2011 Golf R understeer

[Nathan_B]

Yep, upgrade Haldex unit too race mode

[LWR]

I find my R is fun staying within the speed limits or close to.It's getting harder though.X5's drive well.

I'll have a look at Goodyears again.I've had them on a few cars over the years,NCT's,Gatorbacks,F1 etc on all sorts of cars.

I've never been unhappy with my P Zero's.They're good in the dry,great in the wet,quiet,ride well and stay in balance.I have Michelin Sport Cups on a couple of other cars and they're great too.

[worx]

I find my R is fun staying within the speed limits or close to.It's getting harder though.X5's drive well.

I'll have a look at Goodyears again.I've had them on a few cars over the years,NCT's,Gatorbacks,F1 etc on all sorts of cars.

I've never been unhappy with my P Zero's.They're good in the dry,great in the wet,quiet,ride well and stay in balance.I have Michelin Sport Cups on a couple of other cars and they're great too.

I never break the speed limit, But on a track.. Well! I'm going to winton this weekend. I thought of taking the X5 on the track, just for a lol I would love to take my Lincoln But it does not stop at the best of times

The P zeros I had on a superchanged 330ci BMW. it was murder in the wet.

[LWR]

A Lincoln?????? You mean like a Continental?

Winton's a neat track.

Tyres are funny things.What works well on one car can be diabolical on something else.I've got an almost eclectic collection of cars and nearly all are on Pirelli.

A supercharged 330Ci would have been something!

[worx]

A Lincoln?????? You mean like a Continental?

Winton's a neat track.

Tyres are funny things.What works well on one car can be diabolical on something else.I've got an almost eclectic collection of cars and nearly all are on Pirelli.

A supercharged 330Ci would have been something!

Yep a 1973 Continental 7.5ltr V8 motor, she burns along ok. I have a XB GT coupe as well but I don't think I will ever get it finished, One of those projects.

Supercharging/tuning is what I do for a living, I get to mod some pretty sweet cars.

[dave_r]

Unibrace sounds interesting. I think I will go buy one, where did you pick that up from?

ALK is a winner.

UNIbrace.com I'm only getting the hatch one for now.

I was told the ALK is good but on the track it eats the bushes associated with it and will require regular replacement, though not pricey. What has been your experience?

Everyone keeps saying the Haldex upgrade but I think I'll leave the nice predictable nature of the car as is to suit my amateur skills!

On the tyre front, have had good reports on those pilot sports from evo9 and ttrs owners, the dunlops were ok on the wet track but they didn't hold up great after a few laps in the dry. Not sure what I'll change to.

[LWR]

We have a Jensen Interceptor with a 7.2L.Almost as big as yours!

I import wheels and other car stuff from Germany when we're not making mowers!

[Corey_R]

The Michelin Pilot Sport 2 (PS2) were an EXCELLENT tyre... for their day. They've since been superceeded by the PS3 though.

I know a lot of people say 'yeah, I've had good years before and they were soso or crap'. But seriously, that's like saying "I've had a Volkswagen before - a beetle, and it was crap". Technology moves on and companies make different products and sometimes they're great!

The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric pretty much started cleaning up as the best all-round tyre a year or so after the Michelin PS2 came out. Some mags would still award it to the PS2, some to the F1 Asy - it just depended on their "weighting" of scores and what they were focusing on.

Since then I've seen the PS3 take out the awards, as well as the Continental SportContact 5P (only suited to 19" Golf R's), and then since the release of the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2, I've seen them take out the awards too.

Thus far, I haven't seen a review which included the F1 A2 where it hasn't won.

I'd be considering those 3 (PS3, 5P, and F1 A2). But I'd be leaning towards the F1 A2, simply because once Tirerack get hold of them, they'll have it in such large quanities, that you'll probably be able to buy two sets for the same price as the others (Ok, maybe not that much better priced, but just check out the F1 Asy prices there compared to those other tyres! heaps cheaper).

[dave_r]

Wonder how these tyres all compare though after a few laps on the track.

[Corey_R]

Evo Magazine usually reports on that during their tyre test round ups. I guess it depends on the magazine or body that's doing the study. Maybe someone should start a thread which collects (legal) links or summarise of the magazine roundups?