Michellins rule, Falkens drool

[edevlin]

The Falken 512 is not a bad tire, actually FOR THE MONEY it's pretty good. I am running a set for my winter tires on 18 inch Carerra lightweight rims. One thing they have going for them is that they wear much better than the PS2's. Also, the Falken 512 is an all season tire, so unlike the PS2, it can be run when its quite cold outside.

Still, there is a world of difference between the Falken and the PS2's. As soon as the weather warms up I pop off the Falkens and put on my other set of aftermarket Carerra lightweight rims with PS2's and suddenly I am back in the slot.

Smooth, quiet, sticky, stiff sidewalls, the PS2 is a remarkable tire. Unfortunately, they seem to melt away before my eyes. I have gone through two sets and got gotten more than 5K out of eithor of them. BTW, I do not track the car, but I have been known to do some "spirited" driving on the back roads where I live. I would love to find a tire that does a lot of what the PS2 does for less money, it really hurts to reshoe the car with that sticky Michellin rubber....

Ed

[John V]

Originally Posted by edevlin

The Falken 512 is not a bad tire, actually FOR THE MONEY it's pretty good. I am running a set for my winter tires on 18 inch Carerra lightweight rims. One thing they have going for them is that they wear much better than the PS2's. Also, the Falken 512 is an all season tire, so unlike the PS2, it can be run when its quite cold outside.

Just to be clear, the Falkens you're talking about are completely different tires from the ones steve00s is talking about.

In terms of dry-road grip, the PS2 would have a hard time keeping up with steve00s's Falken 615's. But the PS2 is probably a better all-around tire. For the money, it had better be.

I run the Kumho SPT and absolutely love them. But I run different tires for competition.

[renzop]

If you want the car to handle better then reduce front to rear width stagger. Go with a 265 front 275 rear and see that pesky understeer go away considerably.

[flapper]

Hey guy's, I've been reading your informational thread and my situation is this. My baby came with a set of 4 mich ps's 205+255. I bought it with the fronts dry rotted and now I have a bubble(likely due to a pot hole) so I have every excuse now to get some new tires. It's my first mid-engine and the pushing into a turn bothers me. I figure it is due to the dry rot and the light front end. My q is this, with my stock 17's can I go wider up front (to more even the stagger) w/o any other changes and what is the best bang4the buck tire? Consider I live on L.I. and drive year round as long as the streets are dry,I don't drive it if the other people on the road have any weather to deal with. It's my baby. Thanks Live free or die.

[steve00s]

You certainly can go wider without having any clearance problems. If you go wider than 225 you may need to get wider rims. Going from 205 to 225 was a noticeable improvement in understeer for me and I'm not sure I'd go much wider.