Tyres thread again.

[steve b]

Hi Steve ,

Sorry to post off subject but to answer Steve's question , my car is Steve - m-uk 's old car and I believe he swapped the internals of the 2ZZ box into the roadster box , fitted the lsd along with the 4.529 final drive and the roadster 6th gear .


There is definitely a difference between the AD08's 45's and the Toyo's T1R 40's , more acceleration but loss of the low rev's when cruising on the motorway but not enough to worry me . I prefer to have the better acceleration personally
just a shame the AD08's don't come in the 40's as that would be ideal for me .

Hope that helps

Mark

I see so gearing it down even further from standard.

[chimpman]

right, T1Rs ordered. £237 supply and fit from CTyres.

Pressures, wabitkilla runs 36R/26F?

[Wabbitkilla]

right, T1Rs ordered. £237 supply and fit from CTyres.

Pressures, wabitkilla runs 36R/26F?

That is a good place to start and then adjust the rear as you get used to the tyres, it's affected by how heavy you are  s;-) ;-) s;-)

[chimpman]

right, T1Rs ordered. £237 supply and fit from CTyres.

Pressures, wabitkilla runs 36R/26F?

That is a good place to start and then adjust the rear as you get used to the tyres, it's affected by how heavy you are  s;-) ;-) s;-)

im 5'6", 68kg of prime italian beef...

bought a decent pressure gauge (one of these http://www.lasertools.co.uk/pis/2961_PIS.pdf £19 from ebay) and a cheap foot pump so should be able to set things up properly.

[chimpman]

tyres fitted, was  spiss piss spiss ing down so drove home gingerly given the dire warings about letting them get a few miles on them, also the fitting cente filled them to 32psi all round. get yeself a decent pressure gauge, see above. 36R/26F for now, we'll see how we get on.

[markevo6]

Chimp man , can I ask why you didn't order the T1's from Ears @ £ 170 delivered then got a local fitter to put them on , surely that would have worked out quite a bit cheaper ?

Just curious that's all  s:) s:)

[chimpman]

Chimp man , can I ask why you didn't order the T1's from Ears @ £ 170 delivered then got a local fitter to put them on , surely that would have worked out quite a bit cheaper ?

Just curious that's all  s:) s:)

Stupidity? Oh well, next time. Thanks for the tip.

[chimpman]

right, T1Rs ordered. £237 supply and fit from CTyres.

Pressures, wabitkilla runs 36R/26F?

That is a good place to start and then adjust the rear as you get used to the tyres, it's affected by how heavy you are  s;-) ;-) s;-)

Seem OK, went for a blast on Sunday but kept it gentle as they are brand new. A question, 26F. Thats the stock Bridgestone pressure, should it not be a little higher as the Toyos have more flex? like i say not an issue at the moment but you do notice a very slight bulge compared to the higher than spec 36R (as opposed to 32PSI) pressure?

I'm getting paranoid now with all the geektastic tyre discussions. On a side note, ive decided to get used to my new ride before i try a track day. Next summer is pencilled in, by then i will have learnt not to put it into reverse when fishing for first gear.

[Two's Company]

I put in 28/34. A couple of psi extra each to
Counteract the softness of the toyos