Tyres

[kerniki]

Thanks too everyone for your advice on 'Stickiest road legal tyres' with the yoky's 032R's coming out very popular, checked on the prices for these, and at £260 a corner, was wondering how the Kuhmo V700 (hard compound)used in the Tasmin series, stacked up against them, as there only about £140 a corner and still described as a street legal race tyre. does anyone have experience of these on track days? or does anyone know of a back too back test between these type of road tyres? in a mag, or on the web?

Cheers, Nik

[steve harrison]

I have found the stickiest tyres ever !

Our lad has this little racing car from Early Learning Centre. The tyres are made of some kind of rubber which feels a bit like the stuff used in pencil erasers.

It makes the grip between s**t and a blanket look like teflon on ice. No kidding, it is bloody amazing. On the coffee table you can't push it sideways without it just tipping over, despite the C of G being about level with the axles.

Now, if you could use it for full sized tyres they'd probably only last a couple of miles but what a couple of miles they'd be

[thom]

quote:
but what a couple of miles they'd be

Yes but you might wreck your suspension then

[gnomesmith]

And your car would fall off the coffee table...

[Graham]

Im not sure the v700 would be any good on a road car, they are very soft so wouldnt last very long and are not really a wet weather tyre, on a tasmin anyway they carnt cope with standing water. on a heavier car maybe.


Interetingly they are not approved in the blue book for road trim racing cars...