What Tyres Without Braking Traction In 2nd Gear?

[Robo's]

My Toyo RA1 are shot. Now with over 250rwkw i am braking traction in 2nd gear under boost.

What tyres do you run and does it hold traction in 2nd gear with over 250rwkw? Can normal street tyres do it or do i need to run semi slicks again?? Over $400 a pop, they arent cheap. I heard Nankung's arent bad in the dry, but will they hold the skyline down?

[tek_01]

rofl nankangs... they about $130 a pop for a 17" 225 which is cheap

i have them all round on my car and the rears break traction coming onto boost in 1st and JUST hold on in second

im running standard turbo too, dyno'd at just over 200rwkw so unless you got some 265s on there i dont think theyll hold

[Nismo_God]

mate toyo t1r's are great but pricey....i have hankook k104 sports which arnt too expenseive and they hold pretty good....holds 2nd hitting boost...but not first....thats with 205kw

[skybarge]

haha yeah i had 255/50/16s on my old GTR rims 16x8, worked quite well actually i was surprised

Bridgestone Potenza GIIIs are good too, although wear out quite fast

Toyo Proxies are alright as well, just depending on your budget, go for eitehr or those 3

[GTRsean]

295's with toyos on the back of my mates soarer. He now has traction in second!

[Robo's]

295's with toyos on the back of my mates soarer. He now has traction in second!

Im running 255/40/17, i dont think a slight size increase will hold it down

[Bullet32]

My R32 has almost 250rwkw and I use Federal 595,s which are great for traction, but its torque thats the real problem, if you have heaps of torque then you will spin tyres pretty easily no matter what you use.

You could keep using UHP street tyres but you will probably find that you will get the same result from most of them, if you use semi slicks you will get more traction but semi slicks wont really reach max grip levels on the street as they wont heat up enough.

You could use something along the lines of the Federal 595RS which is more of a street semi slick (not R compound) with a very soft compound and lots of rubber on the road, check them out at www.federaltyres.com.au.

[Robo's]

Yeah heard about those Federal's RS, they seem around the $400 mark as well. I'll shop around.

Yeah torque is the problem. Running high boost, she comes on pretty hard in the middle and thats where the problem is

[GTRsean]

Im running 255/40/17, i dont think a slight size increase will hold it down

He had 265 17x9

He now has 295 30 R20 20x10

More to do with the better quality rubber overall, but still fat.

1JZ GTE VVTI on 1.1bar, manual has a shit tin of torque due to VVTI, so it does have issues, hence the wider rubber.

[STATUS]

look at your alignment (static and dynamic), RA-1's should hold that sort of power when hot. Have you looked at changing cradle angle to inprove traction? we just fitted Super pineapples to the drift car and have found a BIG gain in traction over the std ones.

we run 3mm total toe in

.2-1deg neg depending on track

adjust traction arms to suit ride height (these reduse toe change during suspensiontravel)

Cradle angle increased by about 20mm (front down)

[Beer Baron]

yeah I found adjusting the length of the traction arm to make the upright more upright helped with traction under hard acceleration.

[Robo's]

look at your alignment (static and dynamic), RA-1's should hold that sort of power when hot. Have you looked at changing cradle angle to inprove traction? we just fitted Super pineapples to the drift car and have found a BIG gain in traction over the std ones.

we run 3mm total toe in

.2-1deg neg depending on track

adjust traction arms to suit ride height (these reduse toe change during suspensiontravel)

Cradle angle increased by about 20mm (front down)

Yeah the RA1's definately hold it down in 2nd gear but they are well and truely past their use by date. Looking for some cheaper replacements but looks like i will have to use R series tyres.

[mickr33]

Hey Robo how's it going. Im running the Nankang nsII's on the back in a 255 on 18's. That's the widest i could go due to the offset of the rims. They are not to bad on very grippy roads but generally do break traction in second with 260kw. So i think you might be dissapointed with these tyres. Hope this help's.

[GTshortie]

Robo i'm running 225/50/r16 Toyo T1R's and i'm getting traction in 2nd gear with 225 odd rwkw in the dry of course.

You could always consider Toyo T1R's in 255/40r17

[daineisdabomb]

NO TRACTION!! u got a 1.88 second 60ft time!! r u just f@*kin round or wot??

[Robo's]

NO TRACTION!! u got a 1.88 second 60ft time!! r u just f@*kin round or wot??

Read the post, my tyres are shot!!!

Anyway ended up getting to Falken Azenis RT615. There still new and a little bit skatey, might test them out this weekend