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      11-27-2007, 11:15 AM   #1
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Road course guys, what tires in the wet?

I know a number of us use R compounds of all varieties in the dry: Hoosier R6's, Nitto NT01's, Pilot Sport Cups, Kuhmo's, etc.

The question is, what tires do you use in the wet?
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Toyo RA1...full tread. I use to have these as my rain race tires for my Spec Miata. Still heat cycle them...but dont get them shaved..
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Toyo RA1...full tread.
+1.... We get a good amount of cycles from these tires and for the price, it's hard to beat. We keep a set full tread in the trailer for any chance of rain and run shaved in the dry.
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For the most part, yes Toyo RA1. Depends on your goal/purpose. Purpose is to win and in the wet...Hoosier Radial Wets (or the DOT version). But if it stops raining...aim for the wet track...they won't last long in the dry...too much heat build up. Good thing about the Toyo RA1's...the more rubber you wear off of them, the gripper the tire gets.
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For the most part, yes Toyo RA1. Depends on your goal/purpose. Purpose is to win and in the wet...Hoosier Radial Wets (or the DOT version). But if it stops raining...aim for the wet track...they won't last long in the dry...too much heat build up. Good thing about the Toyo RA1's...the more rubber you wear off of them, the gripper the tire gets.
Yes, there are slightly better..but for availability/bang for the buck factor..I have had decent luck with the RA1s. I have had strange wear however...not good to really heat up a full tread RA1..they dont like it at all.
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