Need help deciding on tires !!
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From: New York
Need help deciding on tires !!
i have a 2010 grand sport corvette and i am installing the ecs novi 1500 supercharging kit very soon. i am not sure what tires to go with. i should have around 570rwhp. my last corvette was a 2008 with the ecs supercharging package and i used toyo r888's. they were great but I'm wondering if there are better all around tires. i want tires that i can hook in the street with and also take to the drag strip and not be too concerned turning with. i hear the michelin ps2 are great also but i get steered away because they really aren't drag radials. please help me out. need advice. thanks.
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Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Old Bridge, NJ
i have a 2010 grand sport corvette and i am installing the ecs novi 1500 supercharging kit very soon. i am not sure what tires to go with. i should have around 570rwhp. my last corvette was a 2008 with the ecs supercharging package and i used toyo r888's. they were great but I'm wondering if there are better all around tires. i want tires that i can hook in the street with and also take to the drag strip and not be too concerned turning with. i hear the michelin ps2 are great also but i get steered away because they really aren't drag radials. please help me out. need advice. thanks.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Middleton Ma.
Quite a few years back i needed tires on my 98 coupe. I hated the fact of putting Japanese tires on my American icon. This guy at TFT gave me an estimate on four Toyo T1Rs and a promise that if i did not like them, he would buy them back. After about two days, i loved them. I was driving down the highway, after a heavy rain, hitting puddles that would rip the wheel right out of your hand. Wet, dry, even in the snow they were great. I turned in that 98 on an 01Z06 and told the salesmen that i wanted new tires all around before i bought it. When i picked it up the dealer he told me to take down to there tire place and have all four replaced. That 01 Z06 had Michelin's all around. i saw the sales slip and the back tires alone where $500 a piece. I drove it about a month, than replaced them with Toyos at half the price.
Team Owner
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From: Springfield MO
I agree that no street tire is going to hook with 570 rwhp. At 450 rwhp on my stock Z06, I can barely hook up(in 80 degree + weather) with my Bridgestone RE050A runflats. The OE Goodyears were useless.
