Nitto NT01 Tires

I have no experience with them but Nitto tires in general are pretty good performers and usually, quite a good value. I'll watch here for input but will look forward to you posting some info if you do use them please!

Chris

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If you're changing from street tires, ya, you're going to love it I'm sure!

Later, Chris

Well, they are on order and should be here tomorrow. I plan to run them in an auto-x on Saturday if all goes well with the delivery.

They aren't as well known as some other brands and I have not seen anyone running them. I did find an article that stated that they are made by Toyo and might have the R888 compound that has been used in Europe for awhile now. They certainly will not be as "sticky" as Hoosiers but might last longer. At my stage that is an important benefit.

I will indeed keep the group advised of the success. Hopefully, I will be elated!!

Don

I did indeed try the NT01 Nitto tires and found that the first run was quite an adventure. These tires seem to need some heat to stick. We had 6 or 7 runs or about 48 seconds each and by the end I had dropped

1 sec per run. The first one had zero stick and the last was getting pretty well into the groove. /

These are basically road race tires and there for might not be quite right for auto-x. I will give them another shot in a couple of weeks and let the group know what is going on with them.

Don. \

Don, ya, that makes very good sense if, as you say, they are track tires. Do you do track day events where you could keep these aside just for those? If not, you may want to sell them while you can still get something out of them rather than be disappointed over and over at Auto-x. Also, they will likely last what seems like forever simply 45 ~ 65 seconds at a shot.

One other consideration would be to try to find out if there is some heat cycling routine that you are supposed to put the tires thru. This is true of many r-compound tires and could be a way of getting them to behave more like you need, not sure. Contact the tech dept of the mfr if you can't find enough tech knowledge about that particular tire online. Individual brands of tires are very different.

Lastly, if you're stuck with them (for auto-x only), you might investigate shaving them. This might get them to heat quicker (not sure about that) and they would still probably last a long time.

Do keep us posted, Chris

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