Little Red Devil

[kaanage]

holy hell these are grippy off the mark as well as planting it in 2nd and 3rd they were amazing. I don't know why and I can't explain it but even in these crap conditions they are amazing. Even coming out of a higher speed round about on the way back to work which is quite an acute angle up hill they gripped like hell when I planted it with no spin at all where I always spin the Goodyears even in the dry.

jasonc23 cuts ridiculously quick times around Winton with the 595s (like 6 seconds a lap better than I can manage ) so I'm glad to hear you find them good, even in unhelpful conditions.

I was so impressed I rang the Ebay seller and asked what price he would do on 2 more plus the replacement he was sending. He said he would call me back and had good news. He offered all three delivered for free and only $150 each for the extra tyres. I also asked about the year of manufacture as the other were a couple of years old and he said he would make sure they were the most recent.

Happy ending

So who's the seller? They sound worth doing business with.

[VWindahouse]

Impressive man I'm saving up for nitto nt05 to handle my 200fwkw

Ah my ultimate goal number, you lucky SOB must be fun to drive!

The nt05's are a dual track/street tyre aren't they?? More semi from memory.

[kaanage]

The nt05's are a dual track/street tyre aren't they?? More semi from memory.

They'd be close to the 595 in performance IMO - and dangerous in heavy rain. I'm not a fan of them unless you had a different set of rims/tyres for wet season use.

[VWindahouse]

jasonc23 cuts ridiculously quick times around Winton with the 595s (like 6 seconds a lap better than I can manage ) so I'm glad to hear you find them good, even in unhelpful conditions.


So who's the seller? They sound worth doing business with.

Yeah can't fault them yet mate. Hopefully they're ok for track duty too! Here is the shops details

email (sales.advancetyres@gmail.com), phone (03) 94287699 store at 117 Burnley Street, Richmond, VIC, 3121.

[Njay]

Ah my ultimate goal number, you lucky SOB must be fun to drive!

The nt05's are a dual track/street tyre aren't they?? More semi from memory.

Car is getting engine rebuilt atm, yeah they are semis apparently they are day and night difference in traction but as kaanage says Im worried about them during the rain

Plan is to get some rota's with the nittos but leave the existing tyres on the bbs, but I dont wanna be spinning every-time i take off

[VWindahouse]

Good idea running two sets. Think I will have to go down that road to eventually.

[kaanage]

3's the magic number - daily, cruise, track

[Njay]

3's the magic number - daily, cruise, track

You need to win a lotto for that, nitto for my 19" are around $300 each

[kaanage]

That's a virtue of having uncool little wheels.
Semi-slick prices are even more attrocious with ultra low profiles.

[Njay]

That's a virtue of having uncool little wheels.
Semi-slick prices are even more attrocious with ultra low profiles.

cant be caught looking uncool

[clicht]

From all reviews and reports these are some of the grippiest street tyres around and still wear very well. As well as being closer to 225 than 215 in measurement. Winning [/QUOTE]

wooohooo, thanks mate, they down the road from me, and if you say they good, I shall pop in for a visit...need 4 new tyres

[vwthunder]

From all reviews and reports these are some of the grippiest street tyres around and still wear very well. As well as being closer to 225 than 215 in measurement. Winning

wooohooo, thanks mate, they down the road from me, and if you say they good, I shall pop in for a visit...need 4 new tyres
[/QUOTE]

I have bought tyres from advance before, make that 2 sets, great prices, and really focused on customer service

[VWindahouse]

So had my first go at the drags last night and found some good and bad points.

Firstly the experience itself was very fast paced from the moment you register to the waiting line up looking around at the vast variety of cars from exotics to mum's soccer vans to the Aussie muscle. Then before you know it your trying hard to remember everything you ran through in your mind that you said you were going to do but somehow the excitement and tonnes of adrenalin overwhelms you as the cars in front light up their rear wheels, and to add to that hearing Shania Twain being blasted over the PA system was enough to distract anyone Really 97.3 FM playing at such a testosterone fueled event was a total let down.

Anyway as luck would have it just after Jason had turned to me as we were getting into our cars for the first run he said to me "you know we have to face off against each other tonight don't you" we were head to head for the very first run

Sorry Jason can't resist lol

'You almost had me? You never had me. You never even had your car.'


But seriously this is where I found out a few things about doing quarter miles. And the time slip says it all



I may have won the race but Jason's skill and experience prevailed so consequently he one the battle! Nice one mate and thanks for the advise.

So to the good points. My reaction times and trap speeds were good all night but it's what transpired in between those points that shows I have a lot to work on.

The bad point was I found it really hard to run my own race and not worry about flogging the guy next to me. I had minimal wheel spin in 1st I thought but as Jason soon pointed out by my crap 60' times I was spinning at the 2nd gear change. I found I was so worried about a fast gear change which was ultimately breaking traction at that point. I did manage to break the 14 second barrier however



We dropped my tyre pressure after the first run from 35 to 30 odd with a little handheld job (the servo reading after said 31 and 32 it turns out) so next time I will experiment with lower pressure to see if I can still perform a fast 2nd gear change and not break traction.

Hat comes off for Jason with the time he pulled last time he went out. I had about 7 or 8 runs and still couldn't equal it

[team_v]

Really decent times for your first run at it Anth.
I was going to say that 35PSI is probably a bit high for a FWD with some mods.

Is there any way to gauge 0-100 times out there or do you need a G-tech to do that?

[VWindahouse]

Thanks mate! Yeah I forgot to take the G-tech unfortunately