Nitto 555R or Mickey Thompson ET Street?

[Oh Three Cobra]

I want to do an event on Nov 13th. I plan on putting these on the stock wheels and then switching them for street tires after the race. The widest the ET streets come is a 275. With the Nittos I can get a 315. The Nittos look like they would last alot longer as they have a 6/32 tread depth vs the 2/32 of the Mickey Thompsons. Price is within a few $ so its negligable. I plan to launch the car semi-hard, but I don't want to snap an axle. What do you guys think?

 

[TTA89]

Two totally different tires. The Nittos are a sticky street tire, the ETs are a track tire that you can drive on the street if you have too but they suck.

If you have street tires and are just going to switch these for the track I would order a set of MT Drag Radials. They drive excellent on the street so you can swap them at home and hook great at the track.

I run 315 Nittos as my street tire and use the MTs for the track. Ever since I bolted on the MTs, they drive so nice I haven't taken them off!

 

[Oh Three Cobra]

thanks for the input

 

[03InThe11s]

mickey thompsons. btw, nitto's tend to run small. my BFG 275/40/17's were wider than a buddies nitto 315/35/17 555r

 

[blk04cobra1]

no question...MT's all the way

 

[Oh Three Cobra]

I ordered the ET Streets Today.

 

[postban]

I ordered the ET Streets Today.

Good move.

Nittos for DD, they will last and hook some on the street.
M/T for racing. They are terrible DD tires, will wear super fast, and handle wobbly but are great for the track.

 

[Oh Three Cobra]

Now I just need an extra pair of wheels so I don''t have to unmount my street tires and mount the drag radials every time I go race.

 

[03cobrarocks]

Good move.

Nittos for DD, they will last and hook some on the street.
M/T for racing. They are terrible DD tires, will wear super fast, and handle wobbly but are great for the track.

yea I made the mistake of getting the m/ts for daily driving :mj:

I use to have 275 nittos out back and wish I would have just got them agian but no I didnt think a tire could hook awesome at the track but horrible on the street... guess I learned that lesson the expensive way

 

[blackvenom77]

yea I made the mistake of getting the m/ts for daily driving :mj:

I use to have 275 nittos out back and wish I would have just got them agian but no I didnt think a tire could hook awesome at the track but horrible on the street... guess I learned that lesson the expensive way

Try BFG's next you won't be sorry!! Best of both worlds. ;-)

 

[Antex]

MT ET Street's for the track & MT DR's for the street here... :burnout:

 

[SpectorV]

also remember... you will pick rocks up and all kinds of crap that will eat up your rear bumper... just FYI with sticky tires

 

[Screamin Cobra]

mickey thompsons. btw, nitto's tend to run small. my BFG 275/40/17's were wider than a buddies nitto 315/35/17 555r

+1, true
bfg hooks up better but MT's will out do both bfg and nitto

 

[rACeRs]

My MT drag radials (275/50/15) work better than my bfg drags (315/35/17) on and off the track.

 

[PA SNAKE]

I too am looking for good "street tires"... I have the factory 17" 5 spoke chrome rims. I'm NOT sure of the width. I currently have 275/40/17's Eagles F1's all the way around.

I was looking at 2 Nitto's for the rear however I'm not sure how wide I can go on factory rims..??? Thoughts..??

Thanks

 

[rACeRs]

I too am looking for good "street tires"... I have the factory 17" 5 spoke chrome rims. I'm NOT sure of the width. I currently have 275/40/17's Eagles F1's all the way around.

I was looking at 2 Nitto's for the rear however I'm not sure how wide I can go on factory rims..??? Thoughts..??

Thanks

If you want to go with the nitto's you will want the 315/35/17's. They work great on the stock 17x9 wheels.

 

[PA SNAKE]

Racer... thanks for the feedback.... are they the widest tire I can put on there...??

 

[Lonewolf]

Has anyone tried the tires from this site? http://www.mandhtires.com/store.php

 

[forcefedcobra]

I have run 555r's on the street for years. they work well in the rain (that is if you arent an idiot) but with my new wheels (satin SSR GT3's) I am going to just run street tires and get a second set of wheels to mount up some MT ET streets for the track.

 

[707svt]

Two totally different tires. The Nittos are a sticky street tire, the ETs are a track tire that you can drive on the street if you have too but they suck.

If you have street tires and are just going to switch these for the track I would order a set of MT Drag Radials. They drive excellent on the street so you can swap them at home and hook great at the track.

I run 315 Nittos as my street tire and use the MTs for the track. Ever since I bolted on the MTs, they drive so nice I haven't taken them off!

M/T ET Drag Street are just as good for the street but the M/T ET Drag are not, two diff tiers. These are wider then BF & Nitto look better to IMO.