Those Nittos shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as the mickeys or the hoosiers.

 

what times did you run on these? how much to ship to 85306?

 

1.88 60 ft 13.28 on 17 lbs boost. Ill check on shipping.

shipping is $64 to Az. but I will split it with anyone who buys them. Glendale is 2000 miles from here thus the high rate. The tires alone were over $400.

 

My friend's 5 speed 84 Mustang gets 1.4-1.5 60's on 255 Hoosier DOTs. So I'm assuming they should at least hook decent on a Cobalt.

 

Well I went and had them mounted on the wheels and took them home today. I snapped a few pics but didn't get any of the test fit. I was worried at first about how close my 245/45-18 Falkens were to the strut spring support because these are wider and a tiny bit taller but everything fit perfect. I was so nervous that I just wasted $400 on something that wouldn't fit with the rim choice I made, I forgot to snap a pic of them on the car. One thing I cant decide on is what color to paint the wheels because the polished finish is in very bad shape. What do you guys think would be best on a black car? I won't use these on the street. Should I go with the stock silver color or do black or bronze? Anyway here are the pics.





I will start a new thread once I get some more pic of them on the car and a few runs on them.

 

Just make sure and take the turns slow as these do have a softer sidewall than a street tire and may roll. If its close it may rub at the end of the track.

 

looks good, should hook well

 

These are the lightest radial I have ever seen and they are super soft. I don't think they should expand much in the 1/8th which is what I will be doing most of my racing. It looks to have about a 1/2" to 1" of space between the tire and the strut spring support. I am going to Austin tomorrow but if I make it back early enough on Sunday I may head out to Kennedale(local track) and put a few passes on them.

 

a radial's amount of expanding is going to be little to none

 

hmmm these look interesting, i might mount them on my 17" SS/NA snow rims for some drag action!

 

My thought as well.

You should go for it. I thought the wheel was going to be way to small for this tire but its not to bad at all. While not ideal for this size tire the ss/na wheel will work nicely. You can see a little bit of a bulge from the rim being to small but nothing to worry about for track use.

I really hope I can make it to the track sunday so I can test to see what air pressure will work best.