juanmedina

Well I made the mistake of putting Ultra high performance goodyear all season tires on my 18x9 light wheels; these tires suck and I can not get anything better than a 2.0 60'. I try all tire pressures and been two the track multiples times; I am really frustrated...

I don't want to buy a dedicated set of drag radials since I only go drag racing maybe 5-10 times a year. I want street tires that provide the best 60's; my understanding is that soft wall tires are the best for launching. Right now I have a square setup with 255/45/18, I think I can go to 265/40 or a 275/40.

Who has cut the best 60' on street tires? what tires were they running?

I was able to cut a 1.6 60' in my wrx with general UHP exclaim tires 215/40/17

idoke1

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You actually did good for street tires. Im still in the 2.1 range and trying to break under 2.0.

JDMV8

iTrader: (6)

High performance Yokohama advans (forgot the model #), r888s (noisy), Bridgestone re71r, Bridgestone re11, Michelin pss, high performance bf Goodrich...you have many choices for your tire diameter (18) as well.
Good luck!

Gymkata

Max Performance Summer Category:
You would probably be best served with Michelin Pilot Super Sport or Yokohama Advan V105

Extreme Performance Summer Category:
I don't have experience with any tires from this category, but I just researched and purchased a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE-71Rs and fully expect them to be the best all around tire in the category. My guess is they will be very good at launch.

You could go more aggressive than that, but then you'd be driving a track tire on the street.

Bakewalk

I run 18" Nitto NT 05's for my drag setup. Not the NT 05R's, those are drag tires, the street legal ones. They grip very well.

juanmedina

well I just purchased two Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires for my stock wheels to see if they hook better at the track than the current tires before buying a complete set. Let me know how you like the Potenza RE-71Rs, if you can get a better 60' than with the PSS I will buy them for my 18" wheels.

Justind27

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1.973 on federal ss 595's lol, they've stood up to the beating so far. (I'm running a giken 350 diff too) this track was also about 100 ft shy of true 1/8th mile

smokyis350

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Without a doubt, Michelin Supersports