toyo r888
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toyo r888
Just had ECS do there blower set up on my 08. Im reading about these toyo tires and i see they have a 19 inch drag radial. Is anyone using them on your 19 inch rims for drag racing ? Wondering how they hooked and what size. Drag racers only please for this question.
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I don't find a drag radial. The Toyo site does show the R888 "Competition Radial" but its a road race tire........... is there another model?
http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/30029.pdf
http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/30029.pdf
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I know they have there own name for it. But its a sticky tire so i wanted to know if anyone was using them on the street from light to light and if they hooked. Im not a road race roundy roundy guy too make this post a little more clear. Have and o8 vette with a blower and didn't want to change the back rims to 18. So this is why im asking. The tire looks like the M/T drag radial especially the way of its tread design. Now can anyone reply who is actually using them please. Thank you.
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I have the R888 335/30-18s on my 480RWHP car, with 4.10gears and the Z51 gearset. These tires can handle 1st gear. That's equivalent to 550RWHP on a 3.42 equipped car. Had the 305 Nittos before (same tire basically) and they could not handle 1st gear.
BTW, the R888 is NOT a drag radial. It is a roadcourse tire like the Hoosier R6 and has a very stiff sidewall. So I'm not sure what kind of driveline shock these would produce with a dragstrip launch on a prepared surface.
For the street, the Nitto/Toyo are an awesome choice - no, make that the ONLY choice. That is all I have run on the street last 4 years.
BTW, the R888 is NOT a drag radial. It is a roadcourse tire like the Hoosier R6 and has a very stiff sidewall. So I'm not sure what kind of driveline shock these would produce with a dragstrip launch on a prepared surface.
For the street, the Nitto/Toyo are an awesome choice - no, make that the ONLY choice. That is all I have run on the street last 4 years.
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Here you go . . . 275/35-18 fronts, 295/30-19 rears. Maybe shoulda gone 305s on the rear, but these'll probably be gone in no time (hope my wife doesn't read this!). Also need to get rid of that stinkin 19" rear for track use, but one thing at a time . . .
The next pic suggests the tire extends past the plane of the wheel well . . . not so . . . just my bad photography.
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The next pic suggests the tire extends past the plane of the wheel well . . . not so . . . just my bad photography.
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tire deal for less , td4l has them,
why di you go with the 275/35 front would you not want a shorter tire as the rear is shorter and to keep the rake, and diff in proportion for trac c, abs ,etc.? any issues on the track
why di you go with the 275/35 front would you not want a shorter tire as the rear is shorter and to keep the rake, and diff in proportion for trac c, abs ,etc.? any issues on the track
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Because I'm a doofus. Should have either gone 305 in back or gone 265 in front. I was cautious about being too agressive in the rear but for some inexplicable reason decided I could go even wider up front and I've ended up cheating myself out of 1/2" in rake! Well, the consolation is they won't last long!
Let you know in about a week or so how they work on the track. I'm just graduating to R-compounds. Brand new shoes, brand new surface at Thunder Hill . . . this outta' be fun!
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I ran ra-1 on my track car for a long time, great improvement over street tires, not a hoosier or pirelli race tire but good for hpde and most track days. They do not squeal like street tires do they need a little heat and are sensitve to tire pressure the ra-1 I do not know about the r888, but they are my next pruchase. Good luck you will see a new world in track driving with dot-r's.
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I have a few thousand miles on my R888s, and love them for the street, roadcourse, and canyon. I run my MT DRs when I go to the track, but the R888s have hooked up very well for me on the street so far!
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I like the Toyo R888s. They are a good compromise between street and track -- they will not be the fastest tire at the track so consider them to be a really sticky street tire. I drive on them to the events (40 miles each way). They perform amazingly well in the wet for how little tread they have.
The downside is that they are LOUD -- almost as loud as my SUV with off-road tires.
But the extra grip is worth it -- I had been running my Toyo R888s on the street while my flat runflat awaited the "runflat authorized technician" to return to work to repair it. After putting the runflats back on it is amazing how much difference there is -- active handling and traction control are essential for runflats but seldom seen with the R888s on the street.
If you have money to burn, you get a lot of performance just by running sticky tires. I am running the 255/35/18s on the front and the 295/30/19s on the rear. It gives the car the right amount of rake but both tires are slightly smaller than stock so the speedo reads 2-3mph higher than actual speed.
The downside is that they are LOUD -- almost as loud as my SUV with off-road tires.
But the extra grip is worth it -- I had been running my Toyo R888s on the street while my flat runflat awaited the "runflat authorized technician" to return to work to repair it. After putting the runflats back on it is amazing how much difference there is -- active handling and traction control are essential for runflats but seldom seen with the R888s on the street.
If you have money to burn, you get a lot of performance just by running sticky tires. I am running the 255/35/18s on the front and the 295/30/19s on the rear. It gives the car the right amount of rake but both tires are slightly smaller than stock so the speedo reads 2-3mph higher than actual speed.
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Make sure you clear bra the wheelwells, these tires will have a lot of rock pick up, and sand blast the paint over time.
I got about 15k out of my last set of Toyos on my 01Z, the RA-1 which was the predecessor to the 888. They did handle the power very will, however road noise was a little more than stock.
I got about 15k out of my last set of Toyos on my 01Z, the RA-1 which was the predecessor to the 888. They did handle the power very will, however road noise was a little more than stock.
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Make sure you clear bra the wheelwells, these tires will have a lot of rock pick up, and sand blast the paint over time.
I got about 15k out of my last set of Toyos on my 01Z, the RA-1 which was the predecessor to the 888. They did handle the power very will, however road noise was a little more than stock.
I got about 15k out of my last set of Toyos on my 01Z, the RA-1 which was the predecessor to the 888. They did handle the power very will, however road noise was a little more than stock.
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Are they really that loud? Would you say it is twice as loud as the run craps? With a convertible with LG's and fusion exhaust is it something that will over power the exhaust note and drive me crazy with the top down or is it bareable. I have had low profile yokos in the past that were pretty loud once they wore down. Do they sound that way when they are new?