MY TIRES SUCK!

[centaurus3200]

i should be embarresed. i have the stage I on my car and i'm still running remington XT-120 h-rated tires. they sure do last a long time, but even in a straight line at full throttle, once 5,000 rpms hit, the tires will start spinning.

so, heres the deal. i don't want to blow a butt load of cash. there has to be a better way to get a decent tire than blowing $500-600 dollars for dunlops, pirellis, michelins, etc.

what do you guys think of kuhmo. i've heard great thing about them. also, being that nitto drag radials are all the rage, i'm wondering if there performance tires are sticky too.

i do a lot of highway driving, so i don't to wear them out every 10K either.

see ya,
Robby

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92 SHO MTX
silver on gray with all options
ss y-pipe with high flow cats
SS UDPs
SS CAI
80mm MAF
TED B LPM
kyb struts
sho shop motor mounts
edelbrock RPM exhaust with 3.5" beveled chrome tips
shonut aluminum sub frame bushings
26mm rear sway bar
shop shop sub frame connectors
Alpine CDM-7824 deck
all work performed by Sho Shop and Shonut
Nick Chrimes rebuilt tranny with new clutch and boy does it feel good.

 

[thebigjimsho]

Yeah, I've heard good things about them. Never had them, though. Check www.tirerack.com that will tell you anything you need to know.

 

[94shoboy]

according to tire rack and people i have heard who used them, kumhos are just as good as BFGs and such that cost 1 1/2- 2 times as much.

 

[Jeremy Hohn]

I just purchased a set of bridgestone rf730s and the performance is remarkable. They come highly recommended from SDPATT (he runs those himself) and the price isn't all that bad. $500 delivered from Tirerack.com. I also concur with the great grip they give.

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Jeremy

1993 atx 126k miles
ENGINE:
-SHOSHOP underdrive pulleys
-SHOSHOP cold air induction
-SHOSHOP 80mm MAF
-Ted Breaux LPM
-Performance Plus y-pipe
-SHOSHOP catback exhaust with Magnaflow chrome tips
-Redline Water Wetter
-fresh 60k (SDPATT)
TRANNY:
-Rebuilt 94/95 axod tranny with trans-go kit and Redline Type 3 ATX fluid
BRAKES:
KVR cadmium plated and cross drilled rotors with performance friction pads
APPEARANCE:
-Colgan hood cover with SHO lettering
-Lund blackouts front and back
-Cincysho white face gauges
-black body filled s-h-o lettering
-Blazer fog lights
-PIAA high output headlamp bulbs (fratperformance.com)
-fish-tank bulbs installed
-wclewis "powered by yamaha" black badges

 

[ChrisR]

I would go with the Kuhmo's. I am getting them in the spring. The performance is really good (haven't had them on my SHO, but 2 of my friends have them). Plus at under $400 bucks it's not too bad.

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[drivinhard]

Every suspension mod you do, every hp mod you do, every brake mod you do, EVERYTHING you do to your car gets put in motion, and transferred to road through 1 thing and 1 thing only. The tires. They are THE most important part of the car. You could argue that the rest of the car is there to make the tires perform their job, and that the rest of the car is just along for the ride.

I'm a big fan of the Dunlop SP8000. Not the newest thing going, but good wear, great grip, good in the wet, real tough, and very predictable. You can get these for well under $500 to your door, depending on what sizes you get. There are a lot of other good z rated tires out there as well for under $500.

The nitto's rule the strip, but suck on a FWD taurus on the road. Trust me you don't want them.

Don't mod your car up with lots of goodies to make it perform and skimp on the tires. Back several yrs ago when my 92 was stock, first thing I did to start was put on some sticky tires. It's the most important thing...

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White 92
SR71SHO - racer '89

 

[TheWill]

im running kumho ecsta supra 712's. BEST TIRES EVER. wet traction is freakin' amazing. Dry is just as good. I'm in ca so no clue how they do in snow, but have been nothing buy amazed by these really inexpensive ($70ea--tirerack.com) tires!

 

[Jibberish18]

You know if you reall want some NOT BAD tires for a good price you could always pick up a set of pep-Boys Futura Z's. My friend had them on his 335 hp Camaro and they weren't all that bad. Just not the best don't get me wrong.

I'm interested in the new Nitto's.

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1990 Sable 3.0
"My goal is to have the ultimate Sable in road handling performance"

 

[SHOnuff93]

I got my BFG G-Force T/A's from Costco for $440 installed, i like em, good wear so far