Ultra high performance tires?

[Tractionlimit]

I'll admit, I've gone down a tire rabbit hole, and I'm not sure where this will lead... It started as I was looking for a wider tire to mount on my 20x9.5" wheels to fill out the wells just a bit more.

Then I realized there are several 305/50-20s that are ultra high performance rated (still all seasons). Now, that size is probably a little small for me diameter-wise, but it got me thinking about whether anyone has tried them on a Lightning.

I even found Nitto drag radials in 305/50s, and it got me wondering why I haven't seen any 1/4 mile runs on a set of 4 of these. Sure, I wouldn't pay for them myself, but I am really curious if these could shave a few tenths from someone's 0-60 time!

In the end, I use my truck as a truck, so will probably end up with a less exciting AT tire. Given the Lightning brand history and the natural performance of the EV, it's disappointing to not see more street/strip performance wheel/tire setups out there, though. It sure would be fun to see, even if just to know what our trucks could do in terms of handling and acceleration with a set of sticky, small-diameter tires under them.

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[Henry Ford]

The truck is too heavy for any real performance driving. You could probably shave some time off the quarter mile by removing weight. The doors, seats, running boards, tailgate, rear bumper, and frunk would shave hundreds of pounds. Shoot, the whole bed would come off without too much trouble. It would make for a pretty neat photo too.

 

[Firn]

The truck is too heavy for any real performance driving. You could probably shave some time off the quarter mile by removing weight. The doors, seats, running boards, tailgate, rear bumper, and frunk would shave hundreds of pounds. Shoot, the whole bed would come off without too much trouble. It would make for a pretty neat photo too.

Someone already did this (more "reasonable" weight reduction). That and faking the tire size gave 2 tenths in the quarter.

Since the truck agressivly pulls power when slip in the front is detected it would be very interesting to see how good tires help.

 

[Tractionlimit]

Since the truck agressivly pulls power when slip in the front is detected it would be very interesting to see how good tires help.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing the first EV Lightning in the 11s. I guess that's not very impressive anymore with stock Teslas running 9s (8s?), but would still be cool to see, and maybe not that hard to achieve.

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