Seca. 160 is a speed you hit on the track.

 

January 26, 2007

Five dead after car crashes off end of private airstrip
Story Highlights
The car was driving on a runway at 3:45 a.m. when the driver hit the brakes

The 2008 BMW flew through the air for 200 feet and struck an oak tree

All of the victims were declared dead at the scene

The car was split in two by the force of the crash


(CNN) -- Five young men died Saturday when the car they were in drove off the end of a private airstrip near Ocala, Florida, became airborne for 200 feet and slammed into an oak tree, authorities said.


The 2008 BMW was split in two in the violent wreck. All of the victims died at the scene.

1 of 3 "This had to be the worst vehicle crash that I have ever seen during my career," said Randy Robinson, a spokesman for the Emergency Medical Services Alliance with 27 years on the job.

The 2008 BMW was split in two in the wreck, which happened at 3:45 a.m., said Lt. Mike Burroughs, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol Troop B.

He told CNN the victims -- 18 to 20 years old and all from the area -- were declared dead at the scene.

Burroughs said it was not clear how the car got onto the private Greystone community airstrip -- the same one actor John Travolta uses for his aircraft -- but the car was driving north on Runway 36, which is 1.5 miles long.

"It is evident that the driver of the vehicle saw he was approaching the end of the runway," Burroughs said. "He attempted a braking maneuver and the vehicle slid sideways off the end of the runway."

The car flew through the air for 200 feet, he said, and struck an oak tree 15 feet off the ground, splitting the vehicle in two.

Three of the occupants were ejected -- one landing 40 feet away, Burroughs said.


WKMG: BMW flies off elevated airstrip
The engine block of the BMW was completely dislodged and wreckage from the car was found over a 200-square-foot area, the FHP spokesman said.

It was not known if the victims were wearing seat belts and the agency was awaiting the results of toxicology tests from the medical examiner's office to find out if alcohol or drugs played a role, Burroughs said.

The airstrip's private taxiways back up to homes in the Jumbolair and Greystone gated communities. E-mail to a friend

 

Agree they have a new ultra high performance summer tire that rocks. It was chosen as the OEM tire for the '09 ZR1.