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Post by blacky »

If your purely worried abou gaining time, then that I reckon you'll go quicker with just a set of tyres rather than the suspension and the road tyres!

On a test Sprint last year, circa 2.5km long, Andy Stevens gained 2 seconds a run by swapping to R888's from Goodyear Eagle F1's. same day, same temps etc..

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Newage STi rims will clear APs and 215 section tyres will clear the arches.
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logan im hoping to do both just trying to find the rims etc and im willing to be patient to get the right set etc.

Gerry wont i get tyre movement with 215's on newage rims? Also what should I budget for a set of r888's and how do they last wear wise? Wondering as well whether anyone actually uses them day to day or not? The car only does 6k a year.

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What do you mean by tyre movement Graham?

I've run the size for a couple of years without a problem. I have a set of newage rims that need a refurb but are straight if you're interested.

Best place for 888s is CAmskill afaik but worth a call.

With the correct pressures they last well :D

You could use them day to dday but why kill good tyres when you could get something cheaper
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gerry let me know what you want for them etc. Ive been offered a set of hk alloys for 75 quid but not sure they will clear my ap's. Are the alloys the silver five spoke ones or the gold ones?

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Post by duncan »

None of you lot would believe the pressures and temps I was running on sunday :D

Could have cooked dinner on them :lol:

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