Tyres for Mk1 17" straights

[Mark S]

I really wouldn't get too hung up about it all, you say its a road car that does a few track days, for me, just stick with a nice tyre on the original size and get the pressures right, every ones got such differing opinions as to what is good and what is not, but your not after the last 10th and your not going to spend money testing tyres and getting them in the zone for the car.
It is amazing to hear how many people bang on about tyres at race circuits yet most of them have never gone testing for tyre data, they just guess (may as well pull numbers out of the air) its just talk and hot air, similar to the nonsense you overhear down the local!
Tyres are really complicated and so much more than just a black bit of rubber with a name and a so-called size, few people really understand them, that's why I say, don't get too hung up on it, its just a road car!