997.1 GT3 tyres

[RT3]

Hi all

What's the best option for tyres for my GT3, I do about about 9 track days and its a second car so was thinking Pilot Sport Cups, is there anything else worth considering? Also will it be ok to run cups on the back and pilot sports on the front until they're worn out?

Thanks

[V8KSN]

RT3 said:

Hi all

What's the best option for tyres for my GT3, I do about about 9 track days and its a second car so was thinking Pilot Sport Cups, is there anything else worth considering? Also will it be ok to run cups on the back and pilot sports on the front until they're worn out?

Thanks

Sport cups are great tyres ..... Till it starts raining heavily then they are st!

I would NOT mix cups and sports on the same chassis.

Have you looked at the pilot super sports?

[RT3]

I've read a bit about super sports, is there much difference performance wise to cups?

[Gibbo205]

RT3 said:

I've read a bit about super sports, is there much difference performance wise to cups?

Biggest difference is sidewall stiffness. Cups and Corsas have stiff sidewalls, gives a lot more confidence at turn in and when sliding around. SuperSports otherwise are awesome and last forever in comparison,

[V8KSN]

Gibbo205 said:

RT3 said:

I've read a bit about super sports, is there much difference performance wise to cups?

Biggest difference is sidewall stiffness. Cups and Corsas have stiff sidewalls, gives a lot more confidence at turn in and when sliding around. SuperSports otherwise are awesome and last forever in comparison,

I think the super sport sidewalls may even be stiffer than the cups. Not sure though

[Gibbo205]

V8KSN said:

I think the super sport sidewalls may even be stiffer than the cups. Not sure though

They are not.

Got a set of SuperSports, Corsas and cups in my garage.
Corsa stiffest, then cups and then SuperSports.

Car feels best on Corsas, a shame Pirelli don't do any more.

[NBTBRV8]

How bad are Corsas as a DD tyre? Could you do it during summer at least?

[wtdoom]

Supersports are NOT NEARLY as good as cups on track . Night and day difference .
Use car as intended , stick with cups .

[Gibbo205]

NBTBRV8 said:

How bad are Corsas as a DD tyre? Could you do it during summer at least?

Corsa fine as a DD, not bad in wet either, only when cold do they get slippy. Cups give best track times, but useless in wet.

[fioran0]

wtdoom said:

Supersports are NOT NEARLY as good as cups on track . Night and day difference .
Use car as intended , stick with cups .

But what Cups? N spec Cups are nowhere as good as normal Cups. 997 baller 19" sizes are only available in N spec last time I looked. If that situation still remains then its not quite so simple as the performance gap is small but the trade in usability not on track is massively in favour of the supersport.
Data I've seen suggests about a second difference between N spec Cups and supersports (once scrubbed in, not day one) on an average 2 min lap.
Track use only......slicks FTW.

[NBTBRV8]

Gibbo205 said:

Corsa fine as a DD, not bad in wet either, only when cold do they get slippy. Cups give best track times, but useless in wet.

I am considering getting a set for DD use and about 6-8 track days a year. I do 20,000kms a year with about 60% motorway miles, so they might not last that long. I was considering running them over the coming summer where temps are 8 degrees to 30. Just not sure about them in the wet or how they will wear.