Anthony Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Does anyone please have a suggestion on tyres for road use on SLR/R500 rims Just about to go for a set of ACB10's and before I commit welcome your views Regards Anthony X-Flow-power; the real way forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Crickmore Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 CR500's with the green marks on them. Those tyres are mustard in the dry and good at shifting standing water better than you'd think in the wet. Not cheap though. Don't know how they compare price-wise with the ACB's Yellow/Carbon '02 Caterham Superlight No.186 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 ACB10's good in the dry, OK in damp, hopeless in standing water, and their Crossplys so you'll tramline all over the place and really you should setup your suspension to reduce camber so as to avoid excessive wear on the inside edges CR500's or if you're on a budget Yoko AO21R's would be my choice Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ince Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 I would also go for CR500's on a road car. ACB10's make the car tramline and are "difficult" on a very wet surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted October 18, 2002 Author Share Posted October 18, 2002 Thanks Guys, CR500's - assume these are crossply as are ACB10's ? With Yoko's do they do them wide enough ? Also assume suspension will need to be reset given the car is set up for ACB10's Regards Anthony X-Flow-power; the real way forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinwhitcher Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Yoko 021'r 185x60x13" fronts (6.5") Yoko 021'r 205x60x13 rears (8.5") about £260 all four fitted from George Polley 😬 Martin MW 51 CAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hi Antony High performance road tyre (in fact there are racing tyres allowed on the road) are Yoko A021R dimensions available 185/60/13 and 205/60/13 6000 miles or less possible on the rear wheels or Avon CR500 175/55 13 , 205 55 13 (even 195/55/13) Same quality of tyres, Yoko is higher than the Avon But with a dry sump, ground clearance is not a problem With both, I am afraid they are radials and you would have to change the suspension settings... Crossply are definetely not road tyre... Really road tyre is Yoko A539 in 13" only 185/60 13 Cheap, more than 15000 miles expected but less grip than 021R or CR500 For me good but it is not a common point of view Many love the Bridgestones, but I do not know them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted October 18, 2002 Author Share Posted October 18, 2002 Thanks Eric Much appreciated Looks like ACB10's then and use the SAAB when it is damp ! Do R500 owners then decide whether they run track or road tyres or do some adjust suspension inbetween ? Regards Anthony X-Flow-power; the real way forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrigsby Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Just to throw a spanner in the works I know of at least 2 people running CR500's on SLR rims with an ACB10 suspension set-up and the tyre wear pattern suggests they are fine and quite happy running with ACB10 camber settings. That combined with the fact that I ran CR500's on my car with radial settings and the inside of the rears got wrecked very quickly suggests that CR500's prefer a crossply suspension set-up. I'd definetly recommend them as an all round road tyre.. just don't use them on a dry track day!! Cheers Rob G www.SpeedySeven.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Ince Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 If you are only going to run them on the road if it is dry then ACB10's are right. The only problem you will get is tramlining on country roads. If you experience a VERY wet road be carefull. They are much better than CR500's on track. I use the .25 degree ears and the same suspension setup for both the ACB10's and CR500's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridgway Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 I use CR500s on crossply rear suspension settings (if that makes sense). Run ACB10s on track in the dry and the CR500s on track in the wet. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 I'm personally not convinced about CR500s. Breakaway characteristics are far from ideal and I don't think they're that good in bone dry conditions. They're by no means a basket case and much better than conventional rubber, but at over 100 quid a corner... Whilst they're heavier, I prefer the feel of Yokos. As they're less than half the price of CR500s, why not give them a go and see for yourself? If you don't like them, get CR500s next. If you're only ever going to use the car in the dry then ACBs would be the ones to get. But unless you live in Dubai or somewhere I'm not sure how you'll guarantee that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 What about 32R's ? . I ran these on ACB suspension settings for a season , with no wear problems over the course of 3500 road and track miles . The grip in the dry is excellent , damp very good and they were surprisingly good in standing water at a soaked Oulton Park . They are far cheaper than ACB's or CR500's and are a radial . They come in 215/50/13 ( Hard Compound ) and 185/60/13 (soft ) which would fit the R500 rims perfectly . I dont know what power your xflow puts out Antony , but I wouldnt "overtyre" it as you will loose a lot of the fun ....... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonwelton Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Dave, my car is set up for ACB10's and I have used these in all weathers, including snow. Unless you are aquaplaning there will always be more tyre in contact with the road than others so I always found more grip.Forget the tramlining stories, yes they do, but so what, unless you are asleep when driving you will easily compensate (Isignosis advice!) I found the wear rate horrendous though so I have got A021R's for winter, half the price and twice the life is a quarter of the cost, and in winter who cares about ultimate levels of grip, they're there for fun. However on track days they have proved themselves great fun even in the dry. Crossply set up means less rear tyre wear on radials in general road use at the cost of outright grip on track, but again so what, it's fun thing in winter. Thats my advice, wither go for the full blown ACB10 experience and ignore the scare stories, or wait and take a cheaper option for now until teh weather improves, don't stop using the car just because it's damp though, slides at half the speed are less damaging and just as much fun. Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrypike Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 would be wary of using ACB10 as sole choice of road tyre, tram-lining makes sure you concentrate, but speed of breakaway in the wet would make them very unforgiving for the unforeseen circumstance on roads i don't change set-up between ACB10, 032R or SO2's ('coz i don't know how or which way to go) not sure my rear is sensitive enough to know jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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murph7355 Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 That's over 18k's worth of tyres Nige. Imagine what you could do with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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