How do the MT drag radials compare to Nitto drag radials? I have some 255/50-16 MTs and they bogged me down off the line. Ive been told that the Nittos wouldnt be as sticky and be a better tire for my car. Something like a 245/45-17. Thoughts?

 

MT all the way

 

i would rather run street tires than nittos if i were at the track

 

First off, when you say "nittos" do you mean the 555R ?

Care to elaborate on this?

 

Yeah, the 555R drag radials.


For my car I just need something a little better than street tires.

 

1.8s on street tires for me

 

the 555rs i had before have a 400 treadwear, they suck...


if you really want a nice street tire that hooks, look at the BFGs, if you want a tire on some rims just for the track, MT all the way..

 

I know a guy with an H/C full weight 6spd LS1 bird that cuts high 1.6s and low 1.7s all day long on his 555Rs - he said he thinks that they recently changed the rubber compound on the 555R because his latest set (that he just put on about a month ago) is quite a bit stickier than his previous two sets.

Anyways the 555R isn't the best but it's not a bad compromise between street tire wear and traction for the track. It definately ain't an MT on the track though. I have the 555Rs and they are worlds better than even high end Z rated tires on the track on my car - they are no problem in the rain and also wear well - I've got probably 40 passes and burnouts on them and about 8000 miles and they have about 3/32nd left - MOST of that wear occurred in a single 4 day span after I did suspenison changes on my car and didn't immediately get an alignment (1.7 and 1.9 deg toe out on either side). Were it not for those 4 days I am convinced I could get through this year and half of next year on the same set of tires (say 15000 miles and another 50 track passes).

 

yeah, i heard nitto changed the compound too. it really depends on what you are looking for on the tires...

 

+1

IMO, they were a great set of DRs for my first season of track experience (my 555Rs have a treadwear rating of 250), I could easily do 50 more runs on them as well

 

Nitto's has excellent treadwear and can be daily driven (even in rain). M/T's are obviously better but not as streetable.

 

I already tried that and I actually ran slower. If I remember right when I first got them you had told me that I would bog and you were right.

 

same here

for daily driver, 555Rs

for a treack tire and weekend fun, mickey thompson

 

nitrous will get rid of the bog!!

 

150 out of the hole did the trick for me

 

I just looked these up. Apparantly there are 3 differant versions of nitto drag tires.

What do you guys think of the NT-01's? Is anyone using these right now?

 

There's only one nitto drag radial - the 555R. The 555R-II and the NT-01 are not drag tires, they are R comps for road course/autoX use.

 

^^ cool i didn't know that...i was confused with the 555r and the version II

 

Im going to go ahead and try some Nittos. UPS just dropped off some new wheels a little while ago.