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Originally Posted by Ryephile
Hoosier R7 is a treadwear of 40. That's the typical track day tire.
I used to run R888's as a rain tire [they're not good in the rain, BTW]. Their treadwear rating is 100. They're best as a street tire, IMO. Other "R-compound" tires in the 100 treadwear range are the Toyo RA1, Nitto NT01, and Maxxis RC-1. They have just enough tread to not be a good idea to run on the street, though they're perfectly legal.
The current trend for extreme summer tires is to fake a UTQG of 200-ish to sneak into street tire auto-x classification. Tires like the RE71R and Rival S 1.5 fall into that category, as their real life on-track treadwear is much less than their "200" implies.
Just looking at the Goodyear S3's 220 treadwear and making a blanket assumption just isn't logical these days within the context of current "cheater" auto-x tires. Not to discount your friend's dad, but things do change quickly in the tire world.
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Thanks for your comment. This is all a learning experience for me so the more info the better. In my head, the lower tread wear rating means gummier tires yeah? if a tire has a higher tread wear, it is going to be "harder" so to speak. to provide a longer life no?
And your right about my friend's dad. This was 5-10 years ago. So maybe his experience with tires and tread wear can be different to what we do today.
His biggest piece of advice to me was this. Before you go out on that track, you better have the blue racing brake fluid. I've read the threads on it so i'm aware of which fluid to use. But he said that is most important. You don't want to approach a turn and have no brakes. It will happen. There goes everything.
He said to enjoy the car and take it on the track as much as you can. It takes years and years and years to get decent at this. Every good driver thinks he will be able to go on a track. But when you're on it, every bit of road experience goes right out the window. It is like starting over again. And even though he took all the lessons he can and practiced as much as he could, he could never beat his brother. When you race a guy that could care less about totaling his car or his own bodily harm, you better back off. You won't catch him. Or you'll end up into the sidewall