Archilles vs Altenza's for burnouts.

[1BEAST2NV]

Ok, I'm after some Tyres for motorvation in January , I'll be running 245/35/20 on the rear

What I wonna no is if any of u have had either the archilles and/or altenza's on and bagged them up and how much smoke they produced??

I don't wonna get Tyres that spin heaps but smoke FA, but I'm not gonna spend a fortune either lol

Archilles I can get for $169
Altenza's for $180

There my cheapest option, please share personal experience only

Cheers

[VYSHSV8]

I have the achillees on as you know Kev :) but havent had a chance yet well not properly, left shop and went to scrubb them in and wallah there is an unmarket Subi in front lol only did a little scrubbing till i realised ;)

[1BEAST2NV]

Better test them on ya block drew lol

[cashie]

I run Achilles as well.. but haven't tested them in the manner you require...
BTW, that's a really good price on 20's in the Achilles, where can you get them for that?

[1BEAST2NV]

My mates tyre shop North of the river :)

[185iboy]

Have produced 3x smoke shows on Achilles - pretty good. Watch you wreck a 20"..

[white lie]

I thought that's about the going rate for Achilles? I wouldn't pay much more!
Should have got them last month and baked them in the summer sun for a few weeks ;)

[ATOMIC 8]

I have smoked a set of achilles and they weren't that bad from memory.. Decent smoke output.

[1BEAST2NV]

Think I might given a go.

The rims they are going on are the same as I have on now, rather than swap rims I bought 2 more = matching front and back,

They're my skid rims so if they get scratched I don't care :)

White lie- does putting them in the sun dry them out and make them smoke more??

[S_M_I_D_D_Y]

Achilles seem to be really soft compound, they leave very black lines and smoke well but i doubt theyll last long

[1BEAST2NV]

Won't last long ya reckon, 2nd, 3rd gear burnouts.... See which ones I get. The altenza's are only up the road .

Maybe I'll take a pair of each hahahaah

[Dave85]

Probably a stupid question, but why not just get a pair of stockies to throw on the back? I would have thought you would get more tyre for the money, plus there's less chance that you'll need to pull burnt rubber of your nice 20's afterwards.

[185iboy]

Leaving them in the sun to dry out will make them spin easier initially but it hasn't done anything for smoke I don't think. I keep my burnout tyres outside and til you break them in it's actually quite dangerous, worse than a mini spool in the wet. Apparently soaking them in oil helps. Are you entering a burnout comp or powerskids?

[1BEAST2NV]

Can't put stockies on a VE HSV mate, brakes are too big, the 20's I bought extra, they are dedicated skid rims,drift rims etc.... They are only 8.5" wide, the reall rears Are 10" wide Hense why I don't wonna chew them up.

Gonna try and get a late entry for the powerskids, been told its do-able, but just wonna crack some mass skids as ya do when ya there :)

[Roonstain]

get some calais v 18s - they will fit with your brakes

[1BEAST2NV]

Have to have matching rims at motorvation Hense why I bought 2 more rims the same as what I have,

Be fuked if I'm changing all 4 rims just to do more skidz, it's a stupid rule...

I have 18" speedy cobalts with et's on but cos they have to be matching rims I'm not even gonna take them

[S_M_I_D_D_Y]

Have to have matching rims at motorvation Hense why I bought 2 more rims the same as what I have,

Be fuked if I'm changing all 4 rims just to do more skidz, it's a stupid rule...

I have 18" speedy cobalts with et's on but cos they have to be matching rims I'm not even gonna take them
Will they enforce that? Powercruise have the same rule. Pretty sure i was running 18s front and 15s rear all day