Tire advice
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Drifting
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From: Tampa Florida
Tire advice
Now before I start, I know that I really need to go to an 18" wheel, but having just spent $7k on wheels last year I am working with a 20" wheel right now and trying to make the best of it. Looks are also important to me, and I tend to take it pretty easy on the street. I will ordering an 18" setup for the track here shortly, but I wanted to see guys opinions on a few tires if anyone has experience with them.
I am over 1000rwhp on my C7 and am currently running a 315/30-20 rear wrapped in 888s. I want to get the stickiest tire that will fit for the rear, and the 2 options that I see are the MT ET Street SS http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...tem=ETStreetSS and the Nitto NT555r http://www.nittotire.com/race-tires/...g-radial-tire/.
Does anyone have a comparison between the 888s to the MT ET Street SS and the Nitto NT555r?
I would consider the Nitto NT05r but its a 315/35-20 and I do not think it will fit as it would be too tall.
My second dilemma is that I have a 19" front and thre seems to not be a lot of matching options. The front right now is a 265/35/19 888. Nitto makes a 265/30-19 in the NT555 but the thread pattern is quite different looking, especially from the side. The MT front would have to be a Street Comp in a 245/35-19 but the profile of the tire is totally different. My question is that the 888 and the 555Rr and ET Street SS have similar side profiles, any side affects from running 2 different brands 888s up front and either MTs or Nittos on the back? A friend told me that he once had 2 different bbrands on his car and he was getting an annoying harmonic vibration due to the different compounds.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I am over 1000rwhp on my C7 and am currently running a 315/30-20 rear wrapped in 888s. I want to get the stickiest tire that will fit for the rear, and the 2 options that I see are the MT ET Street SS http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...tem=ETStreetSS and the Nitto NT555r http://www.nittotire.com/race-tires/...g-radial-tire/.
Does anyone have a comparison between the 888s to the MT ET Street SS and the Nitto NT555r?
I would consider the Nitto NT05r but its a 315/35-20 and I do not think it will fit as it would be too tall.
My second dilemma is that I have a 19" front and thre seems to not be a lot of matching options. The front right now is a 265/35/19 888. Nitto makes a 265/30-19 in the NT555 but the thread pattern is quite different looking, especially from the side. The MT front would have to be a Street Comp in a 245/35-19 but the profile of the tire is totally different. My question is that the 888 and the 555Rr and ET Street SS have similar side profiles, any side affects from running 2 different brands 888s up front and either MTs or Nittos on the back? A friend told me that he once had 2 different bbrands on his car and he was getting an annoying harmonic vibration due to the different compounds.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Jax FL
When you say track I assume you are talking 1/4 mile. If so I have ran the Mickey T's on my GTO for awhile though not 1000hp it was at 600 and running 10's with a good 1.4 60ft. Towards the last part of ownership I moved to Hoosier DR and didn't have really enough to dial it in BUT I was still deadhooking with a 1.5 60 ft. If your only doing the 1/4 I wouldn't worry too much about the fronts if you are that concerned you can always opt for 18 square (I was running 18s for the GTO then dropped to a 17).
I've also used Nittos and was NOT impressed at all (On GTO and C6 Z06) Id stick with Mickey's
Damon
I've also used Nittos and was NOT impressed at all (On GTO and C6 Z06) Id stick with Mickey's
Damon
