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St. Jude Donor '08
slick tires
Anyone have problems with Nitto 555's? I bought 95 vert recently and tires still have fair amount of tread on them, no signs of aging but traction sucks. I can't even do 1/2 throttle starts. It just lights them up. I must leave ASR on or at WOT when second bangs hard it will light em up again. Don't have complete history on car, but I would say it has some sort of mod because shifts can be brutal. I can't even judge power until I can get some bite. Tires are on the list, but I want to know are Nitto's that bad. Tire pressure was at 29 cold.
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Anyone have problems with Nitto 555's? I bought 95 vert recently and tires still have fair amount of tread on them, no signs of aging but traction sucks. I can't even do 1/2 throttle starts. It just lights them up. I must leave ASR on or at WOT when second bangs hard it will light em up again. Don't have complete history on car, but I would say it has some sort of mod because shifts can be brutal. I can't even judge power until I can get some bite. Tires are on the list, but I want to know are Nitto's that bad. Tire pressure was at 29 cold.
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I had Nitto drag radials and they suck. You need to put a lot of heat in them to get sticky.
It's all in the compound, Nitto puts a harder compound so they last longer where BFG uses a softer compound for traction, but very short street life.
It's all in the compound, Nitto puts a harder compound so they last longer where BFG uses a softer compound for traction, but very short street life.
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He knows alot more about drag racing and tires than I do plus I never tried a different drag radial to compare the 555r with. I think you have the 555 street tire rather than the drag radial though.
