Tyre dilema; which of these tyres to use on my trackday

[Dan Stanley]

Hi

Im taking the nova round Brands on Tuesday. At the moment my ET35 alloys run 195/50/R15 Toyo proxes that are no older than a year, they have loads of fresh and soft tread. However, under hard cornering the tyres catch on the arches.

Ive also got a set of MO's that have Yoko A539 195/45/R15's on them, that are a more arch friendly ET49. Two of these Yokos have enough tread left on them, the other two are down to the wear indicators. All four of the Yokos are hard where they're old.

My question is this; I'll use the MO alloys, but which tyres do I use?

If I stick with the Yoko's I can use them up and throw them away and it won't cost me to have the Toyo's swapped over to the MO alloys.
However, if the compound is too hard, will they be useless? Or will they soon soften up once they have some heat in them?
Or should I just swap the Toyo's onto the MO's right now and be done with it?

Whatever I do, I need to get this sorted today ideally, so opinions urgently required please guys!

[Alex J]

id put the baldys on the back, use the yokos imo

[Dan Stanley]

Well Ive taken an overview of all the opinions given and it's really helped to make a decision. Based on the wealth of knowledge from my fellow PNG'ers, Im going to put the Toyos on.

Many thanks
Dan

[Keif]

id put the baldys on the back, use the yokos imo

I'd put the baldys on the FRONT.

Putting them on the back will just do THIS

[Benn]

Toyos every time.

I have both side tyres and the A359s are crap at gripping, no better when warm.

Fit the Toyos on the mo's and rock on!

[Mieran]

Federal 595 RSR, very cheap on ebay and camskill!

Other options are Toyo R1R and Yoko AD08

[turbojolt]

if you keep a eye out on ebay you can often see sets of used toyo r888's and other similar go for under a ton

[Dan Stanley]

The Toyos did me proud. They were super sticky when hot and have enough tread on them still even after nealry 100 miles on track!

[Connor]

Ears motorsport sell cheapy cheap toyo t1rs.