im starting to get the feeling Kumhos suck for drag racing...... am i correct??






oh i wanted to say hi to natronathon, havent heard from you sence the old eagle talon story that was up to what, 30 pages?

 

lol, i remember that story. I gotta say im a bit proud of that thread, one of the longest ive ever seen!!!

I had another kill recently...turbo integra. there is a post about it in the street racing section.

and LiquidFire350,

hello right back at ya!

 

that was one of my favorites, plus the pictures of that girl, it was like the first week i started coming here, that was great, had me laughing the whole time

 

you'll be fine with the khumos as long as you don't mind spinning them...

 

they are great tires...for passenger cars only..... they last long...they handle well...cornering is good looks some what expensive... but BEST BANG FOR A BUCK!~! i would get it for my DD...

 

that was one of my favorite threads as well, i dont think the administrators liked it though, they shut it down on me

on the tire subject:

Whats the best choice then for a tire with good treadlife (fish tailing cant be avoided sometimes, handling, and MOST IMPORTANTLY good drag racing traction. rain traction would be nice, but im not too worried about that. as long as they dont hydroplane at 70 im happy.

 

Drag Radials. Plain and simple. If you want a good driver tire with awesome track capability, I'd really go with the Nitto 555R. I drive mine everyday, and they offer better wet traction than my F1's did. For the front, just get the Kumho's.

 

ive got kuhmo ecsta 711's on my dak r/t and was impressed with them. i figure when i get my 17s i will give some kumho's a shot

 

I absolutely love the Kuhmos on my SS. I'm pulling consistent 1.8 60' times with a best of 1.85 on these with a M6. I'm not a very good driver so I know these times would be repeatable by someone more experienced. The tire seems so hard when you touch it but hooks so well for me.

 

oh, and another big hello to natronathon, i havent seen you on here in a while. hows that goober that you work with doing anyway?

 

oh yea, he ever get his oil leak fixed

 

lol i dunno, he up and quit awhile back. funny thing, now there is a new girl (fairly hot) workin there who drives a talon as well. Its all good, she just likes how the car looks, first time i said somethin about it, she just said it was a daily driver, nothin more.

Hello to everyone, its been awhile since i been in New LS1 area, ive spent some time recently in the exhaust area, getting ready for stainless works Lt's and tsp true duals.

man i cant wait.

thanks everybody for the info on the tires!

If anyone ever see's me online (aol im) my name is rebell2004 feel free to message me!

 

also, i think everyone should check out the ls1 chat room at ls7power.com

you have to register to see the link to chat which is in the upper corner, but i think it offers a cool way to chill with ur fellow ls1 owners in real time!

 

Alright, for everyone's benefit, if you have comments to make about these tires you will need to specify whether you are speaking about the MXs or the 712s. If you've already made this distinction, then I'm not talking to you.

 

you tell em andy!


i take it that the MXs suck?

and its funny how so many people remember the conversations in that talon thread!

 

thats one of the funniest stories ive heard, right up there with the firebird guy who forgot to put his supercharger back on

 

oh and im sorry about losing track of the thread, so back to the tires

 

ts ok, this is natro's thread, we can drift a little!

that supercharger one was a good story too.

 

Actually, I have nothing bad to say about the MXs. I mean, there's only so much you can expect from a street tire and they've done everything well.

 

yeah, if you want snatchtastic 60ft times at the track you should buy a cheap set of stocker rims and get slicks. youre right, you can only get so much out of a street tire.