14-11-2016, 01:39 PM
Hi All,
Recently purchased four 195/50/15 Nankang NS2Rs for £60 a corner and £15 delivery from Demontweeks. Then a further £60 to fit so total £325 for a tyre package fitted. Also came with four "lightweight race valves" which went straight in the bin. These are in the 180 street compound but are also available in a 120 race compound which I couldnt find.
Tyres were bedded in for 350 miles on the trip to and from expo before doing a full track day at Snetterton. Having previously run UniRoyal RainSport 2s these were much better. The sidewalls are reinforced and they are super stiff. Tyre fitters were swearing trying to get them on and they still wouldnt pop with 100psi in them.
They weigh a lot more so the rolling weight of the wheel is more but the grip is much better. They are a control tyre for the mini challenge and mx5 race series so are obviously taken fairly seriously at that level.
In the wet at snetterton there was very little grip whatever tyre you had however after the track dried out a bit I had a lot of confidence in the grip. There was very little wear at the end of the day and the tyres were sticky when I came off track with very little of the melted rubber usually picked up after hard cornering. For people using these on track I started with 25psi all round and ended up with NSF 33PSI, NSR30PSI, DSF, 30PSI, DSR27PSI.
For £60 a corner which is the same cheaper than a premium road tyre in the same size I would definitely recommend them. They are probably about 70% of the way to R888s.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport...ns-2r-tyre
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Recently purchased four 195/50/15 Nankang NS2Rs for £60 a corner and £15 delivery from Demontweeks. Then a further £60 to fit so total £325 for a tyre package fitted. Also came with four "lightweight race valves" which went straight in the bin. These are in the 180 street compound but are also available in a 120 race compound which I couldnt find.
Tyres were bedded in for 350 miles on the trip to and from expo before doing a full track day at Snetterton. Having previously run UniRoyal RainSport 2s these were much better. The sidewalls are reinforced and they are super stiff. Tyre fitters were swearing trying to get them on and they still wouldnt pop with 100psi in them.
They weigh a lot more so the rolling weight of the wheel is more but the grip is much better. They are a control tyre for the mini challenge and mx5 race series so are obviously taken fairly seriously at that level.
In the wet at snetterton there was very little grip whatever tyre you had however after the track dried out a bit I had a lot of confidence in the grip. There was very little wear at the end of the day and the tyres were sticky when I came off track with very little of the melted rubber usually picked up after hard cornering. For people using these on track I started with 25psi all round and ended up with NSF 33PSI, NSR30PSI, DSF, 30PSI, DSR27PSI.
For £60 a corner which is the same cheaper than a premium road tyre in the same size I would definitely recommend them. They are probably about 70% of the way to R888s.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport...ns-2r-tyre