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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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is the nitto 555r tire as good as the mickey thompson et street tire.....what are the pro and cons .....thanks for your help
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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the mt's are better for the track the nitto's for daily driving, but i would get some of the new mt drag radial
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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i still like the nittos. The MT's should hook a little better just because they have bigger flat patches on them and less groves for water channeling

Dunno how they will do on the street though.. probably wear and suck in water similar to the BFG's. I never had wet road probs with my nittos
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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how well will the nittos work with a 100hp shot of nitrous in first gear.....auto trans
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Old Jun 15, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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i've tried both et-streets&drags and could not hook that good at all. look at www.intercotire.com look at the m&h racemaster musclecar drags. the 305/40/16 on a lt1 rim pulled my front tires(stock f1's)m6,off the ground.they were also 5-year wornout old too,i cut 1.5-60foots. just think what a new set would do. 1.4-60's in a m6? maybe. nittos would be better for street use,alot better, but for track,it's m&h. goodluck.

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Old Jun 15, 2004 | 09:37 PM
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how well will the nittos work with a 100hp shot of nitrous in first gear.....auto trans
You'd probably blow your tires off on the launch. Spray it in 2nd after you get moving or put a real tire on there....ie: ET street
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 07:07 AM
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thanks guys im going with the mickey thompson et street just found a place that has them new i should have them soon.....do you think i can spray in first gear with the mickeys os shood i spray in second gear???
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I have a freind that pulled 1.67 60 ft's on et streets with a bone stock comaro and 100 shot dry kit spraying out the hole. he ran 11.6's in the 1320.
Switched to NIttos and ran 1.65 60 ft's and went 11.45 because of more mph. went from 116 to 118 just changing tires.
I have seen more mph with nittos myself untill I switched to 4.30 gears and now I need the extra height of the et streets.
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