Can you make a Mark VIII handle as good as...

[poniesviii]

Tried them. They're nothing compared to the GSD3s. It takes at least the KD to pose any sort of competition to the GS-D3. And the KD, although pretty much equal to the F1 in the dry, it is vastly inferior in the wet.

I don't make simple minded statements. Just statements from experience. I've probably used every max performance summer tire that there is out there, from the S-03, to the SP9000, to most of the higher end of the Pzero line (including Asimetrico), and the list goes on and on.

KDW, Not KD. BF has all kinds of KD's. I'm talking about the one that allows me to drive 100 in the pouring rain on the beltway in Houston, [[[[in an 11.5" 275]]]] is quiet, wears so evenly you don't even notice, and has the perfect sidewall and compound to be predictive.

You can't have tried every tire. Via simple minded.

 

[Calabrio]

The single best change I've made to my Mark VIII has been the larger rear sway bar. That simple change has changed the feel of the Mark VIII more profoundly than anything else.

No longer does it have that troubling understear, it now has just a faint touch of overstear making it much more responsive and enjoyable in the curves.

 

[Dern Humpus]

What size sway bar did you go with? I have been toying around with the idea to purchase one for myself.

 

[cavemansmarkviii]

It's a free? country folks. Make your tire choices and if someone else thinks your choice sucks, so be it. Opinions are like a$$holes .....

 

[98LSC32V]

Here's a pic of the Falken GR Beta FK451 tire on my car, like I said they are very sticky...

 

[Calabrio]

In regards to the rear sway bar,
all I did was find one from a '91 SuperCoupe.

It's just a little bit bigger and it's solid, unlike the hollow one found on our Mark VIIIs. Now I have a faint bit of overstear and I love it.

Doing it like this only cost about $20 at the U-pull-it.

 

[Dern Humpus]

http://www.tccoa.com/articles/addco/

Whose had any experience with the different options from addco?

 

[cavemansmarkviii]

Dern, see thread http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=26315

 

[Dominus]

KDW, Not KD. BF has all kinds of KD's. I'm talking about the one that allows me to drive 100 in the pouring rain on the beltway in Houston, [[[[in an 11.5" 275]]]] is quiet, wears so evenly you don't even notice, and has the perfect sidewall and compound to be predictive.

I know the difference between a KD and a KDW. The KD is their ultimate dry performance tire, and the KDW incorporates wet handling characteristics (at the expense of dry performance).

The KD is superior to the KDW in the dry, and even it is nearly a GS-D3 competitor, but not as good. The KDW just isn't even in the same league.

I know exactly what you are talking about, I used both sets upon their introduction, the KD's first because they were supposed to be the best dry tire at the time, and then the KDW's because I got sick of being afraid of puddles at high speed, and I was not satisfied with either tire. Like I said, the KD's did great in the dry and blew in the wet, and the KDWs did great in the wet, but left me with a sense of loss in the dry. It was a compromise tiher way. Something I don't get witht he GS-D3s.

You can't have tried every tire. Via simple minded.

I never said every tire. I said most of them. Most tires out there are a few years old, and I have had 6-8 cars at any given time just belonging to myself, and I drive most of them frequently.