Track Tire Type and Width

[steve00s]

Sammy and race_d, I understand and agree with your comments. While I have often wondered how my car would perform on R compounds I also have to drive around on them. Maybe someday I'll get a set of track wheels/tires but in the meantime I believe the Falkens meet my needs and at the price it doesn't hurt so bad to replace them every year. Thanks for validating my thoughts.

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by steve00s

Sammy and race_d, I understand and agree with your comments. While I have often wondered how my car would perform on R compounds I also have to drive around on them. Maybe someday I'll get a set of track wheels/tires but in the meantime I believe the Falkens meet my needs and at the price it doesn't hurt so bad to replace them every year. Thanks for validating my thoughts.

Lets us know what you think of the Falkens both on and off the track. The best pricing I found on the 615's were at www.vulcantire.com. It's hard to beat $500 for a set of 17" tires.

[steve00s]

The $650 I was quoted was at Sears of all places. That included mounting, balancing, tire disposal fee, taxes, etc. I did do two track days and about half a dozen autocross events last year in addition to every day driving and found them to be very capable on the track.