Firestone

Firehawk GT Pursuit

The Firehawk Pursuit is specially designed for the law enforcement and high-speed emergency use. This W-Speed rated tire combines excellent wet and dry handling with an emphasis on quick steering response. Built for durability, the Firehawk Pursuit gives you good wear without sacrificing ride quality. And, as futher endorsement of high performance, it passed the demanding Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department high-speed wear tests.

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  • Model: Firehawk GT Pursuit
  • Brand: Firestone
  • Vehicle Type: Passenger
  • Tire Type: Performance
  • Segment: Ultra High Performance All Season

Features & Benefits

  • Feature: O-Bead
    Benefit: Improves uniformity and ride comfort through use of a single continuous strand of cable in the bead construction
  • Feature: CO-CS (Computer Optimized Component System)
    Benefit: Maximizes tire performance by optimizing the appropriate combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction.
  • Feature: High-Silica Compound and Wider Tread Profile
    Benefit: Improve cornering coefficient for superb handling
  • Feature: All-Season Tread Design
    Benefit: Enhances year-round performance with open-slotted shoulders.
  • Feature: Asymmetrical tread pattern
    Benefit: Features large tread block elements on the outside shoulder features for dry performance, while the inner shoulder is comprised of a greater number of smaller tread elements to improve wet weather and snow traction without significantly sacrificing dry performance.
  • Feature: L.L. Carbon (Long Link)
    Benefit: Helps improve tread wear and resist cracking, chipping and tearing through the use of a special long length carbon structure
  • Feature: Veri-Pitch Noise Reduction
    Benefit: Helps reduce road noise

Specifications

Speed Rating

  • Q
    99
    mph
  • R
    106
    mph
  • S
    112
    mph
  • T
    118
    mph
  • U
    124
    mph
  • H
    130
    mph
  • V
    149
    mph
  • Z
    149+
    mph
  • W
    168
    mph
  • Y
    186
    mph
  • (Y)
    186+
    mph
Detailed Tire Specifications
Available Sizes Speed Rating Load Index Technology Mileage
P265/60R17V108UNI-TNONE
P235/55R17W98UNI-T-

Safety Warning:
Serious injury may result from tire failure due to underinflation/overloading. Follow owner’s manual and tire placard in vehicle.

Tire Technology

UNI-T - Ultimate Tire Technology

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Tire Technology A reinforcing material used in conjunction with carbon black.

Tire Technology Carbon black is a reinforcing material that strengthens rubber. All tire manufacturers use it. But tires with UNI-T technology use L.L. Carbon, an advanced form of carbon black that offers real advantages. Under a microscope, conventional carbon black particles look like bunches of grapes. L.L. Carbon molecules resemble long chains. Think of these as the equivalent of the long steel rods used to reinforce concrete. Because this molecular structure absorbs and spreads road stresses over a larger area, you get a stronger tire better able to resist cracking, chipping, tearing, and excessive wear.

Tire Technology This design hasn't always been an exact science. Engineers relied on their experience and various design theories when developing new products. But now, our innovative COCS (Computer Optimized Component System) technology uses a supercomputer to determine the ideal combination of tread design, casing shape, materials, and construction based on consumer benefit criteria. Performing thousands of "what if" calculations and creating incredibly detailed tire simulations, COCS takes the guesswork out of designing tires. COCS makes it possible to create an endless diversity of tire designs to meet the demands of the consumer of today and tomorrow.

Tire Technology If you can imagine the inefficiency of a rolling egg, you can understand the inefficiency of many tire and rim assemblies which are less than precisely round. Now, O-Bead changes the way the tire interacts with the rim, creating a rounder assembly. The "bead" is a cable inside a tire that helps the tire grip on the rim. On most tires, there are overlapped joints where the ends of the bead meet. O-Bead eliminates the overlapped joints by using a single, continuous strand of cable. This helps eliminate tiny, unwanted gaps between the tire and the rim, and creates a rounder tire assembly, for improved driving on straightaways and handling stability.