hooking on nittos

[atrainsgt]

Can any of you hook on nittos? I'm thinking about leaving my slicks at home this Friday and just running on my 275/60/15 nittos, and set a goal running 12.50 on them. I've only made about three passes on the nittos and they were all pretty sad. Couldn't launch at all and had to slip the clutch a lot to keep them from spinning. Best 60' I got with them was a 1.86 I think. Any tips on using these tires is appreciated. Thanks

 

[duh09]

Just curious, I have no advice, but if you have slicks, why are you wanting to use the nittos?

 

[atrainsgt]

Because I had knee surgery last Tuesday and it will hurt to change out the wheels.

 

[mustangmike98gt]

drop tire pressure to 12-16psi and light em up like john force

 

[atrainsgt]

Last time I had 18psi in them and was doing fairly short burnouts because I was told the nitto's didn't like long burnouts. I'll try what you suggested though.

 

[Inspector13]

Yeah drop a little more psi and smoke the shat out of them.


Also just an FYI Nitto 555Rs are a "controlled spin" style drag radial. They are meant to hook fairly well and allow you to stay in control with a little bit of tire spin, unlike MT's or other drag radials that are a "dead hook" style. A Nitto will never hook as good as an MT, they can get close.

 

[mustangmike98gt]

whoever told you nittos dont like short burnouts has prolly never used em before if u wanna hook, go to atleast 16psi light them mother f^)kers up and launch it

 

[mustangmike98gt]

Yeah drop a little more psi and smoke the shat out of them.


Also just an FYI Nitto 555Rs are a "controlled spin" style drag radial. They are meant to hook fairly well and allow you to stay in control with a little bit of tire spin, unlike MT's or other drag radials that are a "dead hook" style. A Nitto will never hook as good as an MT, they can get close.

idk man my nittos hooked pretty damn good

 

[atrainsgt]

I have some MT et street radials sitting in my garage that I need to have switched over onto these rims. They hooked well for me when I used them on my GT.

 

[duff daddy]

I forgot you had thoes et street's if i were you id pay the moeny to have them swapped or just put them on the mach, you and i both know the m/t is 10x's the tire the nitto is. I have my radials (mt) but never used them at the track, kind wish i did but i dont see a point when my slicks work perfect and do what i need.

 

[atrainsgt]

Hell yes. From what I have seen so far the MT's grip a lot better at the track. Both suck on the street.

 

[duff daddy]

eh they dont hold bad, its not a normal tire so you cant really rip it hard in the corners(no sway bars will prevent that too with skinnies and soft springs lol) but yea i never had an issue with them, rain was interesting hahaha

 

[atrainsgt]

Corners? What are those? LoL it still turns pretty good as long as you aren't going real fast. I haven't had any problems in the rain with the MT's. I haven't had the Mach out in the rain to try the nittos.

 

[JeremyAlan]

Corners? What are those? LoL it still turns pretty good as long as you aren't going real fast. I haven't had any problems in the rain with the MT's. I haven't had the Mach out in the rain to try the nittos.

quoting for my sig. lol.

my buddy has nitto's and he has to spin em to get them to grip. so i think inspecotr13 is right

 

[OnyxCobra]

whoever told you nittos dont like short burnouts has prolly never used em before if u wanna hook, go to atleast 16psi light them mother f^)kers up and launch it

+1 you should really heat them up good. Last time i used mine i was doin 2nd gear burns for a good amount of time. I don't have the lowest gear or a lot of power but i was dead hooking with mine on a 4500rpm launch.

 

[atrainsgt]

Nice yeah, I couldn't make them dead hook at any RPM.

 

[Inspector13]

Yeah drop a little more psi and smoke the shat out of them.


Also just an FYI Nitto 555Rs are a "controlled spin" style drag radial. They are meant to hook fairly well and allow you to stay in control with a little bit of tire spin, unlike MT's or other drag radials that are a "dead hook" style. A Nitto will never hook as good as an MT, they can get close.

idk man my nittos hooked pretty **** good

I know can hook like a MF'er, but the M/T's will hook just a little better. It's what they were meant to do. I've seen the same car make passes on both 555R's and E/T's (same size as well as on the same rim and in the same day) and the only real difference was the M/T's had just a hair better 60'.