275/40-17 Drag Radial, NT05R or Toyo Proxes TQ?
12-23-2015, 07:26 AM
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I'm still a huge fan of the TQs for an overall performing tire. They drive great on the street and I was able to get low 1.7 60s out of them. I switched to the hoosier drs for strictly track use, but I'll continue to run the tqs for my street tires. I didn't drive the car as much as I wanted to this year so the toyos didn't wear much. I probably have about 1/2 the tread left and that's with 2 years of use, some burnouts and some track passes.
12-23-2015, 09:20 AM
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I have almost 7k miles on my tq's right now. Like I said before, they just got into the wear bars and have 60-70 track passes on them. This turbo setup really inialated them though. I could see people getting the claimed 10k+ miles out of them if they only drove them in warm weather.
Realistically if they are at the track alot, then I'd say 5k-8k miles.....more towards the 8k+ side if you run them to the wear bars. If they are mostly street driven and occasionally at the track then I'd say 10k+. I think I read a few people got about 15k out of them, but I think that's probably rare and we'll past the safe limit lol
Realistically if they are at the track alot, then I'd say 5k-8k miles.....more towards the 8k+ side if you run them to the wear bars. If they are mostly street driven and occasionally at the track then I'd say 10k+. I think I read a few people got about 15k out of them, but I think that's probably rare and we'll past the safe limit lol
12-23-2015, 09:31 AM
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I have almost 7k miles on my tq's right now. Like I said before, they just got into the wear bars and have 60-70 track passes on them. This turbo setup really inialated them though. I could see people getting the claimed 10k+ miles out of them if they only drove them in warm weather.
Realistically if they are at the track alot, then I'd say 5k-8k miles.....more towards the 8k+ side if you run them to the wear bars. If they are mostly street driven and occasionally at the track then I'd say 10k+. I think I read a few people got about 15k out of them, but I think that's probably rare and we'll past the safe limit lol
Realistically if they are at the track alot, then I'd say 5k-8k miles.....more towards the 8k+ side if you run them to the wear bars. If they are mostly street driven and occasionally at the track then I'd say 10k+. I think I read a few people got about 15k out of them, but I think that's probably rare and we'll past the safe limit lol
12-23-2015, 05:42 PM
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I can actually give you a direct comparison between the 555R and TQ since I had both on my Mustang. Basically the TQ was better with dry traction. In terms of wear, wet traction and handling it was very similar to the 555R. IMO the TQ was better overall since it gave up nothing to the 555R and had better traction. Plus it's a wide tire which is always a plus
Thanks HCI... how well did those TQ perform on highway pulls?..lol
And did you have any issues with them in the rain?
12-23-2015, 05:53 PM
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My Mustang was 400 rwhp on a 100 shot and from 2nd gear on it stuck totally fine. In the rain it did just as well as the 555r which was pretty good for a drag radial IMO
12-25-2015, 08:15 PM
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HCI2000SS I saw in a thread while researching that you run the LNC 2000. I will be using it to pull timing but I also thought it was capable of window switch, am I wrong?
Also in general how is the install if just using the timing retard feature?
Also in general how is the install if just using the timing retard feature?
12-26-2015, 09:29 AM
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I'm just using it for retarding the timing on the nitrous. It's not that hard of a install. Just have to be patient and follow the instructions to the letter. There's no window switch function though.
12-26-2015, 03:27 PM
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12-26-2015, 05:05 PM
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Ok, what window switch are you running? And say I did not want to spray first gear at all, could it be set to activate in second on do you know or should I go window switch with push button on my shifter to activate when I want? Sorry lol don't know how much you are into nitrous, just looking for ideas
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12-26-2015, 10:39 PM
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So are you just using a WOT switch? what happens if you were to miss a gear while spraying? Just asking, I dont know much about Nitrous. I'd love to put a 100-150 shot on my car but have always been unsure of whats really needed to spray it safely being a 6 speed.
12-26-2015, 11:14 PM
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So are you just using a WOT switch? what happens if you were to miss a gear while spraying? Just asking, I dont know much about Nitrous. I'd love to put a 100-150 shot on my car but have always been unsure of whats really needed to spray it safely being a 6 speed.
12-27-2015, 06:55 PM
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Keep in mind, in cold weather no drag radial is going to hook. Once it warms up you'll have more luck and also play around with tire pressure to see what works best.
12-27-2015, 07:03 PM
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