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Originally Posted by love67
for stock suspension? I don't think so. RS3 is the best for the money right now
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I disagree, entirely. I don't know what sizes you're running, but I run 235/40 R18 square setup with the Nitto NT01s, which are $195 a piece. The R-S3s are not only $205 each, but also aren't even R-comp tires (they're "extreme summer").
I've previously run extreme performance tires (Kuhmo Ecsta XS), and there simply is no comparison to r-comps like NT01s. Running on stock suspension, I saw 3-4 sec gain in my lap times at VIR between the extreme summer tires and the r-comps. Even more importantly, street tires like the RS-3s will get greasy real fast, and simply cannot sustain high temps like r-comps can.
Yes, performance gains from r-comps will increase even more when running a stiffer setup, but everyone will still have significant gains after switching from an extreme performance summer tire to an r-comp, even on stock suspension.