vosko you dont have a pic of your rear wheels do you?
does anyone make a low profile drag radial then? It looks like im going to be stuck with 18's

 

 

its neccesary a burnout for nittos 555r for drag racing ?

 

Nittos needs a small burnout, if smoke comes to the windows, I think you cook them to much.
Well they dont look as bad as i thought they would. I cant make up my mind on what to do. What air pressure are you using? How much life do you see out of them?

 

i run this weekend for first time with nittos. my time with potenzas is 12.3 .i think for 245/50/16 is good 32 pressure or not ?

 

i run 35psi and i have gotten a few thousand miles on them. i did tons of burnouts so that took off many miles although they are almost slicks now

 

thanks for the replies fellas.

 

vosko 35 psi for drag its ok ? (245/50/16 )

 

FOR STREET TIRES YOU SHOULD RUN BETWEEN 20-30 PSI AT THE DRAG STRIP.

ANDREW

 

i ran as long as 10psi on my drag radials...it hooked up better but top end was SCARY... car was all over the road.... i ran a 12.4 @ 90mph LOL nailed the brakes so i didnt' lose it and crash my car

 

Best way to set pressure on street tires, do a good burn out, look at the rubber on the street, it should be a solid thick(as wide as the tire) stripe. If there are two stripes, or one narrow one pressure is too high, drop it until you get the solid stripe. For the strip only go as low as 20 psi, but fill em up before driving home. Carl
(1.7 60ft on AVS sports)

 

i run 15 psi on my nittos......

vosko, why is your car sitting so low?

 

that was tokico's illumina's and RB springs!

i think it looks low because i was running the 275/40's on a 17x9 rim.... if i had a 17x10 rim it would stretch it more and look lower profile. i had to roll the fenders sooo bad when i put the tires on!

i have coilovers now and raised up the car a bit no more rubbing

 

I have those same struts and springs too. Same tires and same wheel size. Mine sits up about 2 inches higher than yours. I guess yours is just that more heavier???

 

vosko's running the old Racing Beat LSR (Land Speed Record) wheels

 

Vosko's whats the offset of those wheels?

 

you are running 18's it makes it looks like there is more gap..........

when you run 17's with 45's and 40's it makes for NO GAP! lol

 

yup one of a kind!!!!! i love em!

i got a set of mazdaspeed ms01s 17x8.5 17x9.5 in bronze. those are pretty nice too!

i now have 4 sets of rims for my FD haha

 

17x8 +38 an 17x9 +40 if memory serves me right. when i put the mazdaspeeds on i'm gonna have the wheel shop refinish them since they have seen some wear and tear due to age

 

Nuh uh!

My Work wheels are 17x9 rear and 17x8 front.

 

i dunno then ? i thought you were running 18's.....oops

 

18's? Noway, I can't afford 18's!

 

i have no idea the car was always that low. it didn't rub or anything..... i thought it was the rims but hmmm wonders never cease.... its my low rider!