Mine (pics in the first post) are at about 6k miles, and about 7 track days too... But some of my track days are only 1 hour of track time, so not that much driving.
I did do a Car control clinic and autocross at Lime Rock park in July last year (where they encourage you to drift/slide your car...
Check the pic you posted... the wet traction is mostly ensured by the large inside grooves and slits, as per his explanation, not outside slits, which are very small anyway, and not very deep...
I was lucky thus far and only got dry days with the R, and I did 2 wet track days with my...
I never see inside of tire wearing out at the same rate as outside... look at my pics. That is with -2.2-2.3 camber front. Still wearing outside....
I suppose toe out will do that, as will too much negative camber.
Have you tracked the Goodyears? How are they compared to Michelins Sc 2 ?
I see them in 305 / 30/19 only on Tirerack, but that should work on all 4 corners, no? I know I won't be able to swap front and back as I track with the OEM carbon wheels, but should handle OK like that, no?
Also, there...
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I am doing Thompson Speedway on April 22'nd, and New Hampshire Motorsports park on May 13, with scca.com (tracknightinamerica.com).
I like them as they are during the week, and I can just take half a day off work, leave at noon, start at 3pm or so, back home by 8PM.
Pricing wise they are...
Looking at Michelin document about Sport Cup tires, they recommend a 25 psi front tire and 28 on rear; which is interesting... Ford says 28/28 for track use. I suppose end - hot pressure matters most, which is 32-36 PSI as per Michelin.
Here is the link to the full doc...
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So per my last post about this, the front tires are *very* shaved, but not showing cords or anything. I think I can squeeze another session from them (3x20 min, doing SCCA track night in April).
My question is; would you just use 2 new front tires after that, and consume what is left of the...
Let me be the first to disagree strongly.. Unless you are (insert offensive word for oversized people) and you don't fit , the Recaros are a must!
I LOVE my Recaros. The only other seat I love is from my M3, but that is second to the GT350R.
...running for cover now....
Man, I think this is just opening a bigger can of worms than you need.... Why bother with the headache of doing plumbing for coolers, upgrade transmissions...
Just sell the car, and get a track pack or an R. I would not shy away from 10k + mileage ones if in good nick, they are good solid...
My personal opinion is that you get an R, no matter what year, lowest mileage you can find. I am very happy with 2016 year builds, my second one. none burned oil, nothing broke down, awesome cars.
I have zero tramlining with Cooper Zeon tires and stock R size rims... I have to fight her with the cup 2's. I run the Coopers in 305 / 30 /19 all around.
Exactly! I owned the 2016 track pack since it first came out, it was an awesome car, not a problem whatsoever.
I think the small screen is also fine, and I loved big buttons where I could save my radio stations and just push a button to change... Now with the big screen and gps, I have to look...
... and so will changing the tires.... with the Coopers on the freeway, I can literally hold the wheel with one finger. No tramlining at all. I know I sound repetitive, but it's all in the tires... Mine is a 2016.
I did not look to see in fact that the K shaped brace is not compatible with the GT350, just realized. I suppose the only way would be the full front race K-member, which has a built in G-trac brace.
It is that brace that I had on my GT350 track pack, and made no difference (on and off the...
Tramlining is mostly due to tires. I had both the street and track spec alignment on mine, both behave the same. As soon as I swapped the tires to Coopers for street, tramlining gone, forever.
Don't lose too much sweat on it, if it bothers you too much just get different tires.