yea the 5x11x22 will juuuuuuuuust fit. i think the myth of losing hp has been debunked by RRE when they were pushing their exhaust, it's on their website. def with this will lose a couple hp, i dont really care about that. the biggest benefits of aftermarket exhausts is for weight, but i will take the quiet > the weight loss for me -- and i don't even live in CA, i just want peace and quiet when I cruise down a road. my car isn't a race car though, it's dual street and weekender.

 

good lord anyone else run 18s?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Toyo-Prox...tire/56097535?

@kaj i know you're gonna jump on these lmao

 

Damn, crazy deal. If I wasn't moving this weekend I would buy two sets

 

reaaaaally tempted to buy another set but i need to stop. won't be as competitive as re71rs but i saved ~900 bucks! lol

 

insert "if it wasnt xxxxxxxxxxxx id buy them" or "if they still have them in 2 weeks im going to buy them for sure" here

 

 

im storing until june lol going to put each in it's own plastic bag

 

I may need to store until next season LOL. Who knows how old they are at this time anyway, I guess.... I just realistically don't know when I'll be buying 18s.
Could be next month or next year. Bleh. For that price, I can't resist trying them, though.

 

 

Probably old inventory to begin with. I don't know that another season of storage would make much difference.

I always store my good autocross tires in the house over winter because I heard the same thing. Except last year, I left my nearly-spent RE-71R in the freezing garage all winter. Probably dipped below freezing 10-20 times over the winter.

I thought they'be destroyed by spring, but they were still felt like they had great grip. In fact, I felt like I got slower when I installed my new RE-71R due to the full depth tread squirm.

What actually happens to performance tires stored below freezing temps? I've never found any real information about it, other than guidelines to let frozen tires warm up before mounting or flexing them.

 

Link says out of stock for me

 

An article I read says they change on a molecular level. My friend drove in the snow. A few months later, he went to the track and they were chunking and boogering really bad. Super greasy. We blamed it on the cold ,since that was the only thing he did different.

 

all sold out, within a few hours

 

 

This makes sense. Super cold summer tires are hard and brittle, so driving on them could damage the structure.

I'm just not convinced that the same damage applies to RE-71Rs stored in bags in my attic over the winter. I still bring the good set of tires into the basement just to be safe. My wife hates it, though.