Apology to Nitto tires
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:50 pmI posted a few months ago that the Nitto tires were not nearly as good as the Toyo RA1. Turns out I have to apologize to Nitto. About the same time I put the Nittos on the car, my suspension got messed up without me knowing it. Thus, I ran two events with the Nitto's and the car was a mess. I blamed the tires. Then I got my RA1's back on the car, and it was still a mess. Oops, maybe not the tires. I took it to Steve, and he found the suspension and bearing issues and fixed them. Watch out KP at the next AX, I'M BAAACK
So, at Pahrump on Sunday morning I did a back to back comparison as much as possible. What I found in comparing the Nittos to the RA1's, was that the car was actually a bit more stable on the Nittos and seemed to be just a bit faster (times were about the same, but conditions were better when I had the RA1's on, the car was slightly lighter, and I knew the track a little better). The Nittos do cost about 15% more even without shaving and I do not have a wear comparison as both sets still look good, but if I had to chose one to do a couple of timed laps, I think the Nittos would get the nod as being faster and easier to drive.
So, at Pahrump on Sunday morning I did a back to back comparison as much as possible. What I found in comparing the Nittos to the RA1's, was that the car was actually a bit more stable on the Nittos and seemed to be just a bit faster (times were about the same, but conditions were better when I had the RA1's on, the car was slightly lighter, and I knew the track a little better). The Nittos do cost about 15% more even without shaving and I do not have a wear comparison as both sets still look good, but if I had to chose one to do a couple of timed laps, I think the Nittos would get the nod as being faster and easier to drive.