im looking for a tire that hooks as best as possible with alittle over 500whp and an ls tranny. i was looking at the m/h 235/60/14 and then i looked at the gear calculator on mfactory and it says 4th gear will do 156mph at 8500rpm. Is that accurate to say? i wont be ever taking it that fast on the street. To me with that gearing, it seems the tire might be to tall maybe? I want a tire that makes my 4th gear top out at a little over 140mph or so.

 

The problem is that you have the LS tranny. That is a great tire, but um yeah....you have an LS tranny. Any option to change the tranny?

 

I just got this tranny, but i do have a spare casing(ys1) that i was thinking of rebuilding. what gears do you reccomend using?

 

also i was looking at the bfg 215/60/14's. that would put me at the mph i want in 4th. right now i have vx wheels with new 215/50/13's and it spins till 130+mph. will any drag radial really help me that much on the street? I have a set of lenso's for the track, just looking for a better street tire.

 

oh and this is a fully gutted crx.

 

I'm in the same boat. running right at 500whp but kseries. I tried falken rt615's= no traction at all...bfg's=no traction until top of third gear. third gear pull on highway just breaks them loose. I was looking into MT street radials but they were on backorder or something like that for a while. I'm also wanting to get a good street tire but mine is for 16'' wheel.

 

M/T 235/60 15 works very good, dead hook on a second gear roll on with 480whp ( just need to warm them up first ). Try too get a GSR or Type R gearset.

 

Yea I tried to race my boys zx10r on the hwy from like 80-85 in 4th gear and as soon as it hit full boost it just lit the tires up all the till 130 and this was on 15psi maybe like 450whp or so......what car do you have?

 

You need to put a shorter geared tranny in that thing so you can run a larger tire. The 235/60/14 MH bias ply tire is great with a b16 gear set. If you stick with the LS, you are going to either be stuck in the wrong part of the powerband or be stuck using a smaller tire that will spin like hot cakes.

 

Thanks colin and jason, steve(na200whp) has the 205/60/14 nitto drag radials, and he said it hooks at the top of second gear on 15 psi I believe on the street. I was looking at the bfg 215/60/14 and with my gearing they put me right where I wana be in every gear. Do you think they will hook good from a third gear roll?

 

Colin what chassis was this in? Also could I just put itr 3rd and 4th in since that's the only gears I'm worried about? I def still want the ls 5th

 

thats what i'm doing. i have a ls tranny and im putting in a gsr 3rd and 4th. obviously my car isnt done yet, so no first hand experience here. but more than likely i'll be going with 235/60/15 for the street and 24.5's for the track. we'll see how it goes

 

how far do you want to rev your motor???

 

its set at 9500 but i dont rev it that high.

 

i can run right at 140 in 4th gear @ 9000rpm's with a 24.5" tall slick.
Thats with a gsr transmission.