I'm sure Michelin will do it, but the conversation you need to have is with McLaren to determine if your warranty will be affected!! I would love to put Cups on this thing, oh my God the grip would be stupendous. Edit: maybe too much grip, without a harness!
aftermarket consumables
1 - 20 of 43 Posts
I'd really love to see how well Cups are performing on the 12c !
But it's a known fact that car manufacturers can "glue" their warranty to the use of specific tire models. Aston does it, Ferrari does it. It could also be the case with McLaren, something that certainly needs to be clarified in the future.
As for the electronics (ABs, ESC, TC, CBC), it's not so simple anymore in today's supercar world. Specific tyres are developed for a specific (super)car and electronics are highly optimized to work best with this specific tire. Of course that does not mean, that you cannot put a different brand/tire model on the car and it does not work at all, but chances are very high that it does not deliver optimal performance in the last 10-15% near the limit.
One tire can deliver outstanding performance on car A and simply "not work" on car B. I'v seen this so many time over the last years. For example Michelin Cups seem to not cope well with the ZR1 whereas they work like a charm on a GT3 RS and most BMW's. Same story for the GTR.
So, in the end this *could* mean that the Cups may not work very well on the 12C, especially since this car seems to be so highly dependent on it's electronics.
However, if Mc Laren does approve the use of Michelin Cups, I'm sure somebody will try them out very soon (Gallardo62 ?
)
PS: Personally I don't like Corsas. They caused quite some problems on different cars in the past. Too bad Mc Laren went this route but then what do I know
But it's a known fact that car manufacturers can "glue" their warranty to the use of specific tire models. Aston does it, Ferrari does it. It could also be the case with McLaren, something that certainly needs to be clarified in the future.
As for the electronics (ABs, ESC, TC, CBC), it's not so simple anymore in today's supercar world. Specific tyres are developed for a specific (super)car and electronics are highly optimized to work best with this specific tire. Of course that does not mean, that you cannot put a different brand/tire model on the car and it does not work at all, but chances are very high that it does not deliver optimal performance in the last 10-15% near the limit.
One tire can deliver outstanding performance on car A and simply "not work" on car B. I'v seen this so many time over the last years. For example Michelin Cups seem to not cope well with the ZR1 whereas they work like a charm on a GT3 RS and most BMW's. Same story for the GTR.
So, in the end this *could* mean that the Cups may not work very well on the 12C, especially since this car seems to be so highly dependent on it's electronics.
However, if Mc Laren does approve the use of Michelin Cups, I'm sure somebody will try them out very soon (Gallardo62 ?
)PS: Personally I don't like Corsas. They caused quite some problems on different cars in the past. Too bad Mc Laren went this route but then what do I know
gallardo, which vendor has the SS rears 305/30/20 ?? Can't seem to find them at the regular vendors over here.
edit: can't even see that size listed on Michelin's web site.
1 - 20 of 43 Posts
