225 or 235 drag radial enough tire?

[Dean85GT]

Im in the market for drag radials for my 85 GT. By next spring the car will sit with 3.73s, full exhaust and slicks. I managed to get an amazing deal on some draglites for the slicks. They are 15x8 with 4.5 inch backspacing (yes i know, its bad backspacing). I was wondering if the MT 235/50/15 or a Hoosier 225/50/15 would be enough tire. I'm looking at these sizes so the tires dont stick out the fenders. I dont wanna spend all this money to wind up still spinning. I also am thinking about throwing on a 100 shot but I dont know yet. What do you guys think?

 

[rd]

The BFG 275-50-15 Drag Radials will fit and work. I had them on my 82 with both 10 hole and Centerline Convo's and they fit and work fine. They are not too much tire! I would not go much smaller. This seems to be the most common size for the rear of a Fox. Mine is slightly lowered, and I did end up rolling the fender lip but only had slight rubbing on hard launches. They pull 1.90 sixty foots, with 4.10 gears on the motor.

 

[1bad92lx]

I pulled a 1.64 60ft with my old 331 combo on a set of M/T 235/60 drag radials. That was on a 7.42 pass at over 95mph through the 1/8.

 

[Dean85GT]

I pulled a 1.64 60ft with my old 331 combo on a set of M/T 235/60 drag radials. That was on a 7.42 pass at over 95mph through the 1/8.

Thanks thats what I like to hear. I would simply get 275s but with my backspacing they will stick out and look stupid.

 

[IntenseBlue]

235/50 M/Ts will hook Promise. My buddy's first pass on his with just a bolt on 4.10 car snapped his axles with a 4k rpm launch.

 

[Dean85GT]

alright looks like i will be getting that width then...Thanks alot guys!

 

[Daniel50]

the mt's would be perfect i ran et street radials. with over 300whp on the bottle and pulled down 1.7's with stock suspension. and off the bottle launch