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LTX and LSXPutting LT1s, LS1s, and their variants into Third Gens is becoming more popular. This board is for those who are doing and have done the swaps so they can discuss all of their technical aspects including repairs, swap info, and performance upgrades.
Sumitomos are horrible performance tires even n/a. (At least the ones everyone was running 10 years ago)
Best compromise is the nitto 555r or the toyo tq. The nittos/toyos last double what the m/t's last and hook up decent when you put some heat into them. They also don't flat spot as easy as m/t's if the car sits.
I liked the nt05 when i was making 400 rwhp.
I think the nt05r would be a good choice as well.
they were the 555s not the 555R. This was before the 555r even came out. I tired heating them up and everything behind a mild 383 HSR and I couldn’t get below a 2.0 60’ due to tire spin.
The NT05R were useless for me. Just another glorified summer tire. They corner a lot better than Mickey Thompson that's for sure.
what about the NT01? Can’t say I’m a huge fan of nitto but I’m limited in a decent low profile sticky tire. Mileage isn’t a huge deal as I’m lucky to get 1,000 miles a year on this thing.
What would you recomend that doesnt bankrupt me in the 18” range? If possibly keeping it around 27” tall would be nice. My 275/45/18 I think are a smidge above 27” and it’s not super thin sidewall.
Yes, in name but with a different rubber compound for the Dodge. I don't know what that really means though.
Maybe the tires work at the track by my experience is they SUCK on the street. I think max holding in 1st gear was 30% throttle and max in 2nd gear was 50% throttle. 3rd gear was spin fest too the one time I tried that. Only got 1000 miles off those tires and they were beyond bald.
Mounted a set of MT ET S/S and got 100% throttle in 1st gear from a roll. I kid you not, went from 30% throttle to 100% throttle with a change of brand.
I think you're going to struggle with any cornering tire. Drag radials aren't just a different rubber compound, they have entirely different tire construction to promote straight line grip. You can put that same rubber on a cornering tire and you won't have that kind of straight line traction.
The Nitto NT05R will feel good on day one but you might learn to hate them by day 30. First impressions with tires are always better than after some wear. Then again, you might like them. Results do vary but one thing for sure is you'll hardly hear anybody complain about MT tires. They're not just better than other street drag radials, they are in a class of their own. People like Matt Walters and others were trying to tell me that when I was complaining about the Nitto's, but I didn't really get it until I experienced it myself.
Mounted a set of MT ET S/S and got 100% throttle in 1st gear from a roll. I kid you not, went from 30% throttle to 100% throttle with a change of brand.
That makes me want to really go with a mt s/s in 305/35/18 to keep my current wheels. Either that or get a nice 15x10 wheels with 275/60/15 drag radials.
Hazing the tires at 100 mph is fun but not the safest
So I haven’t updated this but a lot has been done and loving it.
Ive been running the new MT street SS 275/45r18 and those things are beasts. I haven’t floored in 1st but it doesn’t slip at all at WOT now. Huge difference! My rear quarter sliced into the tire tho so I had to remove the vogtland lowering springs and go back to my weight jacks front and back to raise the car up. But I like the new stance.
Swapped to a 78/75 cast turbo and installed a electric cutout. I go from 6.5psi through full exhaust to 8.5psi with cutout open and I can finnally hear turbo spool! It comes on harder and faster too.
I installed a EBC AEM tru boost, it makes boost come
on alot harder! Love it.
Removed my cheap glowshift intake temp gauge and put in my new in my new speedhut intake temp gauge with k thermocouple but not loving it as it doesn’t seem to accuraly display the temps.
I had had a WG sealing issue but I think it’s ok for now, cheap Chinese 60mm, I picked up a 44mm VS racing TiAL copy to eventually swap too.
I just finished up tonight installing 5th Gen Camaro seats and man they are comfortable!! My summit 5 pts started to break down in the padding and form ***** under the fabric. 5th gen seats are bigger and I sit higher but it is what it is. They are super comfy but I still feel planted. My back/shoulders were too wide for the racing seats so I was constantly hunched. I also removed he 4pt harnesses and went back to the OEM style, picked up some 4th gen seat belts and called it a day. Been raining all week so I got the seats done, hopefully I can drive it next week.
Ya, those MT tires work. Car just turned into a rocket on the street, huh?
Yea, she hooks now lol. I haven't really tried WOT manual shifting from 1st to 2nd to 3rd but I'm sure its even faster. Street driving only doesn't give many opportunities to floor it from a dig. Most of the time I'm cruising in 3rd and floor it.
I'm thinking of swapping to 78/75 just to reduce anticipated back pressure when i turn it up. Wonder how much different it'll spool.
Seats looks great btw!!
i didn’t notice any difference with spool. Literally feels the same and my logs show postive pressure starting at 3k with an unlocked converter. I have a 2400 stall that stalls around 3k with boost so that’s why I can’t build boost before.
What i did find was that 78/75 really likes less backpressure in the DP. A cutout 7ft after the turbo netted me 2psi, 500rpms sooner spoiling and a **** ton of turbo whine over the exhaust being dumped with NO other changes. I run a very low restrictive catback exhaust and it still helps that much. I wish I could put the DP closer to the turbo... but since I didn’t have the cutout with the 76/65 I couldn’t say for sure but I would assume it would help as well.
the 78/75 is slightly different than the 76/65 but for the most part it’s really close (gotta fight everything alittle more) and bolts right in.
Upgraded my stock 1987 TA fog light brackets with blazer fog light lense swap. I had H3 35w HIDs and they were too bright and glare was insane so I never used them. I’ve upgraded my turn signals to LED and they aren’t very bright so I got the idea for turning my fogs into fogs with a switchback function to act like turn signals when I wanted them too.
Took forever to find anything that would work, ended up being on eBay and had to come from China. All switchback H3 bulbs require them to be turned off and then on to activate. The amber and then on and off again to go back to white... so it’s like being able to have amber or white but only constantly and not like a blinker. So I found what looks like the only one anywhere on the planet and ordered it. Took 3 weeks to get here but I installed and very happy with the outcome. They are actually too bright and are almost as bright as the HIDs lol but it is what it is. I have trouble aiming them due to the lense hitting the bumper but I’m gona leave it.
Im a lighting freak so all my cars have insane headlights and other lighting. These work very well and are very bright. Here’s a video of them working.
Lighting looks great, do you have any pictures of them on the street. Are the switch backs only operational when the fogs are on, and thus you always have to have at least the parking lights on all the time? Or did you wire them up to act as a DRL?
I've been slowly converting my cars over to LED, the GTA has tails/brakes all LED at the moment and they definitely cause interference with the radio, notice this with yours at all?
Lighting looks great, do you have any pictures of them on the street. Are the switch backs only operational when the fogs are on, and thus you always have to have at least the parking lights on all the time? Or did you wire them up to act as a DRL?
I've been slowly converting my cars over to LED, the GTA has tails/brakes all LED at the moment and they definitely cause interference with the radio, notice this with yours at all?
i mostly drive it during the day. So no shots as of yet.
The switchbacks work with the fogs off, which is great. Anytime the turn signal is used they work, fogs off or on. The fogs are wired independently as my car isn’t an original TA (formula 350) so it didn’t have fogs or the TA body kit. They are independent of the drls or running lights as well.
I’m on a audio kick right now. Decided I was maxing out the 10+ yr old pioneer 2 ways in the dash which had deformed cloth surrounds and had a 20w nominal rating. The new Sony headunit puts out a certified 20w rms per channel and I could hear distortion when I cranked it up. Crutchfield had a sale so I decided to pickup some new dash speakers. I got some Rockford fostgate prime 4”’round 2 ways and scoche speaker adapters and I got some doom mat speaker baffels for the rear 6x9s. The new RF primes have a higher 30w nominal rating and should be more efficient than the 4x6. I already wired in some PAC bass blockers before so it was a simple plug and play. The driver speaker was not as easy an install but it does fit with the air vent routing but just barely.
Installed everything and the boommatt in the backs and cranked it up, much clearer and the rear 6x9 now have a little more bass than before. But that’s why I have subs lol. The system is as good as it’s gona get now and I’m happy with it.
05-04-2018, 01:45 PM
