Pilot super sports - track day wear (BMW M140)
Discussion
Looking at booking my first track day at Anglesey in Feb and wondered if it is worth buying a set of track day wheels and tyres to protect the pilot super sports for road use?
I have 4/5mm of tread on my front and brand new rear pilot super sports on the m140 at the minute. I know the tyres melt at circa 60 degrees so I am going to keep an eye on them but will they wear out completely in a day at track (with no sliding!).
Basically should I take the plunge and buy some track day tyres or just go with the pilot super sports and except the wear?.. if I had a set of spare wheels and tyres I suppose it is a larger initial investment to save money down the line for further track days....
I have 4/5mm of tread on my front and brand new rear pilot super sports on the m140 at the minute. I know the tyres melt at circa 60 degrees so I am going to keep an eye on them but will they wear out completely in a day at track (with no sliding!).
Basically should I take the plunge and buy some track day tyres or just go with the pilot super sports and except the wear?.. if I had a set of spare wheels and tyres I suppose it is a larger initial investment to save money down the line for further track days....
Scribble BM said:
Looking at booking my first track day at Anglesey in Feb and wondered if it is worth buying a set of track day wheels and tyres to protect the pilot super sports for road use?
I have 4/5mm of tread on my front and brand new rear pilot super sports on the m140 at the minute. I know the tyres melt at circa 60 degrees so I am going to keep an eye on them but will they wear out completely in a day at track (with no sliding!).
Basically should I take the plunge and buy some track day tyres or just go with the pilot super sports and except the wear?.. if I had a set of spare wheels and tyres I suppose it is a larger initial investment to save money down the line for further track days....
If you drive properley, then your tyres will last several trackdays!! Ignore the rubbish that people will tell you, ...... only brake in a straight line!! and turn in very late!!! Both are killers of lap times, tyres, and drivers!! It is very, very easy to make a slow lap feel fast, and far more difficult to make a fast lap feel slow!! HTHI have 4/5mm of tread on my front and brand new rear pilot super sports on the m140 at the minute. I know the tyres melt at circa 60 degrees so I am going to keep an eye on them but will they wear out completely in a day at track (with no sliding!).
Basically should I take the plunge and buy some track day tyres or just go with the pilot super sports and except the wear?.. if I had a set of spare wheels and tyres I suppose it is a larger initial investment to save money down the line for further track days....
How many trackdays are you thinking of doing? Id get a few under your belt on normal albeit high performance road rubber before buying a second set of wheels and tyres. Decent tyres like pss should be a lot more resistant to overheating, but even so, keep stints short and if you feel tyres ( or more importantly brakes) beginning to overheat and lose grip / stopping power, come in and allow them to cool down.
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