Gotta Buy Drag Radials For The Track....

[Jackie Chan]

even with drag radials you will have bad 60's, you need to, learn how to be smooth with the clutch and gas pedal

 

[baller760]

I know. It's so much easier on the street. But I've tried mashing (which gives the worst), giving throttle in a uniform fashion, giving a tiny bit of throttle until the squealing goes away and then mashing, etc. I mean, Idk what else to try.

 

[Jackie Chan]

are you heating the tires at all? what tire are you running? what is the psi?

 

[baller760]

are you heating the tires at all? what tire are you running? what is the psi?

I'm running Khumo 712 street tires. I only give them a 2-3 second burnout just to get all the rocks and stuff off. The psi I run is 25. I don't burn them to hell because I hear with a street radial you actually lose traction so I just clean them off.

 

[Jackie Chan]

air them to 25psi and do a 6 or 7 second burnout and see how that works....once you start to launch, modulate the gas and brake pedal until you feel a slight hook out of the hole then smoothly and quickly apply the gas..

 

[millhouse]

I just wanted you guys to know that are thinking of nitto dr's. I have since pulled the nittos off cause they were bald. I want you guys to know I got 6,000 miles out of them from brand new to near baldness. In the summer they were great tires, but when winter/fall came. These tires on dry pavement were like trying to race in the rain. My car was mildy modded 256 rwhp, 4.10, suspension, some weight reduction. But when it was cold out the car wouldn't hook in 1st or 2nd gear. I had about 40 races at the drag strip on them, including a broken passenger side axle, grenaded differential.

If your buying these to save your rear end or to get good hooking tires that will last a little, don't buy nitto dr's. The sidewall is to stiff and you can easily break your rear end.I broke mine on the 12 pass on nittos. Alot of people buy these tires thinking they can get 15k out of them. Not a chance. Your better off buying some cheap rims and a set of et streets.

I thought some of you might want this info before the winter months are officially here and to save $320 on 275/40-17's

It sounds as if something was seriously awry with your nittos. Almost everyone who I have talked to that has run them gets atleast 12k-15k miles out of them. I got 20k on my first set before the cords started showing...and that was with over 100 dragstrip runs and 5+ second, second gear burnouts on each one.

Also, something also sounds fishy about grenading your rear end, and snapping an axle. Nittos are not slicks, and as such...clutch dumps are not an option, nor is dead hooking. To do so on nittos sounds as if you had some pre-existing problems with your rear.

With that being said, I'm now on my second set of nittos. Low 1.8 60's are my norm, but I have gotten some 1.79's.