And I bought up the wheels from that car and will run the same tires.
So your going to need some serious stick to keep up!

 

Never had many of those tires but I do have the Star Specs on my 2006 Civic Si also had BF KDW TA2 and I loved both tires. Both were very sticky but I prefer the KDWs just because they seemed to grip the best.

 

But not with you.

You're in SM class?

 

I ran most of the year in 2010 with a Bilstein/Swift Spec-R combo with 245/40 A6's. Even with stiffer Swift Spec-R's, r-comps felt like they were still not fully utilized. Competitive but no where near as good as a decent coilover system with wide r-comps. Buy a decent set of coilovers, roll your rear fenders and stick 275/40 r-comps on you 17x9 wheels.

 

Oh. BTW, I'm now running 255/40 RS3's. Love them. Coilovers, proper alignment and they perform very well.

 

phil i thought u are gonna run SM class?

thanks for the info

i wanna go coilovers but dont have the money right now so imma stick with my bilstein/ spec-r combo just like u have. i am lookin at the RS3's also so im glad to hear another person liking the tire. jw..have you used star spec z1's before to have a comparision to the RS3?

 

I have not run the star spec's but have heard from this forum and have seen them in action. They are a very formidable tire, very much like the RS3's. Bang for buck--RS3's.

 

245/40 RS3s are now pushed out into May sometime!

 

40 day wait period on an autoX tire at the beginning of the autoX season = Kumho was stupid with their timing...

OP, I gather from your posts you are running in STU then? SM?

 

thats not something i wanna hear

i am in BSP. ran that last year and didnt do anything different this year to move me out of that class

 

I think the bottom line here is that since you're running in a class that allows R-comp tires you'll get much greater grip out of any set of 245 width R-comps than you will with the best 255 street tire. That said, of all the R-comps, Hoosier A6 is the best auto-x tire out there but are pricey and won't last that long compared to something like a Nitto Nt01, which is offered in a 255/40/17 btw.

 

yea thats what im seeing...thanks for the info