New wheels and tires arrived. (TE-37, R888 content inside)

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Apr 27, 2008 | 08:43 AM

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meanmud

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you may want to shave those Toyo's; went to do some heat cycling and was shocked at the lack of responsiveness at full tread.

4/32" or 3/32"

-- I think that's what the spec Miata's are doing.

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Apr 27, 2008 | 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by meanmud

you may want to shave those Toyo's; went to do some heat cycling and was shocked at the lack of responsiveness at full tread.

4/32" or 3/32"

-- I think that's what the spec Miata's are doing.

Yeah I am curious to see how they are full depth. I know the RA-1's are terribly slow at full depth. I didn't think many people were shaving the R888's.
I do run shaved and heat cycled RA-1's on my Spec Miata.

Apr 27, 2008 | 10:36 AM

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I didn't run them at full tread - not after how they felt when heating them.

I shaved them to 3/32" - Pretty good

Apr 27, 2008 | 11:55 AM

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I just got a set of R888s, but haven't run them yet. My understanding is that they get a lot faster after 2-3 heat cycles. Tread squirm can't be THAT bad with that tread pattern?

As far as 255 40 18s, those are going to be a challenging fit up front because of the diameter. Are you removing the wheel liners? Otherwise, I think that you are going to have a hard time getting anywhere near full lock, which is a pain for street tires.