User tyre reviews for tyres on the Toyota MK2 MR2 Turbo:

Dry grip is very impressive for what is supposed to be a 'budget' tyre. Good feedback, and very nicely progressive on the limit. Even in the MR2 with 325bhp, the car is very controllable at the limit, as experienced on a couple of track days.
In the wet again, the tyre performs extremely well, giving far better grip than the ZZ3's they replaced - they move water very well, and I've never had any unexpected breakaway in the wet, even driving relatively quickly.
Despite two track days and plenty of country road hoonage, the tyres have lasted really well - still plenty of tread left on them after over a year.
All in all, I have been amazed with this tyre, and wouldn't even consider anything different when it comes to replace them (ok, it may have to be the FK452's as the 451's are discontinued I believe).

Can not praise the FALKEN GRB-451-MADE IN JAPAN! tyres enough-some might call it
a budget tyre think again!

Quiet-grainy feel grip-smooth a silk drive-fantastic wear rate in relation to
positive grip traction.Very safe for peace of mind excellent anti aqua plane and feels safe with 300bhp odd.

Top marks...5*****

Used on a couple of trackdays.
Slightly less grip than R888s previously but not that much wear, 2mm maybe, where the R888s only lasted 2 days !
feedback's good & nice & progressive.
Recommended.
Not used in wet yet but have deep trad so should be ok.

Very good road & occasional track tyre.
Superb in the wet - had all the majors before - Toyo, F1s and these are the best. dry grip as good as F1s
Not the cheapest, wear is reasonable for a soft tyre.

Driving a mr2 turbo means the tyre quality needs to be good!! I bought the kumho's after checking out falkens and toyo's. I have been really impressed with the quality and feel the tyres give me they are supurb in the dry and for the money very good in the wet, you know when your on the limit and they will take some punishment.

I can't really fault these. I've had these on my track mr2 turbo and have driven around 911s on trackday rubber! Bit hairy in the wet but that's probably because I can't get enough heat into them with my cambers.

Worn surprisingly well considering the abuse I give them too. Well happy.

A very good all round road tyre, very impressive in the wet.

I have gone through two sets of these, MAKE SURE YOUR ALIGNMENT IS GOOD! They are a terrific tire, have very predictable breakaway characteristics, and wear decently. The grip is great after a lap or two to warm up, but if you overdrive them, they can get a bit greasy towards the end of a session. I am getting ready to buy another set! Highly recommended.

Strong sidewalls, so not much flex - perhaps a slightly harsher ride because of this, but the car always feels well planted. Wear is a slight guess as I haven't got through a set yet, but after 3k there's still not much sign of wear.

Lovely balance, easy going but reasonably high grip tyre, driven many miles on these tyres and are always impressed, there are better tyres for ultimate grip but the Contis gentle breakaway lets you use the available grip, impressive in the wet too considering the non directional tread. Very little wear considering the hammering they have taken on track too. Oh, and it looks like an F1 tyre, can't get better than that!

Once bedded in these tyres really come alive. Very sticky (you can hear all the stones being picked up off road and flung against the underside of your car) especially when they get warm.
Cornering is good, the tyre walls are hard but you do get a slight wobble when you don't drive smooth round corners. Traction off the line is superb also.
In the wet they are ok as long as you drive like ms daisy. Do not push your car in the wet with these on and ESPECIALLY do not drive if it has been raining for hours and there is standing water.

A good all round tyre but dissapointed with the dry grip. Although its pretty good it quickly finds the limit and squirms about so not ideal. Not suitable for cars running more than 280bhp in my opinion, or if you like traffic light grand prixs.

Wet grip is pretty good however.

Unfortunately 60% isn't good enough for me (despite cost) so I won't be buying them again.

A good all round middle range tyre, impressive for the money, a nice progressive, safe road tyre, will never break any lap records with this tyre but recommended for road use, certainly on par with Toyo Proxies in most situations.

Adequate, but not great tyres. Very soft sidewalls mean a comfortable ride, but you can feel the back of the car squidging around which isn't particularly confidence inspiring. Although they made do on the MR2, I would only use them again if I couldn't get anything better. Rears lasted about 9k miles on a mix of driving.

Ok, so I finally got a couple lapping days in with these tires.

1st Day. Bremerton Raceway (road course). 2 - second gear corners, the rest are 3th or 4th gear corners. 1.2 mile course with 1/2 mi front straight and series of turns made from cones on the return 2/3 mi. Heavy braking needed down front straight without too much time to cool (hard on brakes.) No elevation changes.

Weather conditions was mostly rainy with the afternoon drying up.

In the rain - Very little traction with an abrupt break away point. Had to really tip-toe through the corners. Braking wasn't too bad. Hydroplane was surprisingly fine (still hydroplaned on big puddles at 80) Needed to run much lower psi to get some traction back.

When the track started drying up, great dry grip, but as soon as I went over some wet areas, it was totally jekyl and hyde grip. Had to make sure most of the apex was complete and pointed in the right direction before hitting the wet.

In the dry - felt like good grip. But I had become so accustomed to driving in the wet, that it took a long time to acclamate to the dry grip. So tough to report.

2nd Track Day. Pacific Raceway (road course). 2.25mi course with lots of elevation changes and varying corners. Two back to back downhill heavy braking zones. 2 - 2nd gear corners and the rest are 3rd gear. 9 turns total.

Very grippy tires. Lacking communication. I had a hard time feeling the tires breaking away. But once it started breaking away, I had to catch immediately or it would run away. Some screeching when it was warming up. But once warm, too quiet. Couldn't tell what was going on.

With two people in the car, tires got greasing 1/2 way into the session. I had to slow my pace down to cool things off a bit because the tires were getting dangerously greasy. By myself, tires got greasy 2/3 into the session but never got into what I felt was dangerously greasy.

Conclusion.

These tires seem to be very grippy even when cold. They warm up very quickly and provide good performance. But once hot, they give little warning of breaking away and it is much harder to catch slides if you let it go too long. For road course, they don't seem to be able to sustain their performance as things get really hot.

I'd probably have no problems running them at Bremerton Raceway as it's tougher on brakes. And the "back side" is like a super fast auto-x track. But at Pacific Raceway, I would try something else.

Take a little time to warm up, once warm impressive dry grip and gentle break away considering the grip, suspect not far behind a full on track tyre (in the dry at least), pretty useless in the wet, spinning up easily, especially when cold

Great looking tyre, typical Yokohama, decent (but not overly impressive) dry grip and pretty average in the wet, only appear progressive in the wet as the grip limits are so low, definitely one for the guys that prefer looks over performance.

Very poor wet grip and just average in the dry, look the part but not especially cheap. Struggled big time with these on a wet day at Donington, spent more time sideways than in a straight line, not even that great for drifting as not especially progressive. Not recommended unless all your doing is motorway miles as they do seem hard wearing.