I'm about a month out from having D-Rob tune my kswapped turbo car and he is planning to put me somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 to 550whp on e85.

Any of you high HP guys care to chime in on successful setups you have used to get as much traction as possible? I realize I will spin regardless lol

 

I was running nitto extreme drag radials and those worked pretty well. Downside, they were pretty big and I had to run a 3 piece front end for them to fit.
If you're running K-pro, you can always look into the hondata traction control.

 

I know they are not "drag radials" but toyo R888s in 235/50/15 or 225/50/15 has been the best street tire I've personally used. As long as you aren't doing dig races they are awesome. You will get wheel hop with the stiff side wall if you spin them off the line, but once you are rolling they hook better then any other tire I've used. I've found that the best thing to do is run the R888s on the street and get a nice set of slicks for the track.

 

Hmm. I'm not quite ready for a 3 piece front end as I've spent a hella amount finishing the build up. I have been looking at the r888's though and was hoping that tire would be brought up. I do wanna look into those nitto extremes though.

I hate to give up dig racing but honestly imma need boost by gear to do worth a damn with this setup anyhow. for now I just have a Turbosmart dual stage boost controller.

Any advice of wheel width and offset? That's unfortunately not my strong suit with cars.

 

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or even better, the new mickey thompson ET Street R tires, in 225/50/15. They are a much softer sidewall and provide waaaaay better traction off the line than r888's, and still corner fairly decently. don't go cranking turns with them though, they will definitely not stay stable through hard turning.They are designed for straight line extreme conditions, and corning under normal grocery getter conditions. The r888's are designed specifically for best possible cornering, and decent straight line, hence why they're labelled as an autocross tire.
15x8, 20mm offset fits great. make sure to get hub size info though so you can get the correct hub centering rings. most aftermarket rims have a 73.1mm hub hole, but some are 72.*mm, and some are even smaller. very few actually match the honda hub.

 

I am going to backup Motox here, I suggested to a fellow Focus ST owner to get some drag radials or slicks. He ended up getting some M/T Street R and they worked well. Stock turbo, all the bolt-ons, E30 fuel, minor weight reduction (rear seats, spare, etc) was able to run some consistent 1.8x 60 foot times with them.

He recently did a 13.001@107 mph with a 1.81 60 ft. (245-45/17)

Reference Motor Trend Stock ST = 14.8@94 mph

There is more in these tires, fully sorted out, I don't see why somebody can't get down in the 1.6's on these.

 

I run these on my 437whp hatch and I love them

 

are you running same size in the rear? do you get any rub? what are the specs on your wheels ?

 

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275/50r15 nt555r here. Rolled my fenders out, hammered the fender well, and raised up the coilovers. Was tired of that no traction life. Hooks pretty well on the street. Keep your camber around -.5 deg and it will increase your contact patch. I run around 25psi air pressure and I hook 2nd gear at around 15psi boost.

 

no rubbing and I'm running 205/50r15 falken 615k tires on the rear

 

I'm on a 245/55 m&h. By far the best street tire setup I've personally ran... car puts down over 600whp... I've ran 275/50 st street too, m&h is better... but if u can't fit a 26" tire, run the 225/50 st street R... the r888 is decent, that m/t R is better, but won't last as long

 

Anyone run r888 255/50/16 with a 3 piece front end?
Any pics?

 

Thanks for the input fellas. Now that my car is done I am off to the tire shop lol. miahjera04 what is your bumper and fender setup? I like it and assume the stock fender will not clear a 26 in tire.

 

Stock fender will clear a 26" tire, the car just needs to be high enough. Might take some rolling or trimming depending on the ride height.

 

exospeed 3 piece, oem stuff will fit a 26. Gotta trim bumper and either trim or bend the **** outta fenders. Or jack the front up which i dont recommended. Ill post a pic of my wheel setup b4 the 3 piece on ebay oem ****

 

I have been doing some research. I believe I will cut the seam out of the top of the fenders, then weld the seam up, then cut the bend of the fender out, along with the corner of the bumper. If I have to ill cut the sideskirt down as well.

I really like my M & H slicks, any opinions on the M & H drag radials? I was thinking the MT street R but I have to wonder if the M & H do any better? The MT's are a 225/50/15 IIRC and the M & H are 235/60/15. I have read M & H slicks are stickier that MT so I would assume the radials are doing good too? If no one has messed with them I'd be glad to give it a try.

 

the red eg above is on m&h radials

 

Hate to bring back an old thread but what offset are you guys using on the rims? I have an Integra with 3 piece front end and want to get a street wheel setup. I'm thinking 0 offset would work best but finding +20 with the VMS wheels and others. I was thinking about getting the VMS revolver wheels and a 235/60/15. Here is a picture of the car. Any suggestions? The lenso's are +25 offset so I figured the +20 will push the VMS out a little and with a nice tire it would sit pretty flush. I'd like to have the wheel and tire pretty flush to the fender.

 

MH "muscle car" drag radials. It's the only bias ply street tire out there from what I've found. You can successfully air down on the street with them. Soft sidewall.