Performance Tire

What does a muscle car do without a matching performance tires? The main purpose of black rubber is to transfer rolling motion upon asphalt surface according to the designated load it carries. The stiffer the tire wall the better its road holding's ability, hence more efficient acceleration as well as braking performance. Certainly the combination of its thread pattern, surface texture and rubbery compound also play important roles. These quality traits make up for pricing.

The choice of tire greatly depend on its application, differing application necessitate different type of tire. From muddy road 4 x 4 driving, everyday driving to extreme racing applications, for example there is an unique characteristic of tire required for drifting style race. Generally speaking a 50" low profile tire would be sufficient for everyday driving car, such ratio already provide significant improvement over ordinary 60" ratio.

A significant performance gain covering; braking, handling and rolling resistance for economical driving. At least it is suitable for 80% of our driving purposes on speed limited traffic, where as the remaining 20% for the occasional burst of speed indulgence. Perhaps even less for well mannered driver like us!

What we need to watch though is the weather influence's over the tire choice, as the looming summer is coming we do need for dry and wet tires. With the exception of winter time the below list of ultra high performance tire should be adequate:

1. General Exclaim UHP
2. BFGoodrich g-Force Sport
3. Kumho Ecsta SPT (KU31)
4. Nitto NT555
5. Continental ExtremeContact DW
6. Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07
7. Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222

Ultra high performance tires ; 225/40-18 Yokohama ADVAN Neova. Out of these new 2009 production tires, Yokohama Advan is simply one of the best investment for your beefed up car. What it does, it does extremely best with superb handling capability. Yet, its price is the only drawback. Remember that most driver does not drive to the extreme!

Fortunately there is an affordable choice for our daily drive ;195 60 R 15 INCH GENERAL TIRES. General is best all-rounder sufficient for city driving, the 60" profile is also well suited for most cars. Furthermore for less road holding you would retain its better comfort than the other lower profile tire. In fact most of the bulk of new car is sold with this profile, whilst the upper luxury cars are normally fitted with low 50" profile as standard OEM feature.

Now some where in the middle between Yoko and General we have the well known Nitto, it is very popular choice amongst enthusiast drivers. Hurry limited stock for the reasonable high performance : 225/40-18 Nitto NT 555 Tires !

Then there is a choice for 4x4 Adventurous Nitto Mud Grappler MT Tire 40x15.50R22 127Q D which is also equally good for on and off road driving. Further comparison on the best tires for your wheel visit tirerack, keiji, forum discussion, Lexus forum, and Falken (JDM and German Tuner cars).

 

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