Jim, one of your peers stated on the miata forums that these should launch on July 1st. Can you confirm?

Also looking at 285/30/18 availability?

 

Interested to hear about these tires. Hopefully they are smart and are priced in line with the new RE-11A, ZII, and RS-3.

I hope we see a tire test comparing all of the above.

 

Some of the sizes are due in July. We just tested them last week and the report will be on the web site soon. Just a little about the test. The tires included were the G-Force, Dunlop ZII, Bridgestone RE11A and the Yoko. The Bridgestone was the all around leader with the combination of ride quality and handling in wet and dry. The Yoko was the fastest in the wet and the Dunlop was the quickest lap times in the dry. They were all very close all the way around.
Keep an eye on the site and we should have the results soon.

 

Slower than the ZII? That's disappointing. Or, rather, I guess good as I am sure the AD08R will be more expensive than the Dunlops.

I assume when you say lap times you actually mean laps and not autox?

 

AFAIK, TireRack has always done their testing at their test facility track - which is more akin to an autocross type track than a Road Course.

 

One quick question about the ZII, I've seen people reporting they're narrower than some of the part competitors for the same stated width. Anyone have input? When these comparisons are done, do they match stated tread width or actual width? I'd assume stated width, but it would be interesting to see actual measured widths compared as well.

 

^^^TR Comparisons are always done by stated tire size.

 

How many laps around the tire rack track are done during testing. I wish you guys tested heat tolerance and not just a single lap on coldish tires. The dunlops may put down a fast single lap but they overheat VERY quickly making them useless for summer track days.

 

indeed we expected Advans to be faster.
now back to reality

 

We do two laps each sales person. You get into one car do your laps and then get into the next car. You can always tune the car to make a tire better for your car. Then you have driver and the track and temps come into play. I thought they were all very close. I still like the BF Goodrich Rival and if it is a daily driver that is also auto crossed or tracked the RE11A is an excellent choice.