Turbo teledials - but what tyres?

[rav]

I managed to obtain a set of turbo tele-dials for my 1986 951 - these are the 23.3. ET ones.

The wheels come without tyres - what are your suggestions for tyres? I have posted on Rennlist and TIPEC and cannot get a definitive answer.

 

[Diver944]

If they are the standard 7" front and 8" rear you should have 205/55 front and 225/50 on the rear

 

[zcacogp]

Suggestions for brand or size?

Brand: many people get on well with Falken FK452's. I certainly do, and am on my second set now. Others rave about more expensive brands as well.


Oli.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I have posted on Rennlist and TIPEC and cannot get a definitive answer.

Should've come here first, then! [][][]

 

[DivineE]

You can fit 225 front and 245 rear to those wheels and I can assure you it works (because I have done it and driven like a moron for a few thousand miles to check) That makes them look deeper because the rubber steps out slightly. I went for Toyo last time very happy with those.

 

[david924s]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

I have posted on Rennlist and TIPEC and cannot get a definitive answer.

Should've come here first, then! [][][]

How can anyone give a definitive answer to a subjective question like this.

However I fitted Toyo T1Rs to my S2 and have been more than happy with them now got over 6K miles on them and they still look like new, grip fantastic in the dry and pretty good in the wet.

 

[rav]

DivineE - please let me know the profile of the tyres that you are using?

Falken don't do a FK452 in 245 with either 50 or 55 profile?

 

[Diver944]

As Devine has said you 'can' fit 225/50 front and 245/45 rear on those size wheels but they are slightly oversized for the width. 205/50 fr with 225/50 re is the standard size as already posted. Good medium priced tyres for the 944 are Falken 452's, Kumho Ku31 and Toyo T1r or T1s

 

[sawood12]

When I bought my car it had teledials on with 205's on the front and 245's on the rear, they were Toyo Proxies. I seem to remember it drove very well on those wheels and the only reason I changed was the Big Blacks didn't fit under 16" rims.

 

[944 man]

Toyo offer a 245/45, but Falken dont, unfortunately.

 

[Northern924]

Everyone will have their personal favourites, for me its currently.... Goodyear F1 grooved version, love 'em

 

[tref]

Excuse me casting aspersions - aimed at no-one inparticular, and myself included... but I was just about to say I happen to like Pirellis, because they actually last a year... when I thought, how many of us have really been able to say we have compared even one different brand of tyres back-to-back with another? OK, we may put a new set on, but I know there is a big difference between a new set of Pirellis and an old set coming off, never mind between a new set of one brand and an old set of another.

I have a feeling that I probably change my tyres more than most (30k+ miles per year), so some tyres have probably been on a car for years - the rubber will not be at its best...

Insidentally - I have always hated Pirellis on my previous cars, but they seem to work ok, for a given mileage on the 944. I have, by the way, tried Michellin F1s (and crashed), Goodyear, Dunlop, Uniroyal, Dark-horse skidmaster, you name it... but not some of those now ranted over...

If we could get a few cars together on the same wheel I for one would be happy to let some-one try my wheels and tyres on there car in exchange for doing the same on mine... trying a different car is obviously an unrealistic way of getting a comparrison...

 

[sawood12]

The Continental Sport Contacts on mine lasted 20k miles (including 3 trackdays) and 4 years, but were not the grippiest tyres i'd ever had - fine in the try but OK in the wet. Looks like 12,500 miles is all I should expect out of the front tyres on the SMax, such is the mind bending, bottom tightening performance! Wouldn't mind so much but the tyres are at least 50% more expensive than the 944's due to the higher weigh rating.

 

[944Turbo]

As a previous high mileage user have tried,
avons on a lux - ok but I think a lux doesnt want too sticky a tyre.

Turbo with 17s
michelin mxx3's or something (N0), pirelli P zero, bridgestone S02 n1 and n2 iirc, goodyear eagle, Dunlop sp9000, part worn contis sport contacts off a 911 - my favourites are dunlop sp9000 on my third set now, but pressures need to be around 32psi. I know some others found them 'loose' (also tried pirelli slicks and michelin and pirelli track tyres but probably even less relevant here )
Tony

 

[tref]

Out of interest, how did you arrive at that tyre pressure Tony? I have been getting pretty even wear, with a slight middle bias, running the Pirellis at 36 all round... though I did have one set that seemed to wear prematurely in the middle... I was wondering if I should put the chalk line across every set and determine what is optimal for a given tyre - but haven't ever tried that technique before anyway.

 

[944Turbo]

By wearing out the centres of the first set [] and getting even wear at 32, oh and getting very sideways unexpectedly when someone inflated them to the factory figure!
Tony