well a few of you may have read that I got some new tires from Tirerack.com. Great deal too... Firestone SZ50's 225/60/15 massive meats too... oh and 77.50 a piece shipped too. 7 bucks mount and balance(I did it).

Anyway as a few of you may have also known I could always chirp 3rd, for many many months in the past... Well that went BY BY with these tires!. These things grab the road like bear claws. LOL. So far I have gone up 5 on ramps to 57(illinois) and I felt like my front end was gonna go before the rear!. The front still have close to 7/8 32'nds too!. I have tried everything shifting at 6k even! nothing!. Just a squat and go. I liked that 3rd chirp damn it. It still hits 2nd at least though...

 

I don't understand what you are trying to say. The car won't rev to 6000 rpms?
Try to explain it better so i can help you.

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I think he's trying to say that the front tires are plowing? slipping?

 

He's saying that his tires actually grab now. in other words, he had crappy bald tires before and could chirp 3rd, but now he can't.

 

Thats funny I have the same size tires on my firebird and I can chirp the tires(225/60R15)

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well, are your tires old and worn, i had old worn tires and i was able to chirp like there was no tommorow


THEN, i got wind of SZ50 firehawks on sale for $66 each at TIRERACK.com

and since i just got Z28 wheels i needed them

so i got them put on, and now i can only chirp 1-2 but, i feel a bit quicker offa the line


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My tires are 3 month old

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umm i'm not flaming...just wondering...
why do you wanna chirp tires? it means break of traction and obviously slows you down...i'd rather just go.... but i'm more about performance than show..

just my .02

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Same here i had smaller tires from the previous owner then i put 225/60/15 on and the car cant burn out from a dead stop you have to power brake it which sux but my burning out days are over lernt too many lessions about that. but i can chirp my tires at 45mph put it in N rev it up and out it in drive. i knwo its bad but hey i gotta have some fun when there is a girl in the car to show off hehe. Wait til the bird runs hehe hudge *** burnouts on those 14 inch rims hehe

 

I was posting this because I liked to be able to chirp third because it was an intimadation factor... I have had a few people drop off as soon as they heard that 3rd gear chirp.

My old tires were not bald by any means, 5/32's or maybe a little more. But these things Just grab the road. I had to replace both because I was going back to stock size from 205/60/15's. And one got a hole(tear) in it(not fixable). These directional's cannot be beat for 77.50 shipped!. They even fill the well a little better too!.

The thing about the on ramps was the front tires "felt" like they were gonna lose traction. Weither or not they would have I don't know they just felt like they were. But the rear end was firmly planted I must say. I highly recomend these tires!.