AD08 or RE71R

[tofurun]

I have had amazing performance out of the AD08. My question is has anyone ran the Bridgestone POTENZA RE-71R? Any opinions?? Ordering one or the other in the morning.

[TylerLieberman]

i have not personally ran them, but everything I've read from others show that the RE71 is a damn grippy tire, but the treadwear isn't quite consistent with what would be expected from a 200TW tire. Sounds like they wear down a bit on the fast side.

[tofurun]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

i have not personally ran them, but everything I've read from others show that the RE71 is a damn grippy tire, but the treadwear isn't quite consistent with what would be expected from a 200TW tire. Sounds like they wear down a bit on the fast side.

Thank you. The only difference I see is the wet grip isnt as good from them as the AD08. But wet grip/noise/and a speedy wear is fine as long as they grip hard as possible lol.

[86Tony]

get 71r trust

[tofurun]

Originally Posted by 86Tony

get 71r trust

English lol?

[IPGJames]

my first set of tires on my BRZ for the track were RE71r...very impressive tire...yes...they wear quickly but if you want a solid "200tw" tire the RE71r seems to continue to be the king.....my first set lasted basically 11 track days before they were toast (very little street miles during that time)

I then switched to NT01s....I am not sure if it is the tire or the confidence but the NT01s were between 1-3 seconds a lap quicker than the RE71r depending on the track I was at....but with a cost of life span...realistically I would get 6-7 full days out of NT01s before they were about done....i honestly think they are a quicker tire for me but they do not last as long....

i have just now mounted up another new set of RE71r tires to run starting this weekend as i wanted to have a more all in 1 tire that i could drive to the track, run and drive back if I choose...after running NT01s for the last 12 track days I have done I am curious to see how the RE71r will feel

[tofurun]

Ordered the 71s today

[JazzleSAURUS]

I run RE71R's on my Forester XT and they are genuinely incredible.

Wear is, indeed, fast. If you can live with having a backup set of wheels and tires to bring with you, or don't rack up a ton of miles, they are a wonderful choice.

[Icecreamtruk]

Originally Posted by IPGJames

my first set of tires on my BRZ for the track were RE71r...very impressive tire...yes...they wear quickly but if you want a solid "200tw" tire the RE71r seems to continue to be the king.....my first set lasted basically 11 track days before they were toast (very little street miles during that time)

I then switched to NT01s....I am not sure if it is the tire or the confidence but the NT01s were between 1-3 seconds a lap quicker than the RE71r depending on the track I was at....but with a cost of life span...realistically I would get 6-7 full days out of NT01s before they were about done....i honestly think they are a quicker tire for me but they do not last as long....

i have just now mounted up another new set of RE71r tires to run starting this weekend as i wanted to have a more all in 1 tire that i could drive to the track, run and drive back if I choose...after running NT01s for the last 12 track days I have done I am curious to see how the RE71r will feel

When you say you had 6-7 days in the nittos, how many hours per day did you have on track? And were they done in by heat cycling or wearing down?

[IPGJames]

Originally Posted by Icecreamtruk

When you say you had 6-7 days in the nittos, how many hours per day did you have on track? And were they done in by heat cycling or wearing down?

a typical track day for me is 4-5 20-25 minute sessions
done by wearing out...down to cords...they never got slower as they wore

the right rear on my car seems to get very little wear on the tracks i go to...i can get 40-45 heat cycles on that corner ....the other 3 corners i can get about 30 heat cycles before they are worn down

[MrsJames]

Originally Posted by tofurun

Ordered the 71s today

They are a great tire. However, most spec 86 race series do NOT allow them at all (as noted) because their grip is not exactly inline with a 200 tread wear tire - hence the earned name "cheater tires."

If your car is bone stock, this tire will be slower around a track than a slightly less sticky tire as you will have a hard time slipping where you need to in order to carry maximum speed.

So, to be clear, I am not advocating for you to supercharge tomorrow incase your significant other reads this statement... but if you were supercharged or something like that, you would have one hell of a time.

Counterpoint to this is that I had a blast in a friends seriously tuned up naturally aspirated BRZ running NT01's...



I would have bought the RE71r's myself but I want to play in the stock class for Spec86 series!

[tofurun]

Originally Posted by MrsJames

They are a great tire. However, most spec 86 race series do NOT allow them at all (as noted) because their grip is not exactly inline with a 200 tread wear tire - hence the earned name "cheater tires."

If your car is bone stock, this tire will be slower around a track than a slightly less sticky tire as you will have a hard time slipping where you need to in order to carry maximum speed.

So, to be clear, I am not advocating for you to supercharge tomorrow incase your significant other reads this statement... but if you were supercharged or something like that, you would have one hell of a time.

Counterpoint to this is that I had a blast in a friends seriously tuned up naturally aspirated BRZ running NT01's...



I would have bought the RE71r's myself but I want to play in the stock class for Spec86 series!

Going full exhaust and tune next month so hoping to make the extra power I'm going to need. I know the ad08 on the Miata if u dropped the clutch it would stall. Rlly hard to get any slip at all. So I understand what you are saying. I was going to wait till next month to get them anyways but I picked up a nail this week on the sidewall and couldn't be patched

[IPGJames]

my car is bone stock power wise and I have never had any complaints on either the RE71r or NT01 on the car...the car works just fine on them.