Tires

Its about time for a new set of all weather tires. What do you guys put on your SVX's? Would like good wet weather/snow adhesion and something quiet.

I'm thinking Yokahama AVSdb?

I had Toyo Proxes T1S on my eclipse. thats what I plan to run on the sVX as soon as the pep boys junkers are gone. I loved the traction of the toyo tires. Wet and dry. Quiet too.

Originally posted by Zombie
I had Toyo Proxes T1S on my eclipse. thats what I plan to run on the sVX as soon as the pep boys junkers are gone. I loved the traction of the toyo tires. Wet and dry. Quiet too.

Is it an AWD? I was looking at those cars till I stumbled across a local SVX. Those turbo eclipse/talon/lasers are fast!

[SVXphile]

I have been using Dunlop D60A2's for three seasons and Dunlop Graspics for winter, but the D60's are almost worn out and the Graspics finished their life last winter. I have an old set of Continental Touring Contacts in the basement, and I think I'll put them on for the winter this year....they have about three times the tread depth left than the old D60's have. I would buy a new set, but I just spent the BIG bucks today puting new shocks and new Blizzaks on my Swift GT twincam. It is my drive to work car, so I couldn't neglect it; it also just turned over 152k and still purrs like a kitten! Don

DART: My eclipse was a GSX Turbo all wheel drive. By the time I got done tweaking it, i was getting high 13s at the drags. They key word here is WAS. I tweaked it budget style and it started to destroy the stock components. Over one weekend the valves developed a clatter, the water pump started howling, and the clutch slipped. I had the car for a year and a half and I put about 50k miles on it. I drove the snot out of it too. I was really impressed with the way that car held up to the kind of abuse I gave it. I'm afraid to drive the SVX they way I drove that car... good thing too... I dont think the SVX would like it.

I am currently using the Toyo Proxes on the SVX and have been very satisfied with them. They are a very quiet tire and provide good to excellent traction, even on the ice. They are not inexpensive however as this set was over $600 according to the reciept that came with the car.

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PS I had an Eagle Talon TSi before this and it was very fast until the timing belt broke and the top end had to be replaced. Hope this never happens with my Suby.

[immortal_suby]

PS I had an Eagle Talon TSi before this and it was very fast until the timing belt broke and the top end had to be replaced. Hope this never happens with my Suby.

It won't - its a non-interference design engine.

I have actually broken the timing belt 3 times in my wagon (I just drive them until they break and then have it towed) I've only had it replaced ahead of time once and that was at only about 30k miles after a new one it started knocking - must have been stretched out or something.

Originally posted by Zombie
DART: My eclipse was a GSX Turbo all wheel drive. By the time I got done tweaking it, i was getting high 13s at the drags. They key word here is WAS. I tweaked it budget style and it started to destroy the stock components. Over one weekend the valves developed a clatter, the water pump started howling, and the clutch slipped. I had the car for a year and a half and I put about 50k miles on it. I drove the snot out of it too. I was really impressed with the way that car held up to the kind of abuse I gave it. I'm afraid to drive the SVX they way I drove that car... good thing too... I dont think the SVX would like it.

Roger that on the SVX. The DSM's ain't cheap to fix...but at least
you can get parts

[wawazat??]

I just purchased and had installed Dunlop Sport A2's in the original 225/50-16 size. I have had them about two weeks and have been very impressed so far. Can't report on snow traction yet, but very good on the wet roads Detroit has had for the last week.

Got them for $95 ea. at Discount Tire. They will always quote you higher at the store, just bring in a copy of their ad or TireRacks ad and they'll match or beat the price.

I've also used Pirelli P7000 SuperSport and Bridgestone RE940's on the car. DO NOT buy the Pirelli's they sound like a bearing failing after about 10K miles. I can't speak highly enough about the RE940's. Very long-lived and quiet.

Originally posted by wawazat??
I just purchased and had installed Dunlop Sport A2's in the original 225/50-16 size. I have had them about two weeks and have been very impressed so far. Can't report on snow traction yet, but very good on the wet roads Detroit has had for the last week.

Got them for $95 ea. at Discount Tire. They will always quote you higher at the store, just bring in a copy of their ad or TireRacks ad and they'll match or beat the price.

I've also used Pirelli P7000 SuperSport and Bridgestone RE940's on the car. DO NOT buy the Pirelli's they sound like a bearing failing after about 10K miles. I can't speak highly enough about the RE940's. Very long-lived and quiet.

Thanks for the info

The original bridgestone RE 95 were great but $$$, the Bridgestone 940's were a less expensive alternative that took me thru many winter ski trips. I had my first winter accident on the noisy pirelli 7000 SS last year. I still have the pirelli's on my old car and I will find out about goodyear RS-A's on my 97 SVX. The RS-A's are much quieter as compared to the pirelli's but they haven't seen snow yet.

[svxcess]

The original owner got 86,000 miles out of her original RE-95s (Don't ask me how she did it) At $200 each to replace she went with the Bridgestone RE-940s. I got the car when it had 30,000 miles on them. Ieventually replaced them at 48,000 with the Yokohama AVS db and couldn't be happier. They got me through a rural Maryland winter flawlessly and are exceptionally quiet. (The RE-940 and the RE-92 get rather noisy to me after about 20,000 miles)

Originally posted by svxcess
The original owner got 86,000 miles out of her original RE-95s (Don't ask me how she did it) At $200 each to replace she went with the Bridgestone RE-940s. I got the car when it had 30,000 miles on them. Ieventually replaced them at 48,000 with the Yokohama AVS db and couldn't be happier. They got me through a rural Maryland winter flawlessly and are exceptionally quiet. (The RE-940 and the RE-92 get rather noisy to me after about 20,000 miles)

Think I'm going with the Yokahama's too. Thanks for the input