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Old 21-02-2005, 12:59 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by xr8888
About to purchase some 2nd hand Nitto tyres ( 555R's 245x45x17) to use soley for the drags.

There has been some comments on the forum lately about people using "STREET TYRES" and getting some really good times which is a great result.

I plan to use these Nittos for 2 reasons:

1.....to save my Dunlop 9000's
2.....to get a better time at the track

My question is a simple one I hope.....do you think I would get a better time with an edit without the Nittos or no edit but with Nittos?

I ask this because some people seemed to question my cars 13.42 because I was running Nittos and this gave me a greater advantage however I would've thought the edit gives you an advanatge as well, as does changing diff gears, and revised cold air etc etc...

Are these 555R's Street legal and do people perceive that by running the tyres it is "streching the rules"....I would've thought that if they are street legal then all they are doing is allowing the car to take full advantage of what other mods have been done to the car.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers

Brad
Mate, its your car, noones questioning your car that i can see, its just ppl have different opinions of whats a street car, and whats not. Tyres are going to always be the weak link unless you run a good drag tyre. Its upto you to decide what tyre u use. Times can be had with street tyres, they dont need to be nittos ect.

Tuning an engine with a chip or an edit isnt the same as running a race tyre. IMO

End of the day race with what u are comfortable with. If u had problems comming to GRIP with the street tyres use the nittos. Either way have fun.
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