SoCal Rebell
Enthusiast
Tom Glenn can't answer, anybody else have an opinion on this based on experience?
Which is a better road race tire MXXX or sport Pilots???
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dblankenbaker
Viper Owner
I've never driven MXX3's on the track, but what I've heard is new vs new: MXX3. New Pilot Sports vs unknown age MXX3's: Pilot Sport.
My girlfriend switched to Pilot Sports a couple years ago based on "newer=better". So she has a set of very low mile 1996 MXX3s sitting in her garage, still on the factory wheels. I suggested that the first chance we get to go to Gingerman this year we'll compare lap times of the 6 y/o MXX3's vs the 2 y/o Pilot Sports. I hate to see a set of virtually new MXX3s "rotting on the vine". Stay tuned...
My girlfriend switched to Pilot Sports a couple years ago based on "newer=better". So she has a set of very low mile 1996 MXX3s sitting in her garage, still on the factory wheels. I suggested that the first chance we get to go to Gingerman this year we'll compare lap times of the 6 y/o MXX3's vs the 2 y/o Pilot Sports. I hate to see a set of virtually new MXX3s "rotting on the vine". Stay tuned...
Henry Cone
Enthusiast
Ron, Janni and I run MXX3's. We have been hoarding them (and storing them carefully) as we believe that they are a better dry track tire than the Pilot Sport. Again it is important to get ones that were stored correctly as otherwise they might not be as good as new Pilot's. And remember that we are talking about relatively minor differences here - both are good but we believe that MXX3's have an advantage in the dry and Pilot Sports have an advantage in the wet.
One piece of interesting evidence - the Michelin engineers that won the one lap in a Viper (I believe it ws a year or 2 ago) ran MXX3's on that car. Michelin apparently built s small run of new ones that they used......
One piece of interesting evidence - the Michelin engineers that won the one lap in a Viper (I believe it ws a year or 2 ago) ran MXX3's on that car. Michelin apparently built s small run of new ones that they used......
GTS Dean
Enthusiast
Agreed Henry.
I know that the XGT-Z is a superior hot, dry track tire to the MXX3 and the MXX3 appears better than the Sport. The XGT has better dry compounding, but carcass-wise, is an unforgiving tire for the average driver (as evidenced by the Club Slick deal where the casing was XGT-Z with stickier rubber). The MXX3 is far more consistent and driveable at the limit, but has a much lower temperature tolerance. I still haven't driven the Sports because I'm nursing the older tires along.
I know that the XGT-Z is a superior hot, dry track tire to the MXX3 and the MXX3 appears better than the Sport. The XGT has better dry compounding, but carcass-wise, is an unforgiving tire for the average driver (as evidenced by the Club Slick deal where the casing was XGT-Z with stickier rubber). The MXX3 is far more consistent and driveable at the limit, but has a much lower temperature tolerance. I still haven't driven the Sports because I'm nursing the older tires along.
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