Old Goh Tong touge is bumpy. Cars set up with softer dampers can usually run quicker.

My lightened Satria is running on stock dampers and it out paces most stiffly sprung coil over cars in the tight sections....being softly sprung and dampered, it also allows me to do "gutter runs" at the often broken pavement sides at off camber turns, off loading the inside tire so I can "makan" into the turn without it catching.



My guess if he softened it even more, he will find more grip. That said, more grip does not mean more speed. How and when you use the extra grip is key. To each their own I suppose.



The issue here is likely confidence not grip. The tyre with stiffer sidewall tend to give a more immediate response. The slightly worn out S Drive will also have less thread squirm than the full depth Fleva. I had this problem even with the big block Parada S ( 2 sets) when they were new (they also had soft sidewalls), they were numb and imprecise AF until it worn down to 50%. They were also out rightly dangerous in the damp.

I am surprised as well. The last S drive (1st gen, maybe the 2nd gen were better) I tried was garbage. Expensive, Luckluster in the dry, horrible in the wet. Noisy. Even Kumho's cheap KU31 worked better.

Looking at this Fleva with interest. After going through 2 sets of PS3s down to the belts with no complaints (and 3 sets of chapalang Falkens, Nang Kangs, and Achillies - the Last 2 blowing up on the highway), perhaps it is a a time to change brands again. Just need a touring tyre with good aquaplaning resistance at highway speeds with a sporting twist. PS4 is too expensive now, and the RE003 a little too hardcore, so maybe the Fleva and V12e may be prime candidates.