i went to the drag strip today and i spun tires all the way threw the quarter mile i just dont no what size slicks i can get that will fit my 18s and clear brembos i have a 09 lnf any ideas

 

Get some redline wheels or any 17" cheap wheels and take a look at the new M&H slick in this link.


Buschur Racing comes through with the help of M&H Racemaster! - evolutionm.net

 

You will not find slicks that will fit the 18s. Not drag slicks. You want a big, tall, soft sidewall for drag racing. Pick up a set of 2 ion redline wheels, and get either a set of 17" drag bike slicks, or get drag radials. Or if you wanna get really serious, get LSJ front brakes, grind them down, and run 15" wheels. Otherwise you're just gonna have to learn to drive better, you can't just hammer down the whole way down the strip. You gotta know how to launch these cars.

 

get lsj brakes and i can sell you 2 of the 16" g6 rims i'm not using for mine ^_^

 

will those drag radials fit redline wheels? and will redline wheels fit the brembos? what are the specs?

 

Yes they will fit but i would recommend a 3mm spacer but not needed.

No spacer

 

will those slicks fit them though? they were 245/45 17 and the ion wheels are 7.5 wide same as our stock 18s...

 

7" wide but they will work for straight line traction, but i wouldn't be flying around curves with them

 

yes they will fit fine. You might have a rubbing issue while lowered, but you really shouldn't be driving to and from the track on slicks anyways.

 

lmao haha obviously strictly for the strip, i wouldnt trade our stock 18's for anything on the street, i just need to get some nitto nt05s whent he weather warms up a bit, i spin my dws all the way through second, i hate them.

 

does anyone have experience with the nt05s? i have read the have a nice soft compound, and are as close to a drag radial you can get on a street tire, i wonder if i get some if theyll hook good at the track?

 

If you want a nitto drag radial look at the NT05R. The R tires are the actual drag radials. The normal 05s are just summer street tires.

 

What's the widest aftermarket rim that can fit on the ss?

 

Did you see the Drag radial in the link? That's what i'm going with for the street and it's fiberglass belted so it weighs less and will have a softer sidewall.

 

Op Mickey Thompson makes a 245/40/18 drag radial that will fit the stock TC wheel and MT has the stickiest DR's out.

 

yeah but they dont have them as big as 18 i was thinking the same thing, just get 2 ion wheels and black them out, and get those radials... or keep my stock wheels and get nt05 or nt05r... i have a spare stock wheel in my basement so i could buy 2 ion wheels or one tc wheel plus rubeer for either way i go...

 

245/40 will rub badly if lowered though? correct me if im misinformed... but Im getting my H&R springs put on within a month or 2 so ill be kinda low

 

I'm not familiar with HR's and how low they are but i have seen a few threads about 245 fitment.

 

yeah, M/T recommends at least an 8 inch wide rim too for those 18 inch radials... and H/R springs fill the well pretty well with the stock tire size, so i am reluctant to go any more than 235/40 for tires... if M/T made that size I'd be all over it.

 

The pic i posted above was a 225/45/17 BFG DR and i could tuck the tire without a problem on coilovers.

 

howd they hook up? what 60's and et's you get on them?

 

Thats prob what I'll run. ZZP told a few people as long as people don't get on their cars below 4krpm, the stock trans should be ok. I can have a really high rev limit with the ZZP built engine. Shouldn't have any issue revving to 7800 or a lil higher.

 

I don't track my car so i don't have any 60ft times, but i can roach them with ease @60mph. I'm making a bunch more power than you though so they would probably be alright for a bolt on, tuned TC. You have to learn throttle control with any tire you get though cause you're gonna spin.

 

They were built to be easy on the drive train cause they were breaking **** with the Hoosiers DR's. Its basically like a wrinkle wall slick for the street.

 

yeah, i've learned... i used to rost the stock conti's back when i had a stock tc 3 years ago, now i have another one, and i just dynoed 320/355 and the dws just cant take anything below 3rd gear, even with tq management in 1st.