If anyone remembers my year long (or longer) effort trying to figure out why my car immediately went sideways when the boost came on and then finally figuring out (after replacing lots of other things) that my 8 year old Nitto 275 60 15 drag radials were the culprit (HARD but still had tread), I replaced them with a set of the new 295 55 15 M/T Street drag radials. I finally got a chance to test them out yesterday. I punched it at about a 20 mph roll and it just hooked and went straight as an arrow, where before when the boost came in, it would head for the curb or the other lane. So then I tried nailing it at about 5 mph, same thing. NO spin and flat ass hauled. BUT the tires hooking keeps the engine from winding up like it did when the tires were spinning, so it SOUNDED like it wasn't accelerating as fast. But I suppose that is the difference between spinning and reving and not accelerating versus hooking and going.
More testing required (ha ha). I'm interested to see if I can launch on the street with a couple lbs of boost without going up in smoke.
So far, I'm impressed with the new tires.
More testing required (ha ha). I'm interested to see if I can launch on the street with a couple lbs of boost without going up in smoke.
So far, I'm impressed with the new tires.
