Racing Tires ?

[bustak]

Anyone had ever try to use racing tires on your car for your daily activities? If you do, how the tires make it on the street? what kind of racing tires do you think is best for daily use?
Any info anyone?

[alcher_27]

I used racing tires for a sportscar I drove daily to work. When the rains came, I experienced that the car tended to skid. Luckily, rains came to ME deserts only on the last month of the year.

[West]

Depends on what kinda of "racing" tires you are considering. If you are talking ones that are designed with street use in mind you will be fine in Rain. Although dont expect to go anywhere in snow. Most racing tires with street in mind, IE tires marketed as high performance tires will add a great deal of fun to you daily drive. Remember tires keep your ass on the road, the better you stick the better you turn, stop, accelerate. The only downside is they wear faster, but the cost is worth it.

If you are talking full blows racing tires with no tread on them, keep em on the track. They are WAY to expensive to drive on the street. Buy extra wheels, put racing tires on, swap wheel once you arrive at the track.

[jamesb]

It is true that racing tires will last less then regular tires? I am sure that the racing must also have an effect on any set of tires.

[archull]

you should never run race compound tires on the streets. Slicks have wrinkle wall construction, don't turn worth a crap. Road race tires heat cycle and are only good for so many heat cycles. Daily driving with them will result in over heat cycling the tires and they will become hard and loose the grip they would normally have. They are overly expensive as well.

You need to run an aggressive street tire, something like a Nitto NT05 or a Falken 615 in as wide of a tire as you can on your car to get maximum traction on the streets.

Race compound tires are just that, race tires, they belong on the track.