New shoes for the 427 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

tpepmeie · 08-20-2013

Look what arrived today. This should help hook 700 hp.

Toyo Proxes RA-1 for the front / Proxes TQ for the rear. The rears are very wide, I would say wider than GS-D3's, but I don't have any to measure.

Jagdpanzer · 08-20-2013

Cool!!
What size are they?

tpepmeie · 08-20-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

Cool!!
What size are they?

OE sizes, but the rears definitely have more tread width.

XfireZ51 · 08-20-2013

Todd,

You gotta be using something bigger than 11s, right?

cvette98pacecar · 08-21-2013

Todd, nice choice. I have a set of the RA1 rears.

rkreigh · 08-22-2013

love the RA1s great tire at a great price

somebody buy my CCW 505s so I can go back to 18" rims!!

I have a set of the 335 RA1s and I believe the front 275s are still available.

anybody know if they still make the 18/30/335s?? they seem to have been discontinued.

are the proxies as soft as the RA1??

I also like the R888, but not the tread pattern, looks a bit funky but they work well

tomtom72 · 08-23-2013

Those are DOT legal tires? I always thought that those Toyo RA-1's were track use only???? Jez the backs look like they'd be a bit scary in the wet, no?

According to G/Yr's web site the D3 315's have a tread width of 11.2" and a section width of 12.3".

They look like they stick like krazy glue!

Tom

rkreigh · 11-13-2013

RA1s are a great street tire don't let anyone tell you otherwise

they were designed to be a racing rain tire for the porsche and work suprisingly well

I run them on the TT z06 and love them

rode into work on them at 33 deg which is another thing the "experts" clain you must not do.

they hook just fine at any sane throttle

the the TT spanks out some immed ooooffff dah int he cold

traction control is busted on the car right now so I have to take it ez!

08-20-2013	#1
tpepmeie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fishers, IN Posts: 815	New shoes for the 427 Look what arrived today. This should help hook 700 hp. Toyo Proxes RA-1 for the front / Proxes TQ for the rear. The rears are very wide, I would say wider than GS-D3's, but I don't have any to measure.

08-20-2013	#2
Jagdpanzer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,661	Re: New shoes for the 427 Cool!! What size are they? __________________ Phil Wasinger 1994 Torch Red ZR-1 WAZOO Member George Braml Intake

08-20-2013	#4
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,708	Re: New shoes for the 427 Todd, You gotta be using something bigger than 11s, right? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Former Membership Chairman Former ZR-1 Registry - BOD 1972 Corvette 4speed base Coupe SOLD long time ago 1984 Corvette Z-51/4+3 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Aqua/Gray #474 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Black Rose/Cognac #458 2014 Honda VFR Interceptor DX

08-21-2013	#5
cvette98pacecar Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,479	Re: New shoes for the 427 Todd, nice choice. I have a set of the RA1 rears. __________________ Robert J. DeMarco [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [COLOR=blue]G[/COLOR][COLOR=red]rand[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]S[/COLOR][COLOR=red]port[/COLOR] Registry Lifetime Member NCM Lifetime Member #2655 Pacecar Registry Member [COLOR=red]ZOOM Charter Member - ZR-1 Owners of Michigan[/COLOR] [COLOR=plum][I]ZR-1[/I] Registry member since 2012 [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]1990 LPE "368" Aerobody ZR-1, Last ZR-1 built by John[/COLOR] 1991 Callaway Aerobody ZR-1, DRM 500 1991 Shinoda Aerobody Spyder, 1998 Pace Car

08-22-2013	#6
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,087	Re: New shoes for the 427 love the RA1s great tire at a great price somebody buy my CCW 505s so I can go back to 18" rims!! I have a set of the 335 RA1s and I believe the front 275s are still available. anybody know if they still make the 18/30/335s?? they seem to have been discontinued. are the proxies as soft as the RA1?? I also like the R888, but not the tread pattern, looks a bit funky but they work well __________________ 95 390 LPE ZR1 (505 rwhp) LSV = Lingenfelter Super Vette Twin Turbo 2003 Z06 (800 RWHP)

08-23-2013	#7
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,645	Re: New shoes for the 427 Those are DOT legal tires? I always thought that those Toyo RA-1's were track use only???? Jez the backs look like they'd be a bit scary in the wet, no? According to G/Yr's web site the D3 315's have a tread width of 11.2" and a section width of 12.3". They look like they stick like krazy glue! Tom __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

11-13-2013	#8
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,087	Re: New shoes for the 427 RA1s are a great street tire don't let anyone tell you otherwise they were designed to be a racing rain tire for the porsche and work suprisingly well I run them on the TT z06 and love them rode into work on them at 33 deg which is another thing the "experts" clain you must not do. they hook just fine at any sane throttle the the TT spanks out some immed ooooffff dah int he cold traction control is busted on the car right now so I have to take it ez! __________________ 95 390 LPE ZR1 (505 rwhp) LSV = Lingenfelter Super Vette Twin Turbo 2003 Z06 (800 RWHP)