[Fot] TOYOs

[Tony Drews]

Brian, I've run the RA1 and R888 on my TR-4.  I've also run Hoosier 
speedster and Yokohama A048's (my current choice, but may go back to 
Speedsters since they made a compound change).  I used to run Hoosier 
Vintage TD's years ago, which are bias ply.

I loved running the bias ply tires because of the high slip angle - 
great drift feeling, very fun.  Also very expensive as I was getting 
like 2 races out of a set of TD's which is why I switched.

All of the radial tires I mention above have decent breakaway 
characteristics.  They do NOT do the sudden breakaway headed for the 
tire wall deal.  The slip angles are less than the bias ply but I 
didn't have a hard time adjusting to it.  The tail doesn't hang out 
quite as much, still miss that feeling.

I preferred the RA1 over the R888.

 From a car setup and tire pressure standpoint, the Toyo's are very 
different from the Vintage TD's.  They like more negative camber and 
want to be run around 40 psi where the Vintage TD's were mid 20's pressure.

Regards, Tony Drews

At 03:14 PM 11/9/2017, Brian Schirano via Fot wrote:
>Hey Guys (and any women out there?)
>
>OK, thinking about Toyo Proxes for my GT6 next year. 205/60x13. I 
>run Hoosier TD S's right now and have always. looking for opinions 
>on these options, all three are VRG approved for my car. Also 
>anything you can warn me about or advice  for switching from bias 
>ply to radials?  Just trying to get educated at the moment, I see a 
>lot of guys running these but have heard some bad experience stories 
>about spins from the learning curve or handling differences
>
>R888R
>R888
>RA1
>
>Thanks
>Brian
>
>26A GT6+, 28 TR6
>Brian Schirano
>585-305-0349 Cell
>BSchirano at yahoo.com
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