I just ordered rims and now I need summer tires to put on to help fulfill the spring/summer mod list.

I plan on getting 235/40/18 tires and would like fellow Evo owners' recommendations. I created the list of possible tires I've looked at and feel free to add your own choices.

I plan on using these tires mainly for summer street driving however I'd like to do a few track runs, a trip down to the Dragon, and possibly a little bit of auto-x.

My main factors in tires are in this order:
1) handling (particularly dry conditions)
2) price
3) durability

Comfort, noise, etc. are not a big part of this decision.

Thanks for your help! Btw, again I know this topic has been discussed to death but I appreciate your feedback.

Eric

 

Two tires I can recommend are the BR Goodrich...solid design, good handling and excellent wear; the next are the Yoko's ES-100's; the price on the two are about the same. I will only recieve Advans again if someone gives them to me...they wear out too fast to be part of my streetrace/daily driver car package.

 

Toyo Proxes T1-S

 

A really great max performance bang for the buck is Kumho's Ecsta MX. Great handling, about 15-20K life, and pretty low cost. If you to trade some performance for life, Bridgestone has their RE750. Another great performer for the price.

The Dragon down in Fotanna, North Carolina?? Like 318 turns in 11 miles!! Awesome trip worth going on. I want pics of that! Might take my G there this summer.

 

Yes sir! Taking a Dragon trip as a passenger first when the S2K group goes down in April.
Then I think there will be another trip planned down there in May/June open to other cars that I'll be driving down to.

Thanks for the replies thus far!

 

I am running the C6 Z51 front tires on my EVO for daily driving. They are great.
Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires. The size is 245/40/ZR18

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....h=true&index=1

 

Shouldn't use a run flat tire on a car that doesn't have a tire pressure monitoring system.

 

Pirelli Corsa tires. An easy to live with R compund tire for daily driving and track events. Heats up quickly and has enough grooves for rain/water. Cheap too these days. Stock tire sizes. (235's)

 

wow

 

Pick up this months super street, they run down all the tires mentioned above basicly, with dry and wet, G's, skidpad, 0-50 braking, laps, etc

 

Not to get off topic but normally we wouldn't recommend the use of EMT tires without TIMS but if you own a pressure gage and take care of your car it isn't an issue. I have personally run these tires at over 120 mph doing stability control manuevers in the desert with zero air in the tire. At no point did the tire coming off the wheel or come apart. You couldn't even stand near the tire because there was so much heat coming off of it! They are truely amazing tires but for $330 a tire you should expect that.

 

Because self-supporting tires are so good at masking the traditional loss-of-air symptoms which accompany a flat tire, they require a tire pressure monitoring system to alert the driver that they have lost air pressure. Without such a system, the driver may not notice under inflation and may inadvertently cause additional tire damage by failing to inflate or repair the tire at the first opportunity. Typically, self-supporting tires maintain vehicle mobility for 50 miles at speeds up to 55 mph.

I hope the audience reading doesn't think its ok to purposely deflate a run flat and justify its durability by owning a tire gauge. The fact the tire was too hot to touch alone says there was way way too much heat built up during the "test". When a tire is flat, or even slightly low on air, it builds up friction which makes heat and will eventually fail. You don't want to make your tire so hot a hamburger can cook on it. That's why they recommend the 50 miles at 55 mph.

I wouldn't even sell a run flat tire to a customer that didn't have a TPMS system already. If they were purchasing an aftermarket TPMS system in addition to the run flats that's fine. Our testing and the tire companies governing hands have made this one of the strongest policies we have.

 

The tire was purposely deflated to test the robustness of the stability control system and the durability of the tire in the advent that the TIMS system fails. Obvisously you won't purposely deflate a tire to justify using it, but as an OEM we still insure that the tire is safe in the event that the TIMS fails or the customer ignores the low tire pressure light.

From a retail tire supplier policy I understand your viewpoint.

 

I got the bridgestone Potenza RE-750's and love them. They are cheap, wear slow, handle very very well in the wet, and have great dry traction. I would advise getting them...size 245-40-17

 

I believe he's looking for 18" tires. This definitely limits the choices available.

This is a good topic for me too, as I'm waiting on some 18s and curious what tire to go with as well.