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Tire Choices - Yokohama Parada Spec-2?
sgraber - 19/2/04 at 05:32 PM

I am at the tire buying stage and want some feedback regarding my tire choices. The car will be mainly street driven with some track time as well. You might want to take a look at my website to see what I am talking about. 1,100Lbs/soon to be 4AGTE. http://www.grabercars.com/ .

I am thinking that the Yokohama Parada Spec-2 is my best choice for this application. I also have the BFGoodrich ScorcherT/A and the Kumho Ecsta Supra 712 as possibilities.

If you are an autocrosser or a racer and have experience with any or all of these tires on the track, I'd like to know your opinion please.

I am not looking for a Price/Performance comparison. Pure performance. Feel on turn-in, dry traction, wet traction, wear.


flak monkey - 19/2/04 at 06:20 PM

This web page might be of some use to you, cant remember where i found it, might have come from this forum originally.

http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~scoobydoo/motoring/tyres1999/tyres1999.htm

They do comparisions of various types of tyres, the specialist ones are down the bottom of the page

Like i say might be useful, might not be

Cheers


sgraber - 20/2/04 at 11:17 PM

I bought the Parada Spec-2's. They are supposedly a very good street/track tire.

:-)

I'll report back as to how the work after I've had a chance to thrash on them a bit.

Edit: I had a chance to drive the car now with the new tyres. Wow. Stick like glue. Little stones and debris are now being flung up where this was not a problem on the old tyres. I need to get some fenders on this thing soom!

[Edited on 2/23/04 by sgraber]