Has anyone compared the old Nitto 555R drag radial versus their new NT05R drag radial? Pros Cons? I'm guessing by the tread design that the 555R would be better in the rain and the NT05R would be better in dry conditions. Does the NT05R need a long burnout as compared to the 555R? Any opinions or real life testing that you guys have done?

 

I've been wondering the same. I know that those old Nittos have proven to be short of useless for the local fbody crew around here, wet and dry conditions. Best times I've seen were 1.90 60' times on a guy's 35th SS, turn around and slapped on the MT ET Streets and went 1.5s

 

My best on the 555R so far was 1.70 but they need a very good burnout. Interested to know if the new ones hook better with less of a burnout.

 

The only DOT drag radial worth having is the M&H streetmaster. Those tires freaking hook

 

I cut a 1.69 60ft on nitto 555r's and went 11's many times. You gotta get a good burnout.

 

I would say the Hoosier DR's work pretty well too.

I run the 555R's on my street car and they have decent dry and wet traction. I have not tried the NT05's yet.

 

i was at the track today and i watched a few guys with the new nittos cutting 1.6 60 foots. even on a 20 tire.

 

I have gone 1.7s in the new nt05r but I fail at burnouts. They do hook like a **** on the street . But I now need new ones as I had them on for a whole yr and this past frieday I could not hook. Cutting 2.0 , 1.9, 1.8s lol ... I'm getting me. New set cause I like these new nittos

 

mickey thompson

 

i switched from the 555r's to the nt05r's and love them. i don't have much street time on them due to the weather, but i feel like they hook alot better street and strip. 555r- best 1.79 60ft, and always chirped 2nd and 3rd. nt05r- best 1.65 60ft with soft launch, and not the first sign of wheel spin the whole run.

 

too bad the thread is about nitto not mts ... plus the mts are **** in the rain as the nt05r are bad *** , i can go 70mph in the rain and still be good

 

My Z06 went 10.56 @ 132 with a 1.56 60ft using the NT05R's.

 

I dont have the nto5rs but i have ridden in a few cars with them and they do hook well.

 

This is something I wanted to know, I get nervous driving my car in the rain and I do all highway driving. I do daily the car and my next set of tires will probally be a set of nitto nt05r's in a 315/35/17. How do the nitto nt05r's compare to the nt555r's as far as width goes. I like how the BFG drags are wide as hell and the nt555r's are smaller. Are the NT05r's wider then the nt555r's? Thanks any input would be appreciated sorry to thread high jack

 

That is also a good question. It sounds like the NT05Rs hook better with less of a burnout but how is the width, especially with a 315 tire? And for those guys posting about MTs, I know about them but those are pretty much a track dedicated tire since they are useless in the rain and their tread life is very low. I managed to get 30K miles out of my 555rs and posted pics about how they looked afterwards.

 

Never done a real side by side comparison, but the 555r's work well for me. the nt05's are softer. a buddy with a 2010 ss had 555r's first then got nt05's and said they were better.

My nt555r's hook well on the streets with rougher pavement, but to hook well at the track you need to get them pretty hot. But i mean, its that way for all tires to an extent.

 

what about tire pressure when it come to 555r's..I was told on the strip bring down to 25psi for a good hook! is it true

 

Ive ran as low as 15psi and as high as 25 @ the track on 315/40/17 nt55r's to see what works best. The lower psi it the better it seems to hook. Be careful going as low tho because they do not have collapsable sidewalls. Next time at the track im going to start out around 18 and adjust up/down from there

 

At the track I would run mines at 20psi.

Here's the thread about how they looked after 30K miles

https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...ls-equals.html

 

Hell man, if you got 30,000 out of those you are lucky. Mine are almost bald and have maybe 10k on them, but i guess thats what 15-20 passes at the track plus daily driving will do