I am about to buy tyres for wet trackdays to go on 16/17 Td's. What is the latest thinking on the best performance for the money. I see Rainsport 3 are well thought of. Is there anything better ? The tyres are unlikely to ever be used on the road
Also I bought my car from a guy who did Formula Palmer Audi for a couple of years and then raced Radicals for a year or two. As part of the deal he included a set of 17inch wheels with Competition Use wets ( Hankook Ventus z210) . The widths of these are 180 front and 200 rear and not the usual 195/225 that he had on his semi slicks..
Does it make sense to have narrower tyres for wets ? Certainly better for snow ! He might have bought the wets when the car was on original VXT 17inch and was aiming for close to the same sizes I suppose. Or did he know something I don't.
I could use the 200 wide on the rears of the Tds and buy some 16inch Hankook fronts (perhaps) for roughly the same price as 4 of the usual sized Rainsport 3's.
Advice from experience race / trackday goers would be much appreciated.