Had a great outing at AAA California Speedway. Weather was cool in the moring but heated up in the afternoon.
This was my first outing with pure competition tires. Yoko Advan 058 slicks.
Although I have a lot of other suspension mods sitting on the bench
YCW coils with more track oriented springs
Full set of braces XB, UB and RB
Since I have run this track a number of times I wanted to see how much difference the tires made.
They made a huge difference and would rate the amount of impact right in there with going to K04 and adding an LSD.
It was a little wierd at first. These are not DOT tires and are for competition only. Sidewalls are super stiff, compound is rated medium but they are very sticky as in picking up everything on the road.
So had to wait till I got tires up to temp to lay into them. When I did so it was amazing. I was able to hit corners much harder, feel much more confident at speed on the banked oval and brake much later coming into turns.
These tires sell for about 450 ea. I picked up a used set from John Berget tires for 400. He specializes in competition tires that have 1/2 or more left in them. THIS IS A MUST HAVE if you track your car.
Believe it or not I was able to hang with this Mustang, even on the straights. He came over to me after the session and asked what the hell I had done to this thing. Yes its a GT350 and yes I know in the hands of a skilled driver I would not have hung with him but it was a cool run for me to push him around the course.
Also a good investment - brought my own shade 29.95 at Big 5