Board logo

New tyres - opinions / suggestions
StevenB - 23/6/08 at 10:12 PM

Just about to buy my wheels
and the guy has offered either

Scudo stunner
or
Toyo Proxes 4 (+£25)

Scudo I have never heard of and the
proxes 4 were offered when I asked about Toyo T1S.

Any views or alternative suggestions welcome.

Cheers

s

The car (when finished) will rarely be on a track.

tegwin - 23/6/08 at 10:24 PM

I tried Proxes on my tintop and they are pants in the wet...


Im now running Yokohama S-Drive.... Cheaper than the proxes if you shop around and really good!


I would imagine on a seven they would be pretty good!....... Seem to wear quite well too!


S-drive is available in:

14": 185/55VR14AS01
15": 185/55VR15AS01, 195/45WR15AS01, 195/50VR15AS01, 195/55VR15AS01, 205/50VR15AS01, 205/55WR15 AS01
16": 195/45WR16AS01, 205/45WR16AS01, 205/50WR16AS01
17": 195/45WR17AS01, 215/40YR17AS01, 235/40YR17AS01
18": 205/40YR18AS01, 215/40YR18AS01, 255/35YR18AS01
19": 225/35YR19AS01, 235/35YR19AS01

[Edited on 23/6/08 by tegwin]

ReMan - 23/6/08 at 10:27 PM

I'm no expert, but I'd run a mile from the Stupido Stunners, and the t4's may be a tad hard for a 7alike.
T1R/S are a touch hard but warm up when pushed, those are more for a std car I reckon.
Depends on your budget, not just whats being ofered.
If I had a bit spare I'd go for Toyo R888 if just for road use, they should last a while even

mookaloid - 23/6/08 at 10:30 PM

The Scudo Stunners give very good grip and were the tyre of choice for hill climbers in the road going classes when I was competing the year before last.

Cheers

Mark

Paul TigerB6 - 23/6/08 at 10:35 PM

As above - see if you can pay extra and go for R888's

ReMan - 23/6/08 at 10:38 PM

I may stand corrected on the Stunters.
Just googled some use for hillcliming, prehaps they are soft, too soft for a tin top , but could be good for a 7 at that price then?

eccsmk - 23/6/08 at 10:47 PM

link



[Edited on 23/6/08 by eccsmk]

StevenB - 24/6/08 at 12:17 AM

Tin top has P6000. Great tyre.
Was considering these for the 7 but doesnt
really have the look of an R888 which
I was advised against using going into SVA
as it may prejudice the examiners opinion.

Might have to go with the Toyo.

s

hobbsy - 24/6/08 at 02:05 AM

What size and how much you been quoted for the tyres?

R888's are good on road and track and better than I thought they would be in the wet.

Best place for those IMO is Camskill (www.camskill.co.uk).

T1-S / R's are good road tyres, as are Eagle F1's but as others have said you'll struggle to get them up to temp if your car is very light.

www.mytyres.co.uk is worth checking for these as is eBay but you'll still got to sort out a local fitter / balancer which can sometimes negate the bulk of the savings...

britishtrident - 24/6/08 at 06:35 AM

I had stunners on the tin top --- wet weather grip was not good.

richardh - 24/6/08 at 07:00 AM

r888's all the way. sva man loved them.
once warm they are awesome. way better than the p6000's or t1's i've used before.
MNR recommend the r888 and Marc there races his cars on them.........
plus the tread looks the muts

jos - 24/6/08 at 07:27 AM

Given the choice of Toyo Proxies or Scudo Stunners I would go for the Scudos purely on the basis of them being used by a number of hillclimbers over the past year. I believe Toyos are on the same list and I see more runners on Scudos than on Toyo's.

I have past experience of the Toyo's on my tintop and they are a good tyre IMHO on that and I have second hand knowledge of the Toyos on a 7 and it wasnt favourable.

alistairolsen - 24/6/08 at 07:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by StevenB
Tin top has P6000. Great tyre.
Was considering these for the 7 but doesnt
really have the look of an R888 which
I was advised against using going into SVA
as it may prejudice the examiners opinion.

Might have to go with the Toyo.

s


p6000s, great? erm, no! Bollocks all grip in the wet and wear faster than other camparable tyres, bleeping expensive to buy too!

If you want similar tyres try uniroyal rainsports on the tintop.

For a se7en Id want soft and sticky like 888s as suggested.

Try martin hadland at reyland motorsport, Ive yet to beat his prices on them

[Edited on 24/6/08 by alistairolsen]

iscmatt - 24/6/08 at 09:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by richardh
r888's all the way. sva man loved them.
once warm they are awesome. way better than the p6000's or t1's i've used before.
MNR recommend the r888 and Marc there races his cars on them.........
plus the tread looks the muts



MK also recommended the R888's to me. They use them on most of there cars including the bare chassis at newark and steve had/has them on his car.
Also, yes, the tread does look the danglies!!

StevenB - 24/6/08 at 09:18 PM

Thanks for the input guys.

Just checked out the price of R888 - £70 ish.
Looking to put them on either Fox FX2
or OZ Ultraleggera 195x50x15.

A lot of references to warming the tyres up. I might be piddling about too much to get the best out of these.

s

PAUL FISHER - 24/6/08 at 09:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by StevenB


A lot of references to warming the tyres up. I might be piddling about too much to get the best out of these.

s


Ive used R888 now for a few years on my cars,the reference people make to warming them up is to get the best out of them,when they are cold they are no less grippy than any other tyre,it just highlights it more because of the super high level of grip you get when they are warm,once you have tried them,there's no going back,Ive just ordered a couple of the new SG compound R888 to try on the front of mine to see if these are even better straight from cold,they do not recommend these for the drive axle though unless your doing sprint or hill climb events.