S2T Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Which is the quicker tyre with an ambient temperature of 17-20degrees...for 5 minute track use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 SG is much softer. In competition terms, GG is a medium/hard rubber. Best for trackdays etc. But for sprinting SG would surely be the better of the two. I can't remember if SG was the softest or GGG, but certainly GG was the hardest of the 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2T Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 I was thinking that Stephen but was wondering if the ambient and therefore track temperatures is higher than normal whether better to go for the slightly harder tyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurici Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The problem here, is that there is 15 years of evolution between the two tyres. Old style sg was the medium soft back on the olds toyos... 888 The newer GG of the 888R is a completely different compound than the old gg. Is grippier, sidewalls are MUCH stiffer and tyre much durable, so my bet would be for a set of the newer model 888 in gg without a doubt if the choice is between toyos HOWEVER after having used both models quite a lot, and i would discard them both on favour of the Nankang A1R, because is simply a MUCH better tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Ah, I mis-read the original post, I was thinking that we were being asked to compare the old 888 in GG with the old 888 in SG. Having read Maurici's post, I re-read the O/P, and agree entirely with Maurici. In fact, can you still get the old 888 in any compound, or are we talking about old stock? For competition purposes I'd always avoid old stock, whatever the tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurici Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, stephenh said: Ah, I mis-read the original post, I was thinking that we were being asked to compare the old 888 in GG with the old 888 in SG. Having read Maurici's post, I re-read the O/P, and agree entirely with Maurici. In fact, can you still get the old 888 in any compound, or are we talking about old stock? For competition purposes I'd always avoid old stock, whatever the tyre. You can get new stock of SG for the old model... and isnt bad. But, i think the new ones are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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