After two track years...
03-11-2009, 08:17 AM
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You will be surprised at the additional grip available - 5-6 MPH faster around Oak Tree. Be sure that you get as much negative camber as your car will allow or you will eat the outside of those tires in short order. Pressure is also very important.
03-13-2009, 09:10 AM
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Congrats! I'm looking forward to that day myself but I'm not quite there yet. What was the key to knowing you're ready? I assume you trailer the car to the track? I still have to drive mine, which is a big contributing factor.
Out of curiosity, why/when do you switch back and forth? Rain?
Out of curiosity, why/when do you switch back and forth? Rain?
03-13-2009, 12:11 PM
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If you drive the car on the street you may not want max negative camber. Hook up with a shop you trust and tell them what you're doing with the car and the mix of driving you're doing. I don't think you'll want that much in the rear...
03-13-2009, 02:54 PM
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Drifting
I used this as my guide and it has work pretty well for me.
http://www.vbandp.com/instructions/h...ruct/align.htm
You will love the grip with the R type tires.
Tim
http://www.vbandp.com/instructions/h...ruct/align.htm
You will love the grip with the R type tires.
Tim
03-13-2009, 03:44 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
OK ... I guess it's 275/40/17 front @ 25.55 diam and 318/30/18 @ 25.35 diam (smaller than front?)
I assume with the negative difference Front to Rear - you run with "all off"? ... or does either svc AH or TC warning come on?
That's why I stayed away from the NT01's ...
NFP ... I have driven to the track on the Nitto 555RII (in fact ... because I do so little street driving, except to and from events, that's what I use for street tires at this time!)
I assume with the negative difference Front to Rear - you run with "all off"? ... or does either svc AH or TC warning come on?
That's why I stayed away from the NT01's ...
NFP ... I have driven to the track on the Nitto 555RII (in fact ... because I do so little street driving, except to and from events, that's what I use for street tires at this time!)
03-13-2009, 04:15 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
03-13-2009, 05:29 PM
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You are going to be faster because you waited. Up to now, you've had to use skill instead of tire to driver faster. Learning on street tires for a couple years allows you to learn from your mistakes and stay out of trouble.
R compounds will hide novice mistakes and give them the impression grip is available at all times, which usually gets them into trouble or makes them slower overall as they "overdrive" the tire. Don't "overdrive" your r compounds when you get them just because they have a lot of grip, try to drive the way you did with street tires, just a bit faster.
R compounds will hide novice mistakes and give them the impression grip is available at all times, which usually gets them into trouble or makes them slower overall as they "overdrive" the tire. Don't "overdrive" your r compounds when you get them just because they have a lot of grip, try to drive the way you did with street tires, just a bit faster.
03-13-2009, 08:01 PM
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Drifting
I've seen an awful lot of novice and intermediate drivers running R-compounds. I personally think it's harder, but not impossible, to learn that way. I've seen lots of cars all over the track, learning all kinds of bad habits at speeds where the driver was no longer learning, or so it seemed. Those folks don't tend to get any faster. Slippery rubber forces you to learn better control, better lines, etc. while still at speeds that still allow you to think. Fast is a by-product. Or maybe I'm wrong. 
FM
03-14-2009, 09:26 AM
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OK ... I guess it's 275/40/17 front @ 25.55 diam and 318/30/18 @ 25.35 diam (smaller than front?)
I assume with the negative difference Front to Rear - you run with "all off"? ... or does either svc AH or TC warning come on?
That's why I stayed away from the NT01's ...
NFP ... I have driven to the track on the Nitto 555RII (in fact ... because I do so little street driving, except to and from events, that's what I use for street tires at this time!)
I assume with the negative difference Front to Rear - you run with "all off"? ... or does either svc AH or TC warning come on?
That's why I stayed away from the NT01's ...
NFP ... I have driven to the track on the Nitto 555RII (in fact ... because I do so little street driving, except to and from events, that's what I use for street tires at this time!)
I am like you, I do not drive on the street much.