I have the RPF1 available. Three sets only. They are 17,7.5 +48 and weigh nothing. Pm me if you're interested.
With regards to the spoon wheels I will have to look into it further. I'm sure they make a 5 lug for the Type R and S2000 now that I think of it. It just didn't come up on the Spoon USA site. I can look into the japan one I guess. The type r fitment would work provided they are not hubcentric. The Enkei tarmac will only come if we can order 40 wheels. so I don't see it happening. Rishie |
Whattabout the WRC Tarmac Evo ... haha yeah right :)
Perfect fit but no way I can afford those. I'll check with a couple local shops about the RP-F1 to see what their pricing is like, as much as I'd love to give you business ... free trade works for big business, but not us citizens. |
Okay Rishie, so let's see if I have this straight: The wheel I'm interested for stock-class autocrossing on my forthcoming Mazdaspeed Protege is the Team Dynamics Pro-Race 1 in a 17.0 x 17 50mm offset with a 5 x 114.3 bolt pattern. Correct? Any idea on the price?
And for Rishie or anybody who autocrosses, what tires do you recommend? Thanks, Jason |
Originally posted by JasonH And for Rishie or anybody who autocrosses, what tires do you recommend? Thanks, Jason For street tires, Falken Azenis (a little taller at 225/45-17) or possibly BFG KD (expensive). For race tires (R-tires), either Hoosier (about $200 ea) or Kumho (about $135 ea) are the best choices. 225/45-17 would probably work, although the new Kumho Ecsta V700 is available in a shorter and wider 235/40-17 that might fit (depending on clearance between strut and tire). |
I second Davard's recommendations on tire brands.
Some people running the Azenis this year were beating people on r-compounds. Kumho V700 are very nicely priced and sticky .. another option is the Toyo RA-1. If you would like to spend considerably more money, you can look at Hoosiers, the new Michelin Pilot Sport, or Pirelli PZero Corsa (but I've never seen a shop that advertises the Pirelli r-compound tires). About size... can you really fit tires that wide (235) on only a 7" rim? (too lazy to look up specs at the moment) .. You could consider going with a 205/40 which would give you a gearing advantage due to its smaller size. ( our autox courses in Ontario are quite tight and I found myself in an akward rpm range for most of the season. smaller tires could help get into higher rpms in 2nd gear instead of over-revving in 1, yet bogging in 2 ) |
Originally posted by rjakobs About size... can you really fit tires that wide (235) on only a 7" rim? (too lazy to look up specs at the moment) .. You could consider going with a 205/40 which would give you a gearing advantage due to its smaller size. ( our autox courses in Ontario are quite tight and I found myself in an akward rpm range for most of the season. smaller tires could help get into higher rpms in 2nd gear instead of over-revving in 1, yet bogging in 2 ) And the difference between the 205/40-17 and tall 225/45-17 isn't that large in race tires. About 3mph in 2nd (60mph vs 63mph). There is a fairly big gap between 1st and 2nd. I don't imagine there are too many autocross courses where first will be useful in the Mazdaspeed Pro. (The ITRs will do 45mph in 1st...the MP only 35) |
i have 15 rota circuits. i got for $400 w/out tires. i got a realy good deal off the net of this guy trying to get this rota shipment out of his hands. i would give u the link but i recently went back and he does not have them anymore. i really reccomend rota because they are light and pretty strong. a pretty much unknown company but you get more for what u pay for (this time only :D )
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