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Originally Posted by Kerry
Would you tink the 555 hooks better than the nt05r. ? I have the nts and seem no better than the toyos but maybe i did warm them up enough. I usaly just do a quick stab to kind of clean them a little then hit it
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Some of it has to do with the size more then the compound. The NT05 should hook better being it has a 0 tread wear compared to the 555r 100. My brother has the NT05r 315/35/20 on his Hellcat and they hook good.
That being said I can pull bottom 3's 0-60 with these 555r's on the street. It does require a light first gear burn out to clean them off. That is with all nannies off. TCS has pretty much been disabled and my trans shifts with full torque. It's by no means dead hooking. If I was at the track on a tire I would expect mid 2's...so a lot of it is the driver and knowing how to modulate the throttle. You can't just stomp it out of the hole. I normally break stall to 1500rpm, roll into the throttle as I let off the brake(which flashes the converter a little), then put it too the floor linearly. So yea it's definitely not utilizing all of it's power on the street out of the hole, but imo a low 3 second range 0-60 on the street is moving pretty good regardless of the car or amount of power in a front engine car. I'm sure I could break into the 2's with a drag pack...I'm still riding on the factory 20's.
On my 2002 H/C/I A4 z28 which was around 450whp. I had both the Nitto 555r and MT Street SS in 275/50/15. I could pull 3.5 0-60 on the street with either tires. What I like about the Nitto is they ride better, last longer, and hook pretty much just as good on the street. At the track the Mickey should do better. I also do not like how those super soft compound tires ball the tread up on the street and look like the rubber is peeling off. That seems to hurt the traction when they do that.
Also, I spun easier with my SS on stock run flats with light bolt-ons and e85. Best 0-60 was 3.9 but normally averaged 4.0-4.1. When I put the 555r's on I could pull 3.5's all day and even pulled a 3.4 once.