Autocross R-Compound Tires???

[Topless]

Originally Posted by Kroggers

Are the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup or Toyo R888 not used in the US?

I was running the R888's but will now switch to the Pilot Sport Cup for the 2012 season.

888s are around but were unobtanium last year due to the tsunami in Japan. They are decent tires in the dry and good in the rain. MPSC are not very popular in Socal. They are similar in grip to NT01s, last 1/2 as long, and cost twice as much. NT01 offers a lot more bang for the buck.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Topless

888s are around but were unobtanium last year due to the tsunami in Japan. They are decent tires in the dry and good in the rain. MPSC are not very popular in Socal. They are similar in grip to NT01s, last 1/2 as long, and cost twice as much. NT01 offers a lot more bang for the buck.

Agree. But if you're looking for a deal on tires check with the guys who ran Boxster Spec last year on R888's. The spec series moved to RE-1's this year and there are a lot of new or almost new R888's sitting in garages that can't be used. I picked up a set of R888's this way for much less than a set of NT-01's.

[Brad Roberts]

888s are around but were unobtanium last year due to the tsunami in Japan

Not true Just more BS being fed to you.

One person couldn't get tires from their typical supplier, so they switched to Hoosiers!!

The entire rest of the country managed to buy 888's no problem... hmm.. maybe there wasn't a problem Maybe the problem was SoCal? You know, the largest distribution of tires.. lol

The RA1's appear to be faster than the 888's. I really like the NT01's. Topless has them nailed down. I call him "King" of tire management.


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