Taylor out here doing God’s work

You should honestly do more videos like this. I really like the comparison parts of the video like pros and cons about the 2 sets, it was a different kind of video and i really think you did a great job with how you approached this type of video👍🏽

This was a great video. Very helpful and great breakdown awesome stuff Taylor for real. GREAT JOB

Keep it up bro your videos are the best really helping the community!

Drifters appreciate you doing these experiments Taylor. Thanks

really glad you are delving into the real side of drifting most beginners or people that are trying to get into drifting don't know yet thanks love the vids keep doin you

My hero !!! Wut up 🤙🏽 !!! Sick content once again much love 👊🏽

Crazy video Taylor 👌 amazing seriously, I love the way you put Time and effort into it, cause its reflect very Much on the contents that you give us!!

NEED MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS! Such a good idea and I’m glad someone is doing it!

I love how you broke the price down per lap. That's something that I've always been curious about but never been able to calculate it or I'm never seen anybody do it.

i just had a track day with my LS 240sx, makes 365whp. running a 235/40r18 Zestino Gredge 240 treadwear at 30 psi. i got 16 laps that day on them, and i had 2-3 laps on them from a previous day. i was running on a smaller track, the video is the latest one on my channel if you wanted to have a look for comparison. the tires held lots of grip right up to the end where i spun out. I've got a couple sets of the zestino acrova to try as well, which is supposed to last even longer with similar grip. We get these tires in canada for about $120 plus shipping (probably cheaper in the states) The other tire i'm going to test is the Zenna Argus UHB. i ran them on a previous car, same size and was getting upwards of 25 laps no problem (On a different track layout though) I appreciate what your doing with the technical analysis on tires! I've been gathering my own data to finally figure out which tire reigns supreme!

Tyres are a nightmare for drifters, such a money pit but it’s always worth it👌🏻🤙🏻🔥

Taylor is just a baller for killing it at the track

This is really my kind of vid, and really enjoying your channel more and more! I Love all the Z stuff! In my experience, the brand i liked the most (grip/durability) was Lucky Land. I tried loads of them cheap brands already, i feel you in the "delamination" area, the worse ones i had doing this were Aotelli. Please keep up this kind of vids. (And try other brand vs Kenda) Cheers Cheets

Awesome content!!!

After watching you for a couple years now on KZfaq, I finally saw you shred in person at PBIR. Killed it!

Taylor please go try a Triangle TR968, they make a 225/40/18 or a 235/45/18, you will not be disappointed and I’ll bet money they last longer than the Kendra’s!!!

I ran a set of Sentury tires 225/40r18 on my Z vs a set of Kenda's on different days. The Kenda's faaaaar out performed the Sentury's. I averaged about 20 laps on the Kenda's on a 80 degree day, vs 12 on a 50 degree day and a patchy wet-dry track. Sentury's can be bought at discount for about $55 a tire, Kenda I can get between 70-80. And like you saw, you can safely run kenda's to the literal end of their life without causing additional damage.

Love the videos

Taylor is the BEST amateur do it yourself drift youtuber there is!

Nankang NS-20's and Achillies ATR Sport-2 and Sports should be the next set you should test. 4 new nankang ns-20 right now on ebay are going for $292.00 for a 265/35/18. For Achillies ATR Sport & Sport 2's going for 302.88 for a set of 4 as well.

this was a good video. you should do another test at a track with short runs. im curious how much longer they last when they have time to cool.

I've tried a tonne of different tyres over the past 8 years (from worst to best, all 215/45/17): Austyre pressurised insanely fast and got REAL slick (to the point i thought i had popped them and was on the rim), avoid at all costs. Nankang NS2's & NS20's - both pressurised really fast and were more expensive than other much better tyres. Horace Headway were good for grip, and were ok on the pressurising but chunked at the end. Durun were cheap and lasted the same as the Horace but didnt chunk. Kapsens were the longest wearing tyre i've ever tried (double the life of anything else) but were a touch slippery-er than the Horace and didn't smoke as well (my tyre of choice now, just run a grippier setup to compensate). Tri-ace had awesome grip (probably because they measured an extra 10mm wider than the indicated width) and didn't chunk out, wearing evenly but were pricey. The old Neuton NT5000's were cheap, awesome grip (similar to a Toyo!) and wore evenly. They were a directional but could run them backwards no problem and i use them as steerers on the road. Jinyu's, Blacklion and Evergreen were other notable tyres performing similar to the Durun

Keeps me motivated for this summer

Zestino tires are super popular here in the Alberta drift community! I’m not sure which model of tire people are running but I've heard good things. I've had one set of winter tires from them and they've served me well!

regardless they are the same price, safety comes into play, kendas are safer so you should go with those. also after 20 years how has no company made a drift compound / drift tire? wtf

Nice comparison man. I am about to get some tires for my drifter.

Maybe you shout compare them on a slow track too, like the small Orlando track...It will take some more time, but maybe interesting too?.....Great video Taylor.

Nice video Taylor ! What is the Mercedes in your driveway ?

What a about the Lion Heart for an old man going on his Cadillac to the store? Great video ! Thanks !

Very cool interesting and informative video 👍🏼 thanks Taylor you should make a video talking about all the cost for a weekend drift. How many hours, gas, maintenance etc... I’m looking to buy a drift car just not sure which one would be the most reliable if a z or any other with v8.

Love it! There is alot ot controversy on zestinos but with the way I drive hands down the best tire out there! Iron man imoves imo is a close second as fast best bang for your buck. It also depends on the track. The track we slide is a cheese grater on most tires

good video i run kendas myself but i would definitely like to see more comparisons and maybe similar comparisons but from a high speed vs low speed layout

Has anyone tried accelera PHI R I’ve heard good things about them thinking about ordering a pair

i would like to see how federal 595 tires do. they dont seem to be a very sporty tire just have a sporty tread.

What tire pressures were you running that day? And do you run lower pressures when you tandem?

time to get some of the practice zestinos and some winter tires to test vs the kendas

I’m in Australia & I’m a tight ass but I use retread tyres cause they cost me $30 each. Good thing when they delam there is no belts to stuff your car up. As long as you run low tyre pressure they old up sweet. They also smoke better than any other tyre I have used. A lot of the guys that compete in burnout comps use them

That intro though damn 🔥

Hey out of curiosity where do you order your tires from?

“Work it girl” yaaaassss!!

300k coming in hot! 1m here we come.

Used ACHILLES ATR SPORT on my G37S Coupe; $63-$64 per tire. Only changed a set twice in 6 months for weekend practice.

I really liked this comparison, maybe with more/better visuals of the data and having an excel spreadsheet that you update each time you test other tires so we could reference it. Obviously the data would be taken with a grain of salt due to variables.

Some drifters in my area ( in france ) use Star Perfomer tires. They have been using Kenda too but has a beginner they say to me to try both. I plan to try both kenda and starperfomer at next event in 205/16/50 (45euros per tire)

Can you start a series testing all types of tires? This was awesome to watch

I'd imagine having a solid axle would give you better/more consistent tire wear? I have a Volvo 240 so I'm trying to take that into account

@Taylor Ray did you ever test the difference between a 235 and 265 tire?

You should also take into account the cost of getting the tires mounted, like you said the normal person isn’t mounting their own tires. I think you’re right, the Kendas are better because you don’t have to bring as many wheels & the cost to mount the tires would be less for the same number of laps compared to the lionhearts. Great video, definitely try out more tires! You are like Bill Nye the tire guy!!

!!! I love that track!!!! palm beach is so much fun!!

Hey guys im not a tire person so i dont really know how to choose one. I got some wheels and i need tires. They are 17’s and they are 7inches wide got any recommendations? They’re just for my daily. Its a 2012 vw gti

Great video as always, keep up the good work! There is just one thing I might not understand: You kill 2 tires at once, so when you do, say, 4 laps on Kendas, you spend about 160$. So a lap costs you not around 20$, but more like 40$? Or am I missing something?

Try the zestino gredge 07r. Not the acrovas (they’ve been hit or miss) but the hard compound 07r have been amazing

Put the bash bar of adam and matt your team mates its gona be sick dude!! Great vids

Who's cat is that in the background near the couch??? Is it a strey

Have you tried any of the champiro gts?

Any difference in tire life after the camber changes?

You should try Federal 595 rsr. Alan liked those in his frs.

Hi, I have tried out this myselv, with other brands, and spesifications.. I have found that tire with higher load index holds longer, as in my case, I do most burnouts in my car, for now, and I work at a tire dealer, so I get free used tires, I started with a good threaded 195/65r15, it hold a burnout for 2 minutts before poping, and that was with wheel speed above 100mph att all times.. tried with 195/70r15 wiitch is a tire for bigger vehicles, like delivery truck etc, they lasted for almost 5 minutts on the same skid pad, the same day and aprox the same speed

I would do another test at osw IMO. Only reason i say that is because each run was different with the use of the hand brake. Like when you noticed that you would hold the hand brake to long and flate spot the tire. The test would be alot better if your running the skid pad and see how the tread would wear thru each session. Just my 2 cents.

You should try grip racing sometime I think you’d do insanely good. Keep it up man

bump Taylor Ray hooking it up 6 years in the past

the lionhearts also means more stops to change tires ... and more chances to break things when they blow out

I like the Accelera Phi Tires on my Sr20 S14.5. They are pretty Cheap too.

If you add in time/cost for mounting tires and swapping them, the Kendas prove a little bit better value as you have less labor time/cost into running them. Also if you end up with timed run groups and you are able to just cord a set of kendas over the full session, you would only get 75% of the session before you would have to swap tires or sit out with the lionhearts.

Taylor also have to count the temperature of the track throughout the day the hotter the asphalt on the track or concrete will go through tires more

tire rack states the tire tread depth from factory on the specs breakdown. If you want to compare that also. Looks like Kendas got 10/32nd's cant find info on the Lionharts

Please do this comparison with the ATR Sport 2's not just the ATR Sport vs KR20

Don't know if you can get them in the states, but have had good experience and feed back on goodride's and a brand called hifly. There easily available in Australia and not that expensive, tbh alot of our pro drivers here use the good ride semi slicks or Achilles 123s

Holy shit. Balls of steel drifting in fourth gear with no cage

anyone know cheap tires in canada?

Awesome videos! Anyone near what year his Z is?

try ironman imove gen2 they are pretty grippy and last a good amount of time. also only cost about 50-60 per tire

Have you tried nankang ns20s?

I'm curious to see how the Tri-ace tires compare

hey bro danno if u get hiflys there but i found the hifly 805s where cheap as and smoke hard good grip

Taylor you should bed liner that truck. Keep it mint . Looks way better than mine.

Hey I Taylor I would look into some radar tires or sumitomo’s.

You should do the same test at OSW to see if the results change much at slower speeds. The roadcourse seems like almost a worst case scenario (which is helpful in itself).

try kapsen tyres Iv been using them on my car iv been running 245/45 R 19 r they const around $60 each shipped

I think your problem might be a throttle body issue, what you described is the same that happened to my dad three times on his fiat Siena a couple years ago, if you clean it up it might work again (already posted on 110mph entry video)

You should try Achilles radials atr sport there about 60 dollars a tire and u can get them at walmart

Hey Taylor, I hope you read this lol Try Zestino Acrova’s! Go to Lone Star Drift fb group and look at the unbiased tire review of KR20’s versus the Acrova’s. They lasted almost 2x the laps as the kenda’s and they LOVE to sponsor drift dudes.

Accelera phi tires, really enjoy them

Now this is a tire torture test.

You should speak with Trevor see what he can do about tires for you!!

With the tires, you have to take into account the damage they could cause. You could also measure profile depth with a caliper.

i think that you have to spray the tires with water while you are drifting if you want them to last longer... also try spraying less water or put a bigger tank maybe.. so you can spray while you drift for however long you want

have you tried federal 595s? relatively cheap and Im pretty sure Ryan Literal runs them too.

I use Hankook ventus 195/50/15 on my datsun, about 50$ per tire they last quite a few laps

Had Lionhart tires on my street car for 2 years and they were way better than the goodyears i took off. Stopped and started nice in rain and decent in snow. LH-5's

Definitely avoid tires that delaminate. The damage they can cause to the brake lines and fenders could negate any savings. Plus there are plenty of dirt cheap tires that will wear down to nothing without delaminating.

I think size matters to but I run a set of tires called tiger paws and I make 250rwhp and 300ish wheel tourqe and run a 16 205 60 size and one set lasted 12 laps at gainsville

ever considered hard compound d.o.t. semi slicks? know a few people using them for practice tyres and usually get near 1 - 2 months out of a set and that's drifting 1 day every week 3-4 hrs per 1 day, there a little less grippy but last ages. :)

Test some Zestino Acrova 07A’s! People have been saying great things about them!

Dude I have also have hd great success on Kendas I think they are a great tyre for drifting just an idea have you tried running them backwards to see if that makes a difference!? Apparently directional tyres run much colder in reverse not sure if it’s a myth but that’s how I run them and they last ages!

try federal tires, they are pretty cheap and last a decent amount of time, would be a great comparison to kenda's. The 595 rsrr are a great tire for the money so thats where i would start for comparison

Whose Mercedes is that?? I have a 1995 E300D with over half a million miles on it currently! :) Also you never mentioned what website you order your tires from. What place do you use?

Sailun Atrezzo Z4, give them a shot!

I drift on Ironman Imove tires, they seem to last long and have decent grip for cheap tires