Jealous lol jk idk. I hadn't heard anything about that. If they actually had questions you would think they would come in here and ask rather than bashing it in another thread.
Cause ESS sucks!... just kidding. I think people like hating on the new kid in town. I might have gone the ESS route if the hype had picked up a few months sooner but I had already ordered my twins.
Lazy dealers who want to profit off of simply ordering a part for someone, are now mad that they cant. They were all about trying to get in with ESS if they could make a profit. They found out there is no dealer program and are now trying to say anything to make them not seem reliable, when all they are doing is making me not to ever work with anyone other than ESS.
I found that if you thread the alternator bolt just slightly in before you put all of the other bracket bolts in it doesn't require loosening the alternator. Just a few threads in by hand on each to make sure everything lines up, then run each of them in evenly alternating each bracket bolt until its snug, then apply the final torque. (Pro-Tip) Use Blue Loctite on all SC bracket bolts to ensure that they do not back out because of vibration.
It's going to be difficult to put anything down in 1st or 2nd unless the tire is more biased towards a track tire, but the 555R2's allow me to put the power down in 3rd whereas the MP4's still get rowdy in 3rd, 25psi is the magic number for me on the street.
Thanks for sharing. Curious about lining the tubing up at the boss manifold. I'm running a cobra jet and know I'll be facing a similar puzzle to yours.
Yes a decent drag oriented alignment with about -.4 rear camber and running them around 22 psi cold definitely helps them last and work much better. I've noticed though at after a little more then half worn they don't hookup quite as well though.
Read in a few threads here and on the hellcat forums that they're noticeably better than the Michelins.
I think you'll like them. I've used both tires multiple times on multiple cars. I'm very impressed by the mp4s traction for a street tire though. One thing to keep in mind though the mp4s likes some heat in them, also I ran those at 27 psi hot max. If I did a small burnout just to clean the tires off they would hook almost as good as the nittos and in every other aspect they are obviously a superior tire. Without enough heat in them though they would spin. Most people though run 35 psi or have -1.6 camber or both, that's just not going to help for straightline traction at all. On the nittos I like them around 25 psi hot max. Pressure, temperature, camber all play a big roll for straightline traction with either of them.
I’m actually doing something a little different.
I have a couple silicone hoses and couplers ill be trying to route tonight. if not, im goinf back to a stock manifold.
