245/40/15 Nitto NT01
All we have here is 'pro' teams have their sponsors pay for 3k/set michelin slicks, the less fortunate still rave about the r888. It's pathetic. Best us miata guys can do is get scrubbed ad048s from. I'd love more competitive rubber in miata sizes that doesn't cost 1.5k/set.
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Oh well, 245/40-15 DOT might be a nice try when playing in the slicks class (not optimal but not that costly either).
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Dually 205s? 
Even when there is a mold it might be tough to get the tires done. Our favorite rubber is listed in 225/45-15 but that was last made in 2003 or so. Now we need to buy 100 tires to get them to make a batch of 200 (minimum for Kumho apparently). Since one set last almost one season and the rest of Europe seems uninterested it will not happen (unless I can get UK and Germany to whine on their dealers)...
No, R888 and RS2 are not good enough.
Social networking works, and companies are listening, sometimes.
Even when there is a mold it might be tough to get the tires done. Our favorite rubber is listed in 225/45-15 but that was last made in 2003 or so. Now we need to buy 100 tires to get them to make a batch of 200 (minimum for Kumho apparently). Since one set last almost one season and the rest of Europe seems uninterested it will not happen (unless I can get UK and Germany to whine on their dealers)...
No, R888 and RS2 are not good enough.
Social networking works, and companies are listening, sometimes.
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I think getting 100 tires sold would be easier if say Nitto offered the same deal in a 245 for the NT01. I would grab 3 sets myself. The problem with the 225 size is there are so many other options so getting people to jump on kuhmo's would be tough. I would like to try em myself.
Kumho don't offer V70A in the US anyway, so it's different molds.
Offer the deal to Nitto to buy 25 sets on one invoice and see what the response will be?
The US market is a little bigger than ours (and we are still racing stockish power levels).
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Has anyone heard any updates on 245/40/15 from either Maxxis or Nitto? I keep holding my breath..
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Maxxis is testing the 245 size now. If all goes well we will see production tires real soon. If they feel it needs more tweaking it's gonna take a bit longer.
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Alas, I feel like talk about the possibility of these has been going on for ages... I probably shouldn't hold my breath that the RC-1 will happen in time for events at the end of this year, but I'm hoping for a good excuse to move up to 15x10 next season
-Ryan
-Ryan
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Hang tight...Maxxis will deliver as soon as they feel they got it right. I for one am glad the opted to refine it a bit more before letting it out.
Will Nitto step up and deliver? I doubt it. They monitor how often "245/40/15" comes up in posts but I don't think replies to a thread add to there method of gauging interest.
Will Nitto step up and deliver? I doubt it. They monitor how often "245/40/15" comes up in posts but I don't think replies to a thread add to there method of gauging interest.
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Or is it just a preproduction run and the real ones will be made of proper rubber?
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They are in the hands of some fine folks in the US who are working directly with Maxxis to tweak the tire. I am not one of those folks. The people I know that have em run lots of track days and will provide valuable feedback data. I assume they don't make all of that data known due to agreements with Maxxis.
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The dealer that got them here is certainly nothing special, and got two sets just by ordering from the list (just to see if there was interest).
He still have three tires left if you want them.
He still have three tires left if you want them.
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More info when the time comes.
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