Nankang NS-2

Axeboy · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:34

I have these on my gto wheels... and eagle f1's on my enkeis

The ride is far better on the Nankangs... with similar grip each way.

jp7152 · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:36

PMKeates said:
I can often get away with flooring it in the wet in first!

My engine isn't as smooth as yours and my suspension is probably a bit more rubbish also. Torque goes from hardly anything to around 350nm as the car rolls over 2400rpm and the horsepower spikes up quite sharply from 5500rpm to 7600rpm making the wheels lose traction.

It spins the fat Eagle F1's in 3rd if there's lots of water, or in 2nd if it's raining. That's on 245 section tyres.

PMKeates · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:46

jp7152 said:
My engine isn't as smooth as yours and my suspension is probably a bit more rubbish also. Torque goes from hardly anything to around 350nm as the car rolls over 2400rpm and the horsepower spikes up quite sharply from 5500rpm to 7600rpm making the wheels lose traction.

It spins the fat Eagle F1's in 3rd if there's lots of water, or in 2nd if it's raining. That's on 245 section tyres.

Hmm, it must be the shock of the torque that does it. I suppose it's just a matter of smoothly opening the throttle to maintain traction

jp7152 · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:48

It has OK torque from about 1100rpm, just builds quite suddenly there.

It's not mega powerful, but it's an old car with old suspension.

Edit:

Crappy video, but you can see what I mean with it losing grip at the start, that's in 2nd at about 1500pm.

http://media.putfile.com/M3-Evo-around

dynabol · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:57

agw_01 said:
Some mixed views... especially the M3

Will have a look at the Falkens (cheers Jon )

All the people posting bad things about them, are you positive they were NS-2s? The NS-1s are shocking but the NS-2s are supposed to be much better.

No probs

Just note that I couldn't find the FK-452s in 205/45/R16s on mytyres - they do do 205/50/R16s, which is what should be at my door tomorrow morning :cool:

A Falken tyre in the size you quoted Andy, would be the ZE-512.

agw_01 · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:58

dynabol said:
A Falken tyre in the size you quoted Andy, would be the ZE-512.

Awesome. Any idea on price?

paradigm · 29 Jan 2007 at 20:13

Mytyres have them for £49.10, so i'd say you could find them fitted for £50 a corner.

Townlea · 29 Jan 2007 at 21:48

Got some on the Mondeo - great tyres - I was rather suspicious at first considering the price but they are great for the price

Liverpool-Lad · 29 Jan 2007 at 21:50

DO NOT get the ZE-512s. The 452s yes, but not the 512s.

dynabol · 29 Jan 2007 at 22:02

In that case, Andy, it might be an idea to go for the 452s in 205/50/R16s.

Fr0dders · 29 Jan 2007 at 22:31

Sorry to hi-jack the thread abit

but im after some 185-65-R15 for the steelies on my Picasso

anybody recommend any of the tyres on my tyre ?

they all seem pretty naff being stupidly high profile family MPV jobs

best looking treadpattern on a branded tyre seems to be the goodyear hydragrip, but lots of bad feedback from buyers on my tyres

any suggestions ?

Bug One · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:57

MrLOL said:
Sorry to hi-jack the thread abit

but im after some 185-65-R15 for the steelies on my Picasso

anybody recommend any of the tyres on my tyre ?

they all seem pretty naff being stupidly high profile family MPV jobs

best looking treadpattern on a branded tyre seems to be the goodyear hydragrip, but lots of bad feedback from buyers on my tyres

any suggestions ?

You dont have to get 65's. You could get lower profiles. 55's a still quite comfortable and shouldn't look out of place.

[huzeeee] · 30 Jan 2007 at 18:18

jp7152 said:
It spins the fat Eagle F1's in 3rd if there's lots of water, or in 2nd if it's raining. That's on 245 section tyres.

Thats because in wet conditions wider tyres are not as grippy as they exert less pressure between the tyre and the road with a larger sutfacer area.

Amps · 2 Jun 2007 at 13:18

Bug One said:
You dont have to get 65's. You could get lower profiles. 55's a still quite comfortable and shouldn't look out of place.

But this will nock his speedo out & cause extra "milage" on his car.

TomO · 2 Jun 2007 at 14:05

PMKeates said:
Hmm, it must be the shock of the torque that does it. I suppose it's just a matter of smoothly opening the throttle to maintain traction

definitely. the M5 is easy enough to drive in the wet without traction control. its only 1st and 2nd you have to be carefull with.

The noble however... you have to be progressive with the throttle and use little boost. the sudden torque surge of hitting full boost will make the car spin up in 5th. i didnt try 6th as 5th was scary enough. having the p-zero corsa's on doesnt help wet weather grip!

cymatty · 2 Jun 2007 at 14:38

Amps said:
But this will nock his speedo out & cause extra "milage" on his car.

You resurected the thread for that?

AmDaMan · 14 Jul 2007 at 13:36

sorry to revive this, just to add i've just got some fitted as I was a bit skint this month.

In size 215/15/17 for two it was £82inc delivery.

In the wet they are better than my Yoko Pradas (so still pretty terrible) but in the dry they are fine! Not quite as grippy as the Pradas but they were awesome in the dry.

So i'm quite pleased tbh as I was expecting far far worse.

Amps · 14 Jul 2007 at 13:39

AmDaMan said:
sorry to revive this, just to add i've just got some fitted as I was a bit skint this month.

In size 215/15/17 for two it was £82inc delivery.

In the wet they are better than my Yoko Pradas (so still pretty terrible) but in the dry they are fine! Not quite as grippy as the Pradas but they were awesome in the dry.

So i'm quite pleased tbh as I was expecting far far worse.

15mm wow. Thats some profile

AmDaMan · 14 Jul 2007 at 13:45

40* dunno where 15 came from

Jonners · 14 Jul 2007 at 17:12

Just get some Avon tyres and have done with