early_grayce

I'm relatively new to R compounds and have a set of Nitto NT-01's. I'm trying to avoid the rain but living in the Northeast makes that a bit difficult.

If there's light rain and a moist track (not pouring/soaking), should I be nervous with these tires?
Anyone have any experience with the NT-01s in the rain?

todinlaw

I am always nervous in the rain. Nitto does not recommend it as a wet tire it the tread design not the compound. It does not have the grooving to channel water away. That said we were at Putnam park this weekend in the rain and people were out there with R6's. (not going vary fast) So it is like anything else, if its all you got and you are determined to run in the ran you will find they do not have a high tolerance for water.

Chads996

Depends highly on the surface of the track. A more aggressive tarmac it will likely be ok. But, I would rather reserve some caution as they are not specified as a rain tire by Nitto.

C.

4porsh

I have run in wet conditions at Spring Mountain Motorsports park with half way worn NT-01s with surprisingly great results. Of course you have to slow down and be on your "A" game, but it was a good time to practice car control and find/feel for the grip. Only had one issue coming out of a negative camber tight corner leading onto a straight with which I applied too much gas and had a little tank slapper but pulled it off.
I would go for it, just slowly build up speed and feel for the grip.

Seth Thomas

Good rule of thumb for R-comps and rain is if there is spray then you need a full tread tire. If there isn't spray coming from the track then you are okay and will be faster with R-comps.

Nasa enduro at Road Atlanta last month it rained on us several times during the race. We were using full tread Nitto NT01s and they were great. There were sections of the track where it was soaked with lots of spray coming off the track. These weren't as grippy as a Hoosier rain tire but they were about as good as your average street tire. It was fun sliding the car around with them though!

Lemming

I managed to run r6's for the entire enduro, although I did have to tiptoe through T1 quite a few times.

Seth Thomas

LOL, that was the only way I could pass you in your high horsepower Pcar!


I was in the Spec E30 #36

Just kidding. Car looked good out there.

007DT

They are pretty good in the rain assuming they have decent tread.. Assuming they are still new. (That was my limited experience answer)

(Now my personal answer to you) Please don't crash my 993.. I'd be pissed!!

Signed

PO

early_grayce

lol!

I've been taking good care of her... don't worry. She really is a beast and a blast to drive.

It looks like you have a serious new machine on your hands.
Love the livery. Any other pictures to share?

Lemming

I was first behind the pace car early in the race when it started to really rain. There was no way I was going to go into T1 with that angry pack of e30's behind me. So, I followed the pace car down pit lane and took on gas. Turned out to be a smart move as it stopped raining and you guys cleared T1 a bit before I came out

High Horsepower Pcar - just goes to show you that everything is relative

mglobe

Would you consider this spray?

Veloce Raptor

I'd keep playing. I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite some time now.....





Professional Racing and Driving Coach

tjbreen

I ran a relatively new set of NT-01s around the Glen about a month ago in one of the wettest two day events ever. It was quite slippery, especially on the crack sealer they have all over the track. Changes from the concrete to the pavement and over the sealer in between created quite an exciting weekend. When the track was just moist, they worked OK but if there is standing water, stay in or change to streets.