MotorTrend Tests Tires on Mustang, BRZ, 328i - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DarkSunrise · 09-19-2013, 11:21 AM

This was posted on the BRZ boards, but I thought folks in the Wheels/Tires section might be interested:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSqWD5BSeoY"]Testing Tires with Subaru BRZ, Ford Mustang & BMW 328i! The Downshift Ep. 65 - YouTube[/ame]

(Mods feel free to delete if you feel it's redundant)

G_Ride · 09-19-2013, 12:27 PM

I saw this yesterday. I wonder how each would have done using the same tire brand and model.

AsianStyle · 09-19-2013, 03:47 PM

Seems kind of dumb doing 3 cars and different set of tires for each car. They should have just done 1 car and multiple tires or 3 cars with same set of tires.

All they proved/showed was better tire = better lap times. Does anyone ever question that? Oh well. I was really hoping they would run the PSS on the brz, since that is what I will personally be switching to.

charged86 · 09-20-2013, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AsianStyle

Seems kind of dumb doing 3 cars and different set of tires for each car. They should have just done 1 car and multiple tires or 3 cars with same set of tires.

All they proved/showed was better tire = better lap times. Does anyone ever question that? Oh well. I was really hoping they would run the PSS on the brz, since that is what I will personally be switching to.

I have the pss in 245 40 17 on 17x8 wheels. one inch drop its very nice the car needs more chassis stiffening though

LeeMaster · 09-20-2013, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by charged86

I have the pss in 245 40 17 on 17x8 wheels. one inch drop its very nice the car needs more chassis stiffening though

Got a picture? What offset are you running?

Kelbyat07 · 09-20-2013, 03:28 AM

They should of tested the stock tires as well so we have a better idea of how fast the performance tires are.

charged86 · 09-20-2013, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeMaster

Got a picture? What offset are you running?

ya I do and let me check.

s2d4 · 09-20-2013, 01:27 PM

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Rampage · 09-20-2013, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AsianStyle

Seems kind of dumb doing 3 cars and different set of tires for each car. They should have just done 1 car and multiple tires or 3 cars with same set of tires.

All they proved/showed was better tire = better lap times. Does anyone ever question that? Oh well. I was really hoping they would run the PSS on the brz, since that is what I will personally be switching to.

I do not think the comparison was meant to compare the cars. It was meant to compare the steps in performance tires. Besides, the Mustang has the best final time but the BMW has the best final tire.

MightyMeeple · 09-20-2013, 03:34 PM

I was surprised that the Mustang wound up with the fastest lap, but even more impressed that the BRZ hung with both these cars...within 0.4 secs of the BMW's best, and 1.1 secs of the Mustang's best time.

Of course the driver was Randy Probst, driving on a very familiar course.

AsianStyle · 09-20-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rampage

I do not think the comparison was meant to compare the cars. It was meant to compare the steps in performance tires. Besides, the Mustang has the best final time but the BMW has the best final tire.

I'm just saying it should be common sense that better tires = better times. I guess showing how much tires can improve your lap times is interesting, but like I stated before it could have been done with one car and more tires.

Instead we just got some arbitrary tires and cars with no correlation between them. If they at least kept the tires upgrades the same for all three vehicles we would have some basis for comparison of the vehicles. As is the three different vehicles basically served no purpose.

charged86 · 09-20-2013, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeMaster

Got a picture? What offset are you running?

Size: 17x8
<li id="frontOffset28" style="display: block;">Offset: 45mm<li id="frontBackSpacing28" style="display: block;">Backspacing: 6.22"Bolt Pattern: 5-100
Rec. Tire Size: 235/40-17
Weight: 20.0lbs.
Finish: Matte Graphite Sil w/Mach Lip
<li id="frontConstruction28" style="display: block;">Construction: 1pc. Low Pressure Cast<li id="frontFinishWar28" style="display: block;">Finish Warranty: 1 Year<li id="frontManufactured28" style="display: block;">Manufactured in Taiwan

SurfAndSand · 09-20-2013, 05:16 PM

They used so many different tires - because it was sponsored by Tire Rack. They have to get some advertising time in somehow.

charged86 · 09-20-2013, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeMaster

Got a picture? What offset are you running?

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