Heat Cycling for DE Track Tires

[MikenOH]

Originally Posted by Topless

This part will probably be a disappointment. I get about twice the life (heat cycles) from the Hankook RS-3 as I do from Nitto NT-01. Grim reality but the NT-01 is still my tire of choice most often.

Hmm--well I had my hopes up .

The last set of NT05 I had ended with 10 track days--probably 4 session/day, so 40 heat cycles? They still were at 4/32 tread but on days under 70 deg., I slid way too much; surprisingly, the last 2 sessions were in 80 deg. temps on a sunny day and they weren't to bad.

The big issue I'm having is finding a tire size in 18" that will fit on the 981; the 245-275/40/18 seems to work fine on stock 987 rims. I really don't want to go up to the 19" sizes.

I can't get that rear size in the RS-3; The RE-11 does have that size at Costco, but not at TR amazingly. Pricing is about the same as the NT01.
The NT05 does come in that size and is a decent tire, but it trails the Hankook in performance from what I've read. Hopefully, Hankook will bring out additional sizes in the RS-3.