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tire insight.... (nitto specific)
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<blockquote data-quote="TroyV" data-source="post: 9596631" data-attributes="member: 28469"><p>The 555RII is an old tire. It is essentially the same as the 555R drag radial, except with what I would call a marginally stiffer side wall. The drag radials in the 17" sizes were pretty stiff as they came. Before the RII came out, a lot of folks were running the drag radial at four corners because it turned out to be a good AX tire you could street drive. There are many newer tires out there that can just about match that performance without giving up wet weather/street driving capability.</p><p></p><p>Direzza Star Spec is a good choice... Kumho XS, Falken RT615, Sumitomo HTRZ2/3, Hankook Ventus RS3.. There is also a Toyo street tire I witnessed over the weekend at an AX event on a C4 corvette, that was much quicker than it should have been, though I didn't get the model of that tire.</p><p></p><p>There are other options out there. In your shoes, I probably would not run the RII, and would either opt for whatever the hot street tire is, or move to a dedicated set of track rubber for those days when you are wanting to compete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TroyV, post: 9596631, member: 28469"] The 555RII is an old tire. It is essentially the same as the 555R drag radial, except with what I would call a marginally stiffer side wall. The drag radials in the 17" sizes were pretty stiff as they came. Before the RII came out, a lot of folks were running the drag radial at four corners because it turned out to be a good AX tire you could street drive. There are many newer tires out there that can just about match that performance without giving up wet weather/street driving capability. Direzza Star Spec is a good choice... Kumho XS, Falken RT615, Sumitomo HTRZ2/3, Hankook Ventus RS3.. There is also a Toyo street tire I witnessed over the weekend at an AX event on a C4 corvette, that was much quicker than it should have been, though I didn't get the model of that tire. There are other options out there. In your shoes, I probably would not run the RII, and would either opt for whatever the hot street tire is, or move to a dedicated set of track rubber for those days when you are wanting to compete. [/QUOTE]
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