Traction advice
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Thank you greg for your input and thanks Matt I was also looking into nt01 as my next choice after r888s. Nt05 are awesome street tires but don't think there sticky enough for my intentions. What's the fun of a 500hp s2000 when your not be childish with it 
, in all seriousness I drive the car I don't pussyfoot it but I do know the difference between that and suicide. Btw Matt big John says whatsup
, in all seriousness I drive the car I don't pussyfoot it but I do know the difference between that and suicide. Btw Matt big John says whatsup
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Originally Posted by camuman' timestamp='1334619113' post='21613738
Toyo ra1 or nitto 555r2. I run the ra1 and it's fine for the street. I have 13k miles on the fronts and then have so much thread left. Rears are at half thread. Downside is as they wear they become rain unfriendly.
Honestly though if u wanna put down a lot of horsepower u have to make sacrifices.
Honestly though if u wanna put down a lot of horsepower u have to make sacrifices.
Why are you giving out advice like this?
Firstly the RA1 is a the R888 now, except a few sizes such as the Miata spec class.
It's not "fine" for the street. It's an under-performing tire on the street. You've got 13k on them because you've heat cycled them out and now they're way to hard and thus lasting longer. Half tread at 13,000 miles? So you figure they should last 26,000 miles????? I burn a set of R888's up on the track in 2 days and probably a total of a couple hundred miles.
They're horrible in the rain even when new because AGAIN they work well only in the 180-200*F temp range because they're R compounds, they're designed to shed heat quickly as well which will make it hard to keep them hot. They provide worse traction than a street tire when operated too cold.
If you want to put down a lot of horsepower you have to make intelligent decisions, rather than pretending you have a F1 car on the road.
-Greg
Interesting. Then mine must be magic. Cause they were awesome In the rain at full thread and hold power just fine even at 13k miles.
Honestly forums are full of opinions. But in the end people should make the decision for themselves and try. If I believed all of what I read I'd be on star specs that wouldn't hold power and I'd prolly loop the car into a tree.
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Thank you camuman I agree that when you want to run high horsepower sacrifices have to be made. And mods I'd appreciate if you didn't move this thread 95% of the advice I'm going to get in the wheel/tire section is correct but just not realistic for what us "maniacs" are running on the street
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