Slick tyres or Track Day tyres - non Westfield

[stu999]

Here's another worry for you. I was on a trackday at an airfield (Hullavington I think) and a modified MG Midget was there too. He'd put telescopic dampers and other suspension mods on, plus sticky slicks. It went round corners like no Midget has any right to do - until the wheel studs give out. The additional stress allowed by the grip of the slicks snapped all four studs on one hub.

Maybe the fact that the studs were 40+ years old may not have helped either!! ;-)

[Justin767]

I've been using the ex Ginetta 15" slicks of late -

19/57x15 Michelin

A set of 4 on eBay is £200 (or offer) so you can pick them up for about £45 a corner..

They are a pretty hard compound and I'd say have about the grip of R888s but are a darn sight cheaper for long days larking about on trackdays

I'd guess that I'm going to get about a thousand track miles out of them on my Seight.. Bargain.. Shame I can't pick up cheaper petrol on eBay!!

[6carjon]

Excellent thank you

[CL290005]

I've been using the ex Ginetta 15" slicks of late -

19/57x15 Michelin

They are a pretty hard compound and I'd say have about the grip of R888s !!

I found once tyre got warm grip was better than my 888 as I noticed oil surge which was not happening with 888, so now another job.

I think in the end I got mine for about 160 set same guy as Justin bought from.

[Justin767]

I think a good track day tyre, like the Avon ZZR, has more grip for more miles..

(My mates run them on their Caterhams and eek out a few meters on long corners..)

The Michelin slicks probably have more grip for the Ginetta racers that get to use them at their best, then drop to a still decent level of grip for 3 or 4 trackdays, then get well past their best (like mine now!) but still have a fair bit of depth left down the tread depth marker holes..

So mine now spin up more than my hot R888s (Albeit in 225s v 190 slicks) but, as I'm more concerned with 'fun per buck' than lap time, I'm continuing with them until I can't keep up with my mates!.