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Old May 7, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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anything past a blip of the throddle im roasting tires need some grip here. have bmr panhard bar bmr torque arm bar bmr rear control arms le2 cammed 355 lt headers on and on and on do i just need sticker tires im running 275/45/18 goodyear f1 runflat tires on rear
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Old May 7, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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From my understanding run flat tires are pretty stiff.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 04:20 PM
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Same problem with my Goodyear GSC EMT's. Anything below 40 mph forget it (smoke). My next set will be some Nitto's heard good things about them.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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Are you wanting a street tire? Drag radials would help a lot...
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Old May 7, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Auto or manual? What's your pinion angle? Lower control arm angle ? LCA relo brackets ? Car lowered?
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Old May 7, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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Just slapped on a new set of MT Street Radials.

I wouldn't recommend them for a DD. As they're soft and sticky=Ain't gonna last long.

But the hook is ridiculous. I've yet to kick her out of a dig, but she would break the old set loose at 50... and these had yet to break much at all from a roll.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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Put a tire on it... how do you expect to hook 1200 ft lbs of tq on street tires.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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Nittos 555r's are sticky on the street and you wont die in the rain
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Originally Posted by Dave357LT1
Nittos 555r's are sticky on the street and you wont die in the rain
Very true
Mine on the LS are BALD and still work great in the rain and hook good from a dig.
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