Nankang AR 1 Reviews - Page 3

Given 91% while driving a BMW E46 M3 (265/35 R18) on track for 1,096 spirited miles
E46-M3 SUZUKA INTERNATIONAL RACING COURSE
JULY 7, 2017 Test report
The weather on the day is sunny.
Road surface temperature 43degrees C to 46degrees C.
This time we changed the setting of the suspension based on the previous test.
Although I was able to increase the mechanical grip more than the previous time, I could not update the best time due to the rise in the temperature and the deterioration of the road condition.
The best time of the day is 2'24 "8.
There was no big grip drop for the total 20 laps.


Helpful 17 - tyre reviewed on July 30, 2017
Given 100% while driving a Honda Civic FD2 (265/35 R18) on track for 200 spirited miles
been running A050s, AD08Rs, RSRR, RS3 and Ive got to say these tyres arent that far behind the mighty AO50s. Braking and initial turn is fantastic. Tremedous grip for Value, I doubt Ill buy any other tyre for my Trackdays
Helpful 32 - tyre reviewed on July 24, 2017
Given 90% while driving a Porsche 993 (265/35 R18) on track for 250 spirited miles
AMazing cannot rate them high enough.. corner speed is so much faster than the Dunlop Dereza

I use the ns2-r for fast road and the ar-1 for track
Helpful 20 - tyre reviewed on May 31, 2017
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Given 84% while driving a Honda Civic Type R (215/45 R17) on track for 3,000 spirited miles
Ran these tyres at the Nurburgring last year instead of the NS2-R, they took some time to heat up but once they did they are fantastic, wet weather use is a bit sketchy but other than that I cannot fault these tyres.
Helpful 23 - tyre reviewed on February 20, 2017
Given 73% while driving a BMW M3 (265/35 R18) on track for 150 spirited miles
I got a set of four 265/35/18 tyres for track use and first got a chance to test them last week at Bedford on the GT Circuit. It was my first time on track tyres and since my last track day, I'd also got HSD Monopro coilovers, with professional geometry, corner weighting, and a full alignment.

To say that the new setup made a difference would be the understatement of the century. I'm glad I have bucket seats, as otherwise I'd have fallen off my seat round every corner. The tyres felt predictable, gave good feedback, and were quite progressive on the limit. While learning the circuit and getting the feel for the limit, I went sideways quite a lot, and it was FUN! However, I didn't but these to go sideways, obviously, I wanted to be fast. During the whole track day, the only car to pass me was another e46 M3, which was fully track prepped, stripped to the shell with a cage, Nitron coilvers, BBK, and Toyo R888R tyres. He was 3 seconds a lap quicker than my 2min : 52sec best.

I'll definitely buy these again when the time comes.
Helpful 128 - tyre reviewed on May 24, 2016