What tires for heads/cam car!!
08-11-2006, 11:24 AM
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What tires for heads/cam car!! Well, yesterday I was surrounded by a squad of hopped up civics. Went at the light and went 1/2 throttle from a roll to leave em. At half throttle I turned my BFG KDWS's into vapor, shifted to second 1/2 throttle, more smoke, third, smoke. It finally bit at 1/2 throttle in third and I started to pull the turbo civic behind me. It was embarrassing. ZERO traction. I need some street tires that will have at least a little life and some damn grip. NO DRAG RADIALS. I do too much highway driving to have Drag Radials. They would evaporate in 3 months. What would you all recommend for factory 10 spoke 17's? What is available? BFG KD's are sweet, but for the price and low life they have I could buy 2 sets of nitto DR's for the price. Need help.
What do you have to prove racing an idiot in f'ing Honda Civic 
08-11-2006, 12:44 PM
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I agree with what these guys have already told you. If you want any kind of decent traction on the street, your only choice is a set of drag radials. I have a set of BFG KDW's for my stock 10-spokes and spin them like no other from a 30mph or a 60mph punch unless I feather the throttle.
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08-11-2006, 03:34 PM
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Sorry, didn't mean to be a smart ***. But how many people that get a brand new head/cam package could resist, when surrounded by 5 civics poppin their blow off valves on their turbos on an empty road at 3am. NO ONE ON THIS BOARD!
Just ordered 2 Nitto DR's from discount tire. Guess I'll have to deal with new tires every 4 months.
Just ordered 2 Nitto DR's from discount tire. Guess I'll have to deal with new tires every 4 months.
08-12-2006, 03:30 PM
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i heard the nitto nt555 tires are a good compound...i am in the same boat....in late may i put my cam/intake/pulley package in my ss and man my yokohams would hook for ****...and then about a month ago there was a huge get together at our local track and i got drunk and did like a 5 minute stand still burnout in the parking lot and wasted my tires so now im looking for some good street tires but not drag radials because my tranny needs a rebuild so i wont be doing hard launches any time soon....just need some good street tires
08-12-2006, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Meanie
But how many people that get a brand new head/cam package could resist, when surrounded by 5 civics poppin their blow off valves on their turbos on an empty road at 3am.