Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
Likewise Nitto's for me were night and day difference than 888's
I ran my first 10's with ease on little 245/45x16 Nittos. Actually a tyre I reckon would be very good for street use too. They're soft, but not silly soft they'd get chewed up the way the likes of MT's etc do
Pod is just such a strange surface...some tyres you think should grip well, just don't. Although most drag type tyres should grip whether burnout or not unless you do get them wet or very dirty or something
I might be the same with my r888s 😂🤣 lol bloody hope not pal
They grip phenomenal on tarmac I've always rated them, it seems so far my 3.14 time is quickest with road tyres on unprepped tarmac on gtr cartel so they say
Previous owner struggled and best was 3.57 which may well of been on a proper drag strip aswell, all that's really changed is the turbos gt35 upto gt37 equivelant
The turbos are so big the boost comes in slowly I think that's what's helping with the grip tbh, lag doesn't bother me with launch control and a dct box it doesn't matter, and loads of scope left for alot more power if I ever decide to go further
Im not gonna go balls out first run though as much as I want to, I'd rather start at low boost and if all ok ramp it up each run, at least if I get a problem IL be running less power and less chance of a breakage, every time I've been to pod in the past wheel hop has been horrendous so I'd rather not go straight out 1326 whp and leave my box on the start line lol