Picked up my new back tires today (YEA!!!!) :hurray:

Nitto NT555r Drag Radials, 275-40-17, mounted on my 17x8 Cragars.
And sitting in the back of my truck while it's pouring rain :(

Think these bad boys will help me hook up?

ET / MPH / 60ft predictions?
previous best a spinning 12.87 / 109.5 / 2.02

http://www.Jimragtop.com/TC/wet tires.jpg
http://www.Jimragtop.com/TC/555r.jpg
http://www.Jimragtop.com/TC/traction.jpg

Jim...Jim....Jim

The red stripe goes on the side not the tread !

I hope you got a discount :D









They look good :) Nice and wide too...

Kev

Now your talking . Lets get the blower on there now jimbo . They make the car a bit boring when you can't spin them in all the gears . That's were the blower helps out LoL.
Mark.

Jim...Jim....Jim

The red stripe goes on the side not the tread !

I hope you got a discount :D

They look good :) Nice and wide too...

Kev

That's what happens when you mount f70-15's on a 17"x8" wheel... The trick is getting it to hold air! ;)

Looking good Jim maybe good for .2 or .3

My 99 SS dead hooks with the 315 555r's on it. I'm only at full bolt-on status right now, so its only making about 330 or so to the tires.

http://people.clemson.edu/~jaander/Images/100_2616.jpg

The best air pressure to run in them on the street is 30 PSI. This will give you an even wear pattern.

Jim :thumbsup:
I'm gonna say 12.38 with a 1.76 60'.
Oh and hey now I'm not the only one running 275/40R17's on an 8" rim even though most manufacturers call for at least a 9".:D

JimM may have wanted increase MPH by installing them on a narrower rim so the tire 'balloons' across the tread. This increases diameter by centrifigal force.

They look nice at any rate. Good luck.
Now you're gonna need larger U-joints...........or carry an extra driveshaft to the track.
Then this means a trailer, Snowball Effect here.........

JimM may have wanted increase MPH by installing them on a narrower rim so the tire 'balloons' across the tread. This increases diameter by centrifigal force........

Naaaa, just too cheep to buy new rims.
They do look just fine on the 8's tho.

Same hear I couldn't find any rims I really liked in 17x9's with the backspacing I needed. But I agree they look and fit fine.

Looks like you could break below the 2.0 sixty footers! Better get that driveshaft loop installed!:thumbsup:

what back spacing does your wheels have?

4 1/2"

With the 255's, I had a lil more than 2 fingers behind the fat part of the tire. The 275's are gonna fit (I hope.)

4 1/2"

With the 255's, I had a lil more than 2 fingers behind the fat part of the tire. The 275's are gonna fit (I hope.)

What you mean they arent on yet?
I know you have been busy with your mom just had to get a jab at ya!:D

4 1/2"

With the 255's, I had a lil more than 2 fingers behind the fat part of the tire. The 275's are gonna fit (I hope.)
Jim Like I said I'm running the save size tire and wheel package and I have over 3/4" to spare on the inside on both driver and passenger sides.:thumbsup:

You got a driveshaft loop on the vert? Just in case!! :) Should hook much better than the street radials did for you. My guess would be 12.4xs / 112 / 1.8x 60' . when are you planning on taken her out? Let me know!

FYI..........been reading at a site that is strictly for drag racing stick cars and the consensus there is drag radial are not the best choice for a stick car, really should run a bias ply. Apparently the radial side wall gets hit so hard it acts like a spring when the torque is applied and the recoils back the other direction unloading the tire. Just what I read but it kinda makes sense.

If the suspension will handle the hit the tires will. But the drive shaft loop is a very good idea!:thumbsup:

If the suspension will handle the hit the tires will. But the drive shaft loop is a very good idea!:thumbsup:Thats what im trying to pick up, the drive shaft loop:yes:.

Yeah Skip you will need one too! Here is the one in my hot rod.
I skipped the bolts and welded the loop together after fitting it.
Jim may have a built in loop with the vert x brace underneath.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Lakewood/620/18000/10002/-1

Yeah Skip you will need one too! Here is the one in my hot rod.
I skipped the bolts and welded the loop together after fitting it.
Jim may have a built in loop with the vert x brace underneath.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Lakewood/620/18000/10002/-1 Cool thanks Andy:thumbsup:.

For those that are running manual transmissions and drag racing here is the link to the United Manual Transmission Racers website which could be another great source of information for us!

http://www.umtrnorth.com/

and here's the new rubber all mounted up.

These 555r's are FANTASTIC. Big thumbs up. They hook hard, even on the street. It takes some serious "want to" to get em loose.

They also "Feel" like real tires. They corner good. They are quiet at speed. And they hook up.

http://www.Jimragtop.com/TC/555-1.jpg
http://www.Jimragtop.com/TC/555-2.jpg

Car looks great Jim.:thumbsup:

They sure look good. I like the tread design and the car :beers:.

Thanks guys. Been driving the wheels off 'er the last couple days, and lovin every minute.
Need to get outside for some "whole car" pics, maybe over the weekend, weather's s'posed to close in again tomorrow.