I've got a pair of BFGoodrich drag radials on the wear bars. When is it time to replace them? I've been told they actually get better for racing when the tread is gone. Do you run them down to slicks?
Impressive times! I was hoping for a 1.8 60ft. You didn't happen to run drag radials before changing your torque convertor did you?98blackmagic said:My experiance with them was diffrent, I ran them on my 91Gt for a summer and fall of street and track duty. When they were new I recorded my best times 7.96 eighth mile, 1.69 60foot time , and by the end of the fall (got them new in July, got rid of them in October) my 60foot times droped to 1.80's I say this not only because of the track difference but driveing on them in general I could tell they were not hooking like they did a few weeks earlier. By the time I got rid of them they were no better than a set of regular street tires,and the tread was completly gone so this makes me wonder about burning the tread off when they are new , I would ask a few other people who have had them before I did something like that. Even if you did get them used you want to get the most out of them while you can.
o3redfire said:for the track, the less tread the better, more like slick, but you don't want to get caught in the rain with no tread on the street, also cops look for that stuff on the street
MaxedGT said:Impressive times! I was hoping for a 1.8 60ft. You didn't happen to run drag radials before changing your torque convertor did you?
I agree with you, it only makes sense to make them last as long as possible.
Looking at your sig, if you're running 13.3 on street tires, there's no reason you won't run 12's on drag radials. You could cut .5 to .6 seconds off your e/t.hotmustang331 said:Man you canadians have it made lol...cars must run GOOD up there.
That's what I find fun. Learning how to get the most from what I've got, and finding out how much the mods have improved my times. I also like to guess what I'll run after making changes, then trying to reach that goal. For this season I was hoping to hit 13.6 with drag radials. Unfortunately the season ended at the local track before I got my drag radials. Still I ran 13.7 on streets, and I'm happy with that. Might have run 13.5 with the drag radials, 13.6 for sure.hotmustang331 said:Yea with a 1.7 60FT the car would be well into the 12s lol. But my 60fts are about like yours...good for street tires though. But I have NEVER been to the track more than onece on a particular setup ...so that doesnt help. Everytime I go, I have to relearn how to lunch the car because A. I have different tires (havnt been to the track yet on the same tires) and B. I have added more power (yet again havent been back to the track with the same HP). And its going basically the same way again next time .(DRs that I have run once while I was @ 248RWHP...now ill have about 300RWHP{LTs and stuff}, so I have to relearn AGAIN )