djhartm
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- First Name
- Dave
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- 2019 Civic Type-R
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Thanks!Separate from the durability issue, I would be interested in hearing your subjective impressions of the PSC2 tires. How's the grip, the breakaway characteristics, the general feel, particularly in comparison to stock? Do they fade as easily?
Congratulations dude!!!
Honestly, I was hoping for a more significant improvement vs the Conti's than what I realized. On my C7's, I have run the PSS, the PSS4S, and the Cup 2's, and far and away, the Cup's 2's have a noticeable advantage on track, once they come up to temp (usually into lap 2) vs the PSS PSS4S.
On the Type-R front grip was only marginally increased vs the Conti's. Because the Cup 2's have a stiffer sidewall, response is crisper, and the car felt more bombproof over curbing. The Cup 2's have a later breakaway and a smaller slip angle, but still very manageable. The Conti's slide a lot the Cup 2's not so much. The Cup 2's did very well in 2 wet sessions in October, which was surprising.
I switched to Carbotech XP12's up front when I went to the Cup's and was able to easily go into threshold braking. The Conti's would have been overwhelmed under braking with such an aggressive pad (the XP10's worked well with them).
I did not get to test the Cup 2's in hot weather, so my comparison should factor the delta in conditions; cool/cold Oct/November vs hot summer.
One thing I did notice is that the Cup 2's had a 2015 DOT code! So I'm fairly certain a fresher set would have been a bit stickier, and may not have chunked.
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