Any one run these on the track? just cane accress them and thought they seemed abit cheap

Mitchelin S4B Race Slick Track Tyre

or would it be better going for some Toyo R888's

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I've never heard anything contrary to running slicks, that's a myth imo. My mate's run slicks with no cage before.

S4B is a 2 year old compound, last years are S4C. Still worth it though, and they'll ALWAYS be cheaper than track day tyres - which are quite frankly a ripoff.

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+1 I have seen this in the T&C's of my trackday booking forms before, not in relation to cages mind it just said full slicks were not permitted period. Best to check with the individual organisers beforehand to avoid a expensive wasted trip.

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Now you mention it, I saw a vid of a guy at a trackday in a Subaru Impreza rolling it. he just turned in hard while clipping a high kerb and the wight transfer plus the bump was enough to put him on his roof. I expect he said a few choice words right after that!

A decent cage should be high on the priority list for anyone thinking of doing regular trackdays IMO.

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quality top pic, nearly starting to look dangerous

castle combe on normal trackdays don't allow slicks, or atleast they didnt used too?

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ive a feeling race cars could be allowed? ive seen some race cars at combe on trackdays with slicks before.
i know some of the series at combe are allowed slicks. (AAA saloons being one iirc)

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I have ran full slicks at Oulton Park, Croft and Donnington, no issues and nothing was said to me, loads of grip more than a r888

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At £60 ea., brand new, they are a bargain....

So much more grip than any road/track-day tyre.

You will struggle to evenly heat up the tyres unless your suspension is setup to run slicks tbh.

Fronts, you will probably get away with, but the rears will take ages to warm up and have a large temp. differential across the tread.

Just ask Ash and Pete about slicks and getting heat into them!

Slicks will grip like buggery, but when they are cold then the grip will also fall off a cliff and you will be lucky to catch a cold let alone a big slide.

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The general point is that it's not as easy as just putting slicks onto a standard car in order to make it a better track car, it's a bit like just bolting a turbo on without doing anything with the internals - it'll kinda work, but also not.

Sooner or later, some part of your car has to absorb the forces exerted on it by the physics of you cornering. If you run slicks the force that's normally absorbed by your tyres screeching about is now forced into your suspension, which will either be up to the job or not. If it's not, something will break. If it is, it'll pass the force onto the next thing it's attached to, your chassis. If that's caged and set up it'll take it, if it's not then it'll just flex and be horrible, etc etc.

Sooner or later some component on your car has to be able to take the forces, and putting slicks on an otherwise standard car will just mean you're going much faster with much more force into the corners, and something will inevitably go pop.

Personally I wouldn't run more than 888's without a proper set up cage and good strong chassis, and even then I'm not sure I'd bother. As Chris pointed out you'll have to really give it some to get them hot enough on cars as light as ours, so you might well just end up disappointed.

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