Ok, well me and my friend chunk them. But we drift.

 

I though a few manufacturers were coming out with drift specific tires...Why burn through regular street rubber?


Not he stickiest in the dry, but I really like the Michelin Pilot Sports that I have on the street wheels. They're excellent in the rain, have good audible feedback when you're getting to the limits on asphalt, and were fairly inexpensive (my sizes were on sale @ TireRack). The OE S0-2's were amazing in the dry, but deadly in the rain. SUV-ETR, on this board, is using the CUM-HO MX's on his STi. You may want to PM him for some firsthand feedback.

 

What makes a good drift tire? Would old not so sticky anymore hoosiers do the trick? - I bet they'd make a lot of smoke.

 

if you want to drift, go buy used tires...

the whole purpose is to NOT have traction. All seasons in back, something semi-decent infront, like maybe Kumho 712s.

If the crap rears chunk...then darn, get some more 20 dollar tires that you can mount with a screw driver.



and if you're overheating the front of your drift mobile, I think you're "drifting" poorly.

 

It'll be RWD, turbo, about 250hp at the wheels.

 

PseudoRealityX - just goes to show you havn't experienced true drifting. Its more than the powersliding your thinking of... Sure for beginners crap tires in back is good, but after a while you want pretty close to equal traction all round. It not just about shear power and cheap tires - I drive a corolla GTS with around 100hp with a open diff, and I drift it just fine.

If your good at drifting you'll be exceding the traction of all four tires, which will wear out those fronts fast too. at my last autocross event was drifting with azenis' all round - sure it wasn't the showy smoky drifting, But I was crab walking a little (it was at zepherhills...)

true drifting isn't powersliding around corners, its pushing the car past the limits of traction and still mantaining control.

OK enough of a drift lesson...

On another note, I've been running around with azenis' for a while, and I've found them quite grippy in the rain. Although I'm running a 205/50/15 - that may have a lot to do with it.

-Jeff

 

I've autoxed on them in the rain before, I definitely know they can hold their own, but this was in an AWD car.

 

that doesn't matter....read the dumb thread in general car chat about "half drive vehicles" or something to that effect.

 

If you want equal traction all around, then buy 4 used tires.

Obviously, speed is NOT your primary concern if you're drifting. So why spend good money on good tires? It's the same reason you don't buy a sportscar to goto the supermarket once a week.

Also, you're still nutty if you're overheating the fronts with MX tires on a RWD car while drifting. They only get better going up and beyond 150 degrees with a probe type Pyro. Azenis start getting greasy after 125.


"true drifting isn't powersliding around corners, its pushing the car past the limits of traction and still mantaining control."

Umm, that's powersliding around corners. If you don't maintain control, that's called spinning on corner exit, or "a mistake".

My car does just fine at going sideways if you're stupid about it. 114 rwhp and open diff like yourself. Oh...and 2550 lbs before I get in.

 

K, back on topic.....there's a forum for drifting.....take the arguements there.