I'm looking to get a good set of tires for SCCA SOLOII autocrossing. I'm on Michelin XGT V4 195/55/15 on 2000 GSR rims now. (CRAPPY TIRE) I'm looking at Pirelli, Yokohama, Dunlop, etc....& what about going to 205/50/R15's on the GSR rims? What are the pros & cons?

 

hans down the Falken Azenis is without a doubt the best autox tire around. buy them from tires.com and they're $72.00 for 205/50R-15 with no tax and free shipping via FedEx 2 day service. i used to run Bridgestone S03 tires but now they are a complete waste of money thanks to the Azenis that grips equally to the S03 in dry weather for half the price. i now use Azenis for autox and track days. i even used them for a rainy messy day at Buttonwillow a few weeks ago and they provided great traction with predictable but not early loss of grip when pushed past their limit. you wont be disappointed.

 

Ditto. Go with the Azenis

 

Not that it should matter to you or anyone else but 34 of the 50 cars driven at the recent 2002 Solo 2 nationals were on Falken Azenis. 8 of the top 10 cars were also on Azenis and did I mention that the national STS champ, Chris Shenefield, also drove on Falken Azenis.
==> http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/na...sults/sts.html

I mean if your looking for a proven, tested and winning tire you might want to check out the Falken Azenis.


[Modified by Civic242, 3:06 PM 11/30/2002]

 

What do you want the tire to do? Competition only, summer only, all season, if all season how much cold or snow/ice do you get?

I currently have 712's for summer only. I like them for street but not so much for comptetition. Next summer I will have a set of Azenia. This winter I am trying out a set of Falken 512's.

I probably wont be able to give away my XGT V4's.

 

All Depends
If u run STS, go with Falken.
If u run on other class say SP, Falken is far from competitive. Either Kumho or Hoosier will be the only choice.
Down here in Vancouver, BC. 98% of all the serious regional driver use Kumho because our field eat tire like crazy. Hoosier will not last even half a season down here.

 

Are the azenis a good daily driver tire too? Hows the rain handling compared to the Kuhmo 712's? thanks

 

In rain, 712 will be a better choice, but thats only apply to certain driving condition like high way speed. But all in all, i will still recommand Azenis for daily drive. The outstanding traction & built it provide will out-perform 712 in every single way. (Beside the speed to channel water out)
But i don't really understand why people care so much about wet performance.
In fact, I will never do hard cornering in wet. I never have problem with my yoko 032R (even worse than Azeins, only 2 huge trend to channel water out) in wet. Indeed, it even out perform all other summer tire i ever ride on (Azenis, AVS-I, RE-71, A509, A520, SP 8000, SP 9000 etc.) in wet when talking about stopping teaction.


[Modified by v67-gsr, 2:31 AM 12/1/2002]

 

damn im sold if i didnt already own a set. im sure you could get me to give you my first born too!!!

 

Definately 205/50-15 Azenis. Wet or dry!

 

This is completely untrue. The best autox tire around is the Hoosier A3S03. However, it is true that the Azenis are the best tire for STS currently.

 

yeah I got azenis too =P

205/55/16 $78 from vulcantire.com

I believe they're the cheapest price anywhere for all azenis sizes and really fast shipping. I plan on getting another set after I'm done autoxing the hell out of my current ones..

 

Azenis...it costs me $200 to get a set of four (14") shipped to my front door. What more could you ask for? Amazing tires.

 

I run SO-3's in 195/50 and they are only $350 shipped. Awesome dry and unbeatable wet weather traction (just ask the WRX guys I run against in STX )

 

Well, you did not mention what class you are going to run in. If it is going to be in a Stock or any Prepared class an R-compound tire is a must. I've used Kumho's for many years with great success. As for a ST tire go with the Falken Azenis.

 

I have personally autocrossed on the Michelin XGT V4, Kumho 712, and Falken Azenis and the Falkens are the best of the bunch by far. Obviously some r-compound tires are going to be better then all three but if you're new to autocrossing I recommend learning on street tires.

 

I'm new to the SCCA &still don't know what class I'll be in. Saturday with be a "look & learn" day for me. I need to get an idea for what to expect my first time out. Thanks for the input on the tires, I'll try the Falken Azenis if I can find a dealer for them in Houston.

Thanks

 

azenis suck! don't get them!

nate-who's sick of everybody buying azenis and driving the price up.

 

I love my Azenis'!

They suck in snow though

Should of never backed my car out of the garage (storage) to work on another one. Took me about 20 minutes of shoveling, spreading road salt and about 15 attempts at running up the driveway to make it to the top. That's with a Kaaz LSD too. haha

 

Hello happycorepuppy,

You wrote; "This is completely untrue. The best autox tire around is the Hoosier A3S03"

I suggest you try a Hoosier 43375, 43385 or Goodyear 807-889-068, 807-409-104 if you are using 15" tires. You will knock min 2.0 seconds off your time on A3S03 on a 60 second run.

 

Are those DOT tires, and if so, where can I get some???

 

Sorry, P and M only!

 

if you are running in modified or prepared, then yeah, those tires rule...but in stock and street prepared, and even street mod/street mod2 you have to be on DOT legal tires....so in this case the A3S03's are the king of the hill

 

I love the Azenis. First time I ran them some folks were saying whats that tire? Now they know a great tire at a great price.

 

While this thread is alive, and about the Azenis and SOLOII, I'll go ahead and ask a question I have.

Are the Falkens legal in stock class?