st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
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st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
are any of you guys hooking at the track with this combo? i just got back from my first try, crappy track and only ran twice after waiting for 3 hours... first try i heated them up got to the line and nailedd it, lots of smoke and little forward aceeleration 2.4 60ft. next up i stalled it to 1000 rpm and let into it a little easier at about 1/2 throttle they broke loose and a 2.2 60 was the end product. i think my first problem was little track prep. what do you guys think????
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It's the track prep! I have seen people hook on smaller nitto's just cause the track was well prepped. That is a good tire, just try to get your track to do something about the ice capades on the starting line. The 3500 hits hard off the line, but with some practice you'll get it to launch. I have a vig. 3200 and nitto 275/40's and have ran 1.70 60' times on a semi prepped track.
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Re: st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
I had a couple of 1.67 60 fts on 245-50-16 Nittos with mt ST3500. A bad pass was low 1.70's <img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />
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Moving to the Drag Racing section... <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
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Re: st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
1.58-1.60 on 245/16 inch nittos @20PSI <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
vig3600/3.23's also(stock internally)
trick is the burnout and checking the tire PSI after EVERY run.. you want to make sure it stays at 18-20, cause after each burnout it will rise about 2-3psi. I go around water box and back into the very edge of it. Roast tires for 4-6seconds, ease ahead and hold for a little while to make sure all the water gets off and spin them up to the tree a little.
they hooked fine before I did the cam mod.. now with a 224 cam I can only cut 1.64's spinning. Im getting et streets this spring <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
vig3600/3.23's also(stock internally)
trick is the burnout and checking the tire PSI after EVERY run.. you want to make sure it stays at 18-20, cause after each burnout it will rise about 2-3psi. I go around water box and back into the very edge of it. Roast tires for 4-6seconds, ease ahead and hold for a little while to make sure all the water gets off and spin them up to the tree a little.
they hooked fine before I did the cam mod.. now with a 224 cam I can only cut 1.64's spinning. Im getting et streets this spring <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
I've run 1.62's on drag radials on a decently prepped track, and a best of 1.51 on an awesomely prepped track.
But this was with 275/60 15's, a tp4400 and 4.10's.
What pressure are you running?
I found my nitto's to hook better with more pressure than less. I ran the 1.51@21 psi
But this was with 275/60 15's, a tp4400 and 4.10's.
What pressure are you running?
I found my nitto's to hook better with more pressure than less. I ran the 1.51@21 psi
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Re: st3500 and 315 nittos = smoke
Well I am deffinately going to try it again and see what happens. But I believe I may get some et drags for the strip and go to regular street tires for everyday. The nittos actually hook fairly well on the street unless it gets cold out and then forget it.