Hi everyone, like the title says......
Here's my current status. Prepping for my 1st ever season of HPDE here in the NE with my 2012 GT.
I currently have a non brembo car with the factory 19 x 8.5" wheels which are mounted with 245/45 19 Indy 500's. The consensus I get here is that I'm going to want/need some wider rubber on track eventually I've read through all the brake and tire threads here many times and understand that I need to address the brakes first, which will be getting at the least, new pads and fluids before the season.
I've been driving the car on the street with some minor suspension and power mods for the last 2 years and enjoy wrenching on my own cars as much as driving. That being said, is there a reason NOT to continue the upgrades now? I know myself, and I'm not going to leave the current setup as is for long. Sure, i could run what I have. Or, since I really dont have any experience with how the car behaves on track in its current state, why wouldn't I do the brembo upgrade and get the better rubber on now, and begin the journey from there? The car is going to remain on the street also, not necessarily a DD though.
That being said, am I on the right track feeling that I could start the tire upgrade to something like the 275-285 r18 200-300 treadwear range? And why not do the 15" brembo upgrade? Pretty sure my stock 2 piston, 13" brakes are not gonna hold up at all, and I think the stock pads are still in there too. I have a modest budget which would allow for this round of upgrades and allow me to do a handful of track days this year as well, first HPDE is in April at Palmer!
Came across a closeout special at Tire rack for the Potenza S007a in 275/40r18 for under $130 each, which is what really inspired this post. Seems like a decent-ish tire to start with??
Thank you all for suffering through another newbie tire post!
Doug.
Here's my current status. Prepping for my 1st ever season of HPDE here in the NE with my 2012 GT.
I currently have a non brembo car with the factory 19 x 8.5" wheels which are mounted with 245/45 19 Indy 500's. The consensus I get here is that I'm going to want/need some wider rubber on track eventually I've read through all the brake and tire threads here many times and understand that I need to address the brakes first, which will be getting at the least, new pads and fluids before the season.
I've been driving the car on the street with some minor suspension and power mods for the last 2 years and enjoy wrenching on my own cars as much as driving. That being said, is there a reason NOT to continue the upgrades now? I know myself, and I'm not going to leave the current setup as is for long. Sure, i could run what I have. Or, since I really dont have any experience with how the car behaves on track in its current state, why wouldn't I do the brembo upgrade and get the better rubber on now, and begin the journey from there? The car is going to remain on the street also, not necessarily a DD though.
That being said, am I on the right track feeling that I could start the tire upgrade to something like the 275-285 r18 200-300 treadwear range? And why not do the 15" brembo upgrade? Pretty sure my stock 2 piston, 13" brakes are not gonna hold up at all, and I think the stock pads are still in there too. I have a modest budget which would allow for this round of upgrades and allow me to do a handful of track days this year as well, first HPDE is in April at Palmer!
Came across a closeout special at Tire rack for the Potenza S007a in 275/40r18 for under $130 each, which is what really inspired this post. Seems like a decent-ish tire to start with??
Thank you all for suffering through another newbie tire post!
Doug.