My attitude to track days might be different to some, I never go to be the fastest driver (You never will be in a road car) but to have the most fun. When I did the most track-daying in my old car, I started off wanting the best but if you go for it you can kill a set in a day. I then tried part worns and would deliberately kill them every time I went (It was called gooning then but now we call it drifting). I finally realised the error of my ways and settled on Hankooks which gave reasonable feel, grip, performance at an economic price. @Ant, on the road Hankooks need higher pressure than some other tyres, on the track they need even more. What pressures were you running?
What I liked about the hankook is the wear rate, on a track day when you go home you don't want some super soft tyre that is down to the canvas in parts with a 3 hour drive a head in the rain.
I prefer relatively poorer tyres (meaning not the grippiest out there) for setting up a car as they last longer whilst you mess around with geometry and the limits are lower. The balance of a car is the same whatever the tyres and lower limits mean easier access to assessing the balance.
If you want a good all round road tyre that is good on track Goodyear Eagle F1's :yawn: I yawn because they are just so consistently good its difficult not to sound like a stuck record. Think of them as the Porsche of the tyre world.
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/CandD_gy_f1_gs_d3/CandD_gy_f1_gs_ds.pdf
If you want a good sticky tyre that isn't as good on the road, The khumos are a better fit and come in a hard compound.
If you want the best of both worlds get a spare set of rims and use your F1's for day to day and if the track is wet. Get some barely road legal tyres for the dry (Minimal water channels). @Andy, I wouldn't use re-moulds on the road but as a spare set for the track at £60 a corner its worth a punt. I've just not had the opportunity to punt recently :frusty:
What I liked about the hankook is the wear rate, on a track day when you go home you don't want some super soft tyre that is down to the canvas in parts with a 3 hour drive a head in the rain.
I prefer relatively poorer tyres (meaning not the grippiest out there) for setting up a car as they last longer whilst you mess around with geometry and the limits are lower. The balance of a car is the same whatever the tyres and lower limits mean easier access to assessing the balance.
If you want a good all round road tyre that is good on track Goodyear Eagle F1's :yawn: I yawn because they are just so consistently good its difficult not to sound like a stuck record. Think of them as the Porsche of the tyre world.
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/tests/CandD_gy_f1_gs_d3/CandD_gy_f1_gs_ds.pdf
If you want a good sticky tyre that isn't as good on the road, The khumos are a better fit and come in a hard compound.
If you want the best of both worlds get a spare set of rims and use your F1's for day to day and if the track is wet. Get some barely road legal tyres for the dry (Minimal water channels). @Andy, I wouldn't use re-moulds on the road but as a spare set for the track at £60 a corner its worth a punt. I've just not had the opportunity to punt recently :frusty:
:lol: ;-) 
