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Gforce · 05-25-2017, 04:31 PM

I'd love to reply to all of your friendly and informative posts but some of you are inarticulate to,the point of frenzy, so I am not sure what you'all are sayin'.

The Michelin Primacy HP is actually a very good tire, lightweight, good ride and great grip especially in the wet. But it's a grand touring tire, not a high performance tire (although the version Subaru fits is the HP or high performance version).

It's a bit of a waste to put too much summer tire on this chassis, it doesn't have enough power. Even with a Supercharger the Michelin A/S 3 I have on are quite adequate. The tendency to lose grip at the rear axle is designed in by Subaru and better tires do not change that characteristic as many journalists have discovered.

You'all can google yourselves far better than I but here's a good video by a top notch journalist who can also drive, he recently partnered with Gerard Berger at Le Mans, assuming you can remember who Mr Berger was.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ytxJvuTy8As[/ame]

Bear in mind that this was the optional performance version of the GT86 offered in the UK which had 225/40 x 18 PS3 performance tires (about the same performance as the A/S3). Still a real handful chasing a similarly equipped but more powerful modified Miata (sold as the MX5 in the UK).

See, I do know what I'm taking about.

05-25-2017, 04:31 PM	#89
Gforce Banned Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Alberta Posts: 519 Thanks: 39 Thanked 162 Times in 109 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'd love to reply to all of your friendly and informative posts but some of you are inarticulate to,the point of frenzy, so I am not sure what you'all are sayin'. The Michelin Primacy HP is actually a very good tire, lightweight, good ride and great grip especially in the wet. But it's a grand touring tire, not a high performance tire (although the version Subaru fits is the HP or high performance version). It's a bit of a waste to put too much summer tire on this chassis, it doesn't have enough power. Even with a Supercharger the Michelin A/S 3 I have on are quite adequate. The tendency to lose grip at the rear axle is designed in by Subaru and better tires do not change that characteristic as many journalists have discovered. You'all can google yourselves far better than I but here's a good video by a top notch journalist who can also drive, he recently partnered with Gerard Berger at Le Mans, assuming you can remember who Mr Berger was. [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ytxJvuTy8As[/ame] Bear in mind that this was the optional performance version of the GT86 offered in the UK which had 225/40 x 18 PS3 performance tires (about the same performance as the A/S3). Still a real handful chasing a similarly equipped but more powerful modified Miata (sold as the MX5 in the UK). See, I do know what I'm taking about. Last edited by Gforce; 05-25-2017 at 04:42 PM.