Just wanted to let you guys know, since several people had mentioned this tire, that the best price out there (to my knowledge after alot of searching) is at www.edgeracing.com...

for 225/45/17 my shipped total was $430 (99/tire), and I've ordered from these guys before - they are quick delivering.

The guy also told me that they have a ton of them in stock because they just got a BIG shipment of them, since someone had mentioned that alot of people were sold out.

anyhow..direct link:

http://www.edgeracing.com/tire/1527/

 

Irish, what do you know about Hankook tires in general?

 

truthfully - nothing. I bought these on the recommendation of BEJAY and Matt Blehm to use for auto-x/track ONLY.....I wanted something that performs well and is, more importantly, cheap.....there seems to be alot of hype about these on various auto-x forums, so figured for that price, they were worth trying...

 

Just an update...the tires arrived today...2 days faster than expected...4 days from order date, with regular shipping (DHL via Airborne Express)....Edge Racing is really a great place to do business with...both of my orders have now arrived AHEAD of schedule!

 

I have some hankook ventus tires on my car, i think they are a different tread pattern, but they are awesome. They look really good, and they a very good during cornering and hook up well all around. I recommend them.

 

I heard a rumor that Edge Racing was about to do some testing of the Hankook vs the RT615 vs either the old RT215 or MX soon.

 

that's what they told me....they also asked for me do to a "write-up" of my thoughts on the track with them once I try them out on Saturday...

 

Heard they require a touch more air pressure due to softer sidewalls. Sounds similar to the MX and softer than the Azenis. Let us know about the testing. We have 2 local B14's who will be doing the same either this weekend or next.

 

yep, I noticed that the sidewalls were not all that stiff before they were mounted up. I will start way up high and see how it goes before I let some out.......

 

whats the verdict?????

 

auto-x'ed them a couple weeks ago. On a short course (see my other thread) I ran about 39psi front 36psi rear (cold) or thereabouts. Overall, they performed very good. Little to no squealing, they grip like crazy, and they did not feel nearly as soft as I expected....in fact I only managed to plow the front once, and that was due to a mistake on my part.....In terms of wear...tough to tell after 6 runs on a roughly 1/2 mile course, but my fronts got torn up a little bit (around the edges of tread blocks).....but did'nt seem too bad. Braking and accelleration grip was excellent as well...my only complaint is that they are fairly loud for regular driving (drove home with them on, too lazy to put my street wheels back on!).....

SO, overall, I give them a high rating, especially considering how inexpensive they are. For road course racing, can't tell ya - the verdict might be the same, or might be different.

 

for road racing, you will want a better tire than that. The hankooks do well for short races, but on a road race tire temps get very high (esp on a high power FWD car).

 

Im really happy with the Toyo T1-S's - that I got from edgeracing as well...
They grip as good (maybe even better) than the Bridgestone S-03s that I had been using before. They are, however, untested in rain.

one of the best things about the T1-S is that they are light, light, light- just ask Ceasar.
Also edgeracing is awesome in that they actually have the tire weights on the website, a rarity.

Sounds like you got a good deal for autocross tires tho, good job!

 

I would tend to agree on that point, though we are notoriously short on anyplace useful around here for road racing.....so we mostly stick to smaller auto-x's.....

we need some of that open land you guys in the midwest have!

 

We often feel it too. Here's a Chicago Sentra that travelled to Texas for some hot lapping.
Gee, those look like Hankook R-S2's on there.