So report back. Was great day good fun at the porsche centre at Silverstone.
Started off with dry test track or should I say damp. Drove two porsche 997 C4S's one with Super Sport and other had Dunlop Maxx GT. The difference was massive, the Dunlops were moving all over the place, I quite liked it as it made the car a bit more mobile to move around but when it came to corner speed and lap time the Super sports were heads and shoulders better. One chap drove with dunlops to start with and didn't want to go out again as he thought the car was unsafe!! thats how big the differnce was.
Next up was wet testing (breaking), this was not exactly exciting but did show the Super Sports did bring you to a stop from the same speed quicker than the Pirreli P Zero's and Conti's and this was also confirmed by the results from everyone.
The afternoon was spent playing in the low frication area but only using the Super Sports. On the "Snow" area which is a small track with polished corners the tyres were progressive between traction and side ways fun :-) when the instructer was happy enough to turn all the nanny electronics off. The "ice" area was just well like ice, so the odd spin!! Didn't learn to much about the tyres as there was no comparison tyre but was great fun. What I did learn is a thinking man's porsche is Cayman R rather than 997 C4S, Gayman was so much better from the instant I jump in it the control etc (or lack of big ass!!).
The tech stuff on the Super Sports is they will last 10% longer on road, 50% longer on track (due to better shoulder strength), stop quick and corner quicker than PS2's which is what they are seen to replace. Did speak with the guy who is in charge of technical (has been testing tyres for 20+ years) about comparisons to CUPS (Full fat) and his comment was that they have closed the gap a lot compared to PS2 and would be good comprimise of wet vs dry performance.
Overall the day was great fun. It isn't often you get to see how different the brands of tyres are since normally you just change when the present one are trashed so the new ones always seem better.
It showed that the Super Sports do look like a leap forward both on the PS2 and the present competition. I would make this conclusion even taking into account that they may have chosen the competitor tyre based on where it performed worse for comparison, not that I am a synic!!
I am at the point where I do need to change all 4 tyres so am look at testing a set and letting you know how I got on if there is interest.
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