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Old 10-26-2012, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by S2k007
I think the Starspecs are the best mix of dry performance, responsiveness, wet performance, cost, longevity(relatively speaking) for a performance tire.
Agreed. Far and away have exceeded my expectations, and especially when you consider the price. Absolutely love them.

225 front, 255 rear.
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Had Star Specs and they are a great tire.....until you hit the secondary compound at about 4/32, then they get very slick (like they are heat cycled).
Went to the RS 3 and it holds grip until it basically cords.

I autox and do DEs do my tires see all facets and the RS 3 in 225/255 has been the best tire I have tried to this point. The RS 3 has a softer sidewall so you do have to run a bit higher pressure to assist in sidewall rollover.

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The new Car and Driver has an article called Mosters of Grip where they compare 9 summer performance tires. Here's how they ended up:

Overall (combination of dry, wet, and real world performance):

1. Michelin Pilot Super Sport
2. Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position
3. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
4. Hankook R-S3
5. Continental Extrememcontact DW
6. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2
7. Toyo Proxes R1R
8. Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec
9. Prielli P Zero

Dry Performance is what I'm more interested personally, as I'll be looking to get a slightly grippier tire when my V12s are used up for occasional track and autocross days + daily driving. I'm leaning toward either the R-S3 or Star Specs.

Here's how they ranked in dry performance (autocross, roadholding, braking, subjective feel):

1. Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
2. Hankook R-S3
3. Michelin Pilot Super Sport
4. Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec
5. Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position
6. Toyo Proxes R1R
7. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2
8. Continental Extrememcontact DW
9. Prielli P Zero
Old 10-26-2012, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by FearlessFife
Originally Posted by S2k007' timestamp='1350788340' post='22097744
I think the Starspecs are the best mix of dry performance, responsiveness, wet performance, cost, longevity(relatively speaking) for a performance tire.
Agreed. Far and away have exceeded my expectations, and especially when you consider the price. Absolutely love them.

225 front, 255 rear.
How did we get so far off track? Thanks for the advise, but I can't have those tires right now. I can have BFG or Michelin.

Thanks for any help offered on here.
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Did you end up with the PSS? Glad I could help you out with that demo a couple weeks ago.

There was a thread started about a year ago on these tires:
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/918...-super-sports/

The OP has a slightly wider setup on 18s, but what I found interesting was after 8,000 miles his rears still have 75% tread.
On my setup (stock AP2 wheels), I've got about 3,000 miles with probably similar driving, and I haven't even worn through the chamfered edges on the sipes yet, which are maybe .5mm into the grooves.
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