Author Topic: I GOT NEW TIRES! --now with pictures-- (Read 2545 times)

reklund5 · « **on:** Jan 25, 2006, 06:24:42 PM »

...For my Supra!

The old Kumho's were worn so bad you could almost see the air in them! The inside edges, and well, most all of the rear tires, were shot. One of the rears has a bad case of tread separation- so bad it would shake violently at any speed over 40. 130 was scary as hell! (I didn't know about the tread separation at that tiime...or I wouldn't have been going 130...)

The plan was to put the Kumho's to a proper smoky death, with photographic proof. That plan failed miserably. I got my new tread in today at work, and went home at lunch to get the Supra. I found it with a dead battery and a flat tire. Turns out, that tire with the tread separation had gone flat (I guess it was REALLY worn in that ones spot...

) and I had left the trunk light on which killed the battery. Damn. I winched it onto the trailer and drug it back to work...sad that I couldn't do a big smoky burnout.

I did, however, get the new tires installed and balanced, and a new battery put in (the old one was so dead, it wouldn't even take a charge. I think I left that trunk light on in December...

) I went with the Nitto NT-555 extreme traction radial, and man, what a difference! They're so smooth and quiet- it's like a new car!

I swear its faster too...mainly because the tires don't just spin in 2nd and 3rd gear...

Ryan

kneedownnate · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 07:46:43 PM »

Frickin awesom! You get a decent deal through work I imagine? I'm gonna hafta get a set of tires for the 2wd soon and might have my brother order them through the dealership. I aint goin so sticky though, just want a good all around 225/60-15 for cheap....ish. Congrats man!

reklund5 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 08:01:56 PM »

I got a decent, but not a GREAT deal. Still cheaper than I could order them from anywhere online though. Check out Falken for cheap-ish tires that are pretty good.

Ryan

*FFC* · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 08:01:58 PM »

NIIIICE! $Beer Chug\'n$

whiteman · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 08:53:58 PM »

Nice! I got Toyo Prox, on my Contour. The work real, make the sedan feel like a sport car

.

What ever you do do not by Bridgestone Blizzaks, they came on the car and dont hold a line for

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kneedownnate · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 09:00:39 PM »

Contour

yotatilla · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 10:36:48 PM »

I have Pirelli P Zero Nero tires on my Chevelle, mounted on 17x8 American racing Torq Thrust II's. They made a huge difference in the handling department, especially without power steering. Got a good deal too, payed like $130 a tire. They are by far the best tires I have run on a car.

Sam

Ramrod · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 25, 2006, 10:39:45 PM »

yotilla how did that flamethrower work out for you?

whiteman · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 26, 2006, 09:32:57 AM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jan 25, 2006, 09:00:39 PM

Contour

Hey dont rub it in.

reklund5 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 09:58:52 PM »

Well, the new tread got me all interested in the old Supra again. Just letting it sit in the garage for the last 15 months, I forgot how much fun it is to drive. For a almost 20 year old car, it still just flat hauls ass, and runs with the new Mustangs and Vettes...

I got antsy and went out racing, which turned into an argument about who's cars makes how much HP.... so we ended up at the Dyno today. On pump gas at 25 psi, the old Supra laid down 387RWHP

On race fuel at the low altitude in Las Vegas it ran 418, so 387 at 5700' isn't too bad. Spanked the stupid Z28 that was there anyway...and my car has 2 less cylinders and is 15 years OLDER than that Camaro...

The bad news is that she's smoking a little...signs of the rings finally letting go under all that boost. I'm gonna drag my spare short block out of the shed and start to build it. I've got a set of .020" over pistons hiding out there for it... I figure I'll spend some time building it and swain-coat the entire thing, have it balanced really nicely, and then just re-use my extisting head an headstuds, since they've only got 2500 miles on 'em at most. I might step up and put a new turbo on, so I can lower the boost but keep the HP...who knows

For now, its fun to drive and only smokes a tiny bit when you hit the skinny pedal. (nothing like tromping the accelerator in my F250 turbodiesel...)

Ryan

wa4x4 · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 10:01:06 PM »

Khumo's are pretty good. My buddy just got those exact tires on his RX-7 but I doubt they will last long. He has toyo proxies on the front and khumo's in the rear, the toyos are ready to be replaced.

This spring I am moving to 18" rims and toyo proxies 4. Should be silky on the freeway and handle a lot better than the Potenza's I have now.

reklund5 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 10:11:46 PM »

I had Kumho's on the car and wasn't impressed. They're hard and wear for quite a while, but they don't stick to the road worth

They do, however, meet the requirements of cheap tires that smoke lots!

Ryan

kneedownnate · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 11:08:42 PM »

What is this "swain coat" you speak of?

wa4x4 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 11:14:39 PM »

Ok I must see said Supra. You gotta pic or 2?

kneedownnate · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 11:25:19 PM »

The part of said supra you really need to see is under the hood! Very very nice

wa4x4 · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 28, 2006, 11:42:56 PM »

I'm invisioning a twin ct26 turbocharged supra with a huge intake and nittos on the back. Well, half of nittos on the back.

reklund5 · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 29, 2006, 07:15:09 PM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jan 28, 2006, 11:08:42 PM

What is this "swain coat" you speak of?

I'll have to find a web address for you...but it's oldskool technology. Basically, you coat the inside of the crankcase, the underside of the pistons, the rods, the weights on the crank, etc. with this stuff to help dissipate heat and oil. The coating makes a slicker surface than the rough casting on the inside of the block, so the oil runs down and back into the sump faster. On my Supra, theres oil squirters that spray the underside of the pistons to help dissipate high combustion chamber temps...the coating would help that oil run off the pistons and away from the cylinder walls fasters do the oil control rings on the pistons dont have to do all the work. It was popular with hot-rodders back in the day, and has since gone high-tech.

Heres the address, after a little looking: http://www.swaintech.com/race.html

I first saw it in Sport Compact Car magazine a few years back, on their Project 300ZXTT

Ryan

reklund5 · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 29, 2006, 07:19:20 PM »

The forum won't let me post pictures right now for some reason...it keeps saying an error has occured...

Do a search for my posts...I've posted pictures before. I'll keep trying to put some up in this thread. Oh, and for the record...theres only one turbo on my car, but it's not the stock CT26

Ryan

wa4x4 · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 29, 2006, 09:45:40 PM »

I cant post pictures either I was gonna post pictures of my WRX in another thread and it showed me that damn "movie unploaded" thing.

MIIIIIIKE!!!!!

reklund5 · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:39:38 PM »

reklund5 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:41:33 PM »

reklund5 · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:49:42 PM »

more

wa4x4 · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:50:50 PM »

Oh so secksie!

reklund5 · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:51:39 PM »

outside

reklund5 · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 08:55:06 PM »

Look at the sexy feller leanin' on that pur-dee car!

wa4x4 · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 09:04:47 PM »

MMM...I love 80's boxy sports cars...

Pssstt...that's the first hint of my next project.

kneedownnate · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 31, 2006, 11:09:27 PM »

You want boxy look at an 86 or older supra. Lookin good Ryan, I do dig me some supras! A guy who has an engine shop here has an 87(?) n/a that he was sellin fairly cheap, but not cheap enough for me. The ones I keep finding limited slips on in the yard are always white too! Wierd.

reklund5 · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 01, 2006, 10:32:08 PM »

boxier than a mkII Supra? Mitsubishi Starion or Dodge Conquest Turbo. They can be made to haul ass, but are as boxy as a 'frigerator

Ryan

kneedownnate · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 01, 2006, 10:39:00 PM »

GET OUT OF MY HEAD RYAN!!! The later model starion/conquest are frickin cool cars! I dig boxy if it has moxy!

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