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Aug 14, 2008 | 08:19 PM

#41

LS3FORME

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fast lap time = sticky tires
sticky tires = lost of $
hence $= fast lap time

Aug 15, 2008 | 06:24 PM

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TTRotary

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Originally Posted by tmak26b

The Toyo tires are certainly good tires, but it's not going to be a great choice for the original poster.

Then please help us all and suggest a superior street tire for the OP.

Aug 16, 2008 | 02:09 AM

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tmak26b

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Originally Posted by TTRotary

Then please help us all and suggest a superior street tire for the OP.

Toyo R888 is not a good drag tire, all he will do is hop the rear wheels and break axle. He is not looking for a strict street tires, he just wants something he can use for both applications

Aug 16, 2008 | 07:37 AM

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NOSLO6

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Originally Posted by tmak26b

Toyo R888 is not a good drag tire, all he will do is hop the rear wheels and break axle. He is not looking for a strict street tires, he just wants something he can use for both applications

Depending on his power level they may hook fine. R-compound DOT's all but cured wheel hop in both my vettes.

But OP, if you're really thinking of serious drag racing and want 60's-- I'd go 18s at all 4 corners and use the MT Street Radial. I've cut 1.4x 60's on these tires on the GN with no problem. Note though, that there's no perfect tire for a combination street / race vehicle and here you'd be trading off handling and tread life for stick that doesn't quit.

Aug 16, 2008 | 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tmak26b

Toyo R888 is not a good drag tire, all he will do is hop the rear wheels and break axle. He is not looking for a strict street tires, he just wants something he can use for both applications

Well I have this tire, and I have zero axle hop. On the other hand , I did have axle hop with the F1s, and that was even with Bilstein shocks. This is on the street of course. There are no guarantees at the strip, regardless of what tire you run. Guys have fragged diffs 1 foot off the line with drag slicks and stock power, and at the opposite end you have Ranger with probably 100 passes on EMTs and never a broken diff.

I'm not trying to bust your chops, but you keep advising against the R888, yet you offer no alternative. I'm pretty sure that is not a solution for him. The R888 is not the best race tire (grip), drag tire (sidewall flex), or street tire (longevity), but it way stickier than a street tire, comes close to a race tire in grip, and is drivable on the street for extended periods. Everyone who actually has these tires says the same thing. So again, if you have a suitable sticky street tire in mind that is superior to the R888 that you actually have experience with, we'd like to hear what it is.

Last edited by TTRotary; Aug 16, 2008 at 05:46 PM.

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