krustyballer16 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Ok, so I'm building a 2wd LS swapped mj. Nothing insane cuz I'm broke but hoping for 500-600 hp once I eventually turbo it.Current specs:1999 LQ4 6.0L freshened up with new rod and cam bearings, oil pump and timing chain kit, lifters, pushrods, valve springs Sloppy mechanics stage 2 cam Holley Terminator x max for engine management Then eventually possibly one of these turbos;https://turbo4less.com/product/vsr-cast-7875-96ar-t4/https://turbo4less.com/product/vsr-69-73-billet/https://turbo4less.com/product/vsr-75mm-billet-compressor-83x75-turbine-1-10-ar-t4-divided/ Any input on these turbos or similarly priced that may work better is appreciated also This build is still far from needing tires, I'm just preparing since the tires on it are junk and can't be driven on and I don't have an extra set to put on to drive it... So I'm looking for some street/drag tires because I'd like to take it to the local strip every once in a while but also hook up on the street if I need to handle business... Right now I'm thinking about keeping the rims that are on the truck which are 7" ZJ canyons and find a set of 8" TJ canyons for the rear... These are the rear tires I have found so far, posted in order of most ideal (in my mind lol) "Mickey Thompson | ET Street S/S" https://www.mickeythompsontires.com/drag-tires/et-street-s-s "NT555R | Nitto Tire" https://www.nittotire.com/competition-tires/nt555r-dot-compliant-competition-drag-radial-tire/ "Mickey Thompson | ET Street R" https://www.mickeythompsontires.com/drag-tires/et-street-r And I'm open to any other suggestions or opinions on these tires or anything about the build. Or questions. I'll start a build thread soon. I'd say I'm still about $2000 away from it driving down the road... Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Mickey Thompson’s are classics. They didn’t stick around by being the 2nd best tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep Driver Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Drag/street tires are soft compound tires, they don't last long on the street. Cars and Coffee.....and guys with money to burn. Steel wheels and drag tires that are swapped on track day. Think weight distribution and traction devices and brakes. If you do achieve 600hp and you are able to make it stick, nothing behind your tail shaft will survive more than a few passes. Drive shaft, axles shafts, Eaton or other, brakes, drive shaft loop........if you are running stock springs with no devices.....you'll wrap them like pretzels. Transmissions......auto or stick........that's another matter. Spool up 600hp....when s--- goes sideways, you got to cut power to the rear wheels. You're going to be light back there. Auto's don't come down fast enough and will power you right into the wall...or a tree or someone else. Just something to consider. The occasional light-to-light romp......that's one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad R Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 I’m running Hoosier quick time on my pro street nova. They have held up threw many burn outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 Drag/street tires are soft compound tires, they don't last long on the street. Cars and Coffee.....and guys with money to burn. Steel wheels and drag tires that are swapped on track day. Think weight distribution and traction devices and brakes. If you do achieve 600hp and you are able to make it stick, nothing behind your tail shaft will survive more than a few passes. Drive shaft, axles shafts, Eaton or other, brakes, drive shaft loop........if you are running stock springs with no devices.....you'll wrap them like pretzels. Transmissions......auto or stick........that's another matter. Spool up 600hp....when s--- goes sideways, you got to cut power to the rear wheels. You're going to be light back there. Auto's don't come down fast enough and will power you right into the wall...or a tree or someone else. Just something to consider. The occasional light-to-light romp......that's one thing. I'm kinda looking into caltracs or some kind of anti wrap. I've talked to the guy that built the red lsxmj and he didn't do anything special really and ran 10s easily. I guess all this I'll find out once I can drive it. Find all the weak points and keep building them! Typical Jeep way. Lol Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torq_Shep Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Not trying to start anything but do you have a specific reason for the terminator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 Not trying to start anything but do you have a specific reason for the terminator? To make tuning it easier and simple. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torq_Shep Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I mean you get a fair bit from HP tuners and a stock harness/ECU. The wiring and initial tune isn't as friendly and easy but you might save a fair amount of money. I like the terminator setup a lot. Just if you haven't counted it out entirely yet it might be worth a second look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 I mean you get a fair bit from HP tuners and a stock harness/ECU. The wiring and initial tune isn't as friendly and easy but you might save a fair amount of money. I like the terminator setup a lot. Just if you haven't counted it out entirely yet it might be worth a second look. I already have the Terminator. Thought I was gonna have to have the stock ecu flashed and tuned by a buddy with HP tuners but the holley came in about 7 months early lol. Hp tuners looked so complicated Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torq_Shep Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Very fair. I am interested to see your setup and reviews of the system. I have quite a bit of experience with HPT and like it but I will admit that it isn't perfect. Really good on GM products, marginal on everything else. I don't like how they have a bunch of base tables that don't necessarily change anything (like the fact that a 1997 cherokee calibration has a spark timing adjustment table... Umm... yeah.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 I don't really have the first clue on how to tune anything or how it works but I wanted something I could learn snd that a lot of people use. I'm sure after a bunch of YouTubeing and testing I can figure it out Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 everything is on yourtube I'm working on my brain surgery skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Ok, now I'm curious about just street tires. I found 5 more matching rims to what is on the truck so I'll have 2 front tires, same set for 100% of the driving on street and strip, 2 rear tires for street probably matching the front, and 2 rear strip tires (the radials were talking about above) Now I wanna know some good all around driving street tires that will still hold power to the road!Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 snow tires. cheap and grippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70barracuda Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I had kumho ecstas when I had 15 inch rims. Not bad a "summer performance tire". Then when I got 17s I had falken azenis fk510s. GREAT tire. Super grippy and amazing in the rain. Recently just switched to the general grabber UHP. It's considered a performance SUV tire. Don't have alot of time on it but so far seems great. Alot of the RAM and jeep SRT guys run them from reviews I read. These are all performance summer tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 tire rack has a bunch of high end summer options https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/perfCat.jsp?perf=UHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjben Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I put a set of Continental DWS's on the TH when the stock Pirelli Scorpion run-flats were toast. We put them on a lot of Audi's at work and have had good luck all around with them. Might be worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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