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Technical £95 for a tyre and tracking
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oh how i know that feelingYELLOWNITR8
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If you want to know who told too use Nankangs it was Peter from GSR Engineering when he came and fitted my induction kit. He also told me to use selenia HPX 20W-60 Motor oil I suppose your going to tell me thats crap too.
YELLOWNITR8 said:
No, I'll leave that to someone else.
i got Pirellis p6000 they stick to the road like glue, maybe the cheeper Pirellis are not so good i dont know, its a well known fact that Nankangs are one of the worse wet weather tyres you can get IMO such tyres should be banned
Well I know Peter knows his stuff;
I wouldn't have thought using any 20W 60 oil is a good idea - i would've thought its a bit thick when cold that.
Are you sure you didn't mis-hear about the tyres. Nankangs are one of the cheapest tyres. I wouldn't say they're any good though.
I wouldn't have thought using any 20W 60 oil is a good idea - i would've thought its a bit thick when cold that.
Are you sure you didn't mis-hear about the tyres. Nankangs are one of the cheapest tyres. I wouldn't say they're any good though.
Nankang may be good in one size and rubbish in another, it depends on the compound and tread pattern.
In 165.55r13 they are the cheapest, nastiest rubbish you can buy and very dodgy in the wet.
In 165.55r13 they are the cheapest, nastiest rubbish you can buy and very dodgy in the wet.
YELLOWNITR8
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I might of mishead but i find them better than my pirellis i had on before. I wasnt sure of the oil too. especially when changing as its really thick, however I found it smoothed the ride out alot. Its a special compound made for Italian cars with over 40k on the clock it helps restore the engine to former condition. They use it in the Lancia's.
whos they?YELLOWNITR8 said:
YELLOWNITR8 said:
Maybe Peter will comment in a miute as he is on here a fair bit
arseofbox said:Thats why I still keep them.....theyre so much fun!
Except a lairy 'cento that hasn't been through a hedge
YELLOWNITR8 said:
was this for a cinq engine 20W-60? quite a thick un from cold
i loved my nankangs, they where great, one of the cheapest **** the pants moments i have ever had
but yes most agree on here that they are hedge hunters
i dont think they do nankangs in 175/50 14
but yes most agree on here that they are hedge hunters
i dont think they do nankangs in 175/50 14
My heart skipped a beat there, Nankangs! Brough all the images of my car going sideways flooding back, since converting to 175 Bridgestones and Conti's my Cinq goes where I tell it!
Liam
Liam
custard boy said:
That sounds a bit like what the Coupe 20vT boys use in hot climates (or may be the 10w60...) If you're running mad hot it'd help keep the oil pressure, but I'd be interested to know why a Cento would need it.
fixitagaintomorrow said:
The mentioned oil is called Selenia HPX.
Selenia HPX is recommended by the Jaguars owners club for the Vintage cars. It is approved by most car manufacturers. I have put it over the years in hundreds of cars and nobody ever had any reason to complain about it. It is a very good oil when slight bore wear is appearant. And it is a high quality semi synthetic oil.
Regarding the tyres. As there are only three tyre makes available for the Cinquecento it is not possible to get Yokohamas, Bridgestones etc.
We have tested Nankaangs on the Cinquecentos and we are overall quite happy with them. They are not worse than the other two tyres available.
All the comments about tyres I take usually with a pinch of salt. First of all tyre recommendations are not as easy as it may seem. I do not want to discredit anyones testimony here but everything has to be put in the right perspective.
Very extensive research of Porsche has shown that non M&S tyres are pretty useless in temperatures below 7 Celsius because the tyre compuonds turn so hard that they loose grip.
The ADAC the German sister club of the AA does every year twice a test on tyres. In the meantime this test is very advanced. They are having for each tyre size up to six different test cars and als test at least two different tyre size of each tyre model. This because the assumption that a tyre, which is good in one size/profile must be good in any other size is wrong. There is often dramatic differences on different sizes and also on different cars.
Porsche does not allow you to use any odd tyre on their cars even if they are considered goo tyres. Only after extensive testing they will permit different tyres.
In the only handling teat a magazine hase done on a large scale was a Ruf Porsche taking part. Once it was fitted with road tyres and the other time with slicks. The slicks did not as expected allow for greater g-forces than the road tyres. Obviously there is more to tyres than a name.
I hope this clears my position.
If anyone would like to have more info on this get in touch with Keeef (3es) at Elite, who knows more about tyres than anyone else I know in the field.
Are you in a field?
Steve said:Are you in a field?
Just because you live on this other Island, doesn't mean we haven't got fields over here.
had a feeling that might have been the caseOldschool said:
Oldschool said:
Do you mean standard Cinq size then? Come on Peter, Nankangs are £20 and Pirelli's are £50 and they are just as good? I don't think so or even more fact I know so, they are such a hard compund they don't even wear down, I took of a two year old set from the rear of my Cinq with about 6mm of tread on them, the tyre fitter says these are good tyres, I said you try driving it at any great speed then cos your braver than me.
Liam
