have firestone firehawks 295's on mine for the street and i blew the tires off 1st and 2nd. i run 275/50/15 mt et street radials at the track and they hook like hell!!
i launch my car at 5500 rpm and they will hook everytime!!!
M/T FTW!!
Articles that I have read said that the idea of a burn out in drag racing is to clean the tires. A light hazing of the tires is reccomended and immediately stage.
Street tires are not made to be heated up. They actually grip less when heated.
With a street tire you should drive around the water box, no burn out, and stage.
Drag Radials, water box and burn out. Same with slicks. The guy who sits there and does a big smoke show for about 10-15 seconds is just having fun, wearing out his tires, and doing it for show. All the experienced racers at the track I go to, do a 5 second burnout and stage. As in the Nitto information I posted previously,
Nittto drag radials perform best at 110 degrees, which really is not hot on a summers day. One race day, I went through the water box, ripped the tires, moved up to lin-lok and burn out and then there was a delay, debris on the track. I sat about 5 minutes. I have a 5 speed and do my burn outs in 2nd gear. When I dumped the clutch, the tires spun a little, the engine bogged and stalled. So I did my burn out again in 1st. gear and it started bogging right away, so I let go off the lin-lok and rolled out of it. I thought was just going to spin because I didn't do a lengthy burn out. Just the opposite, hooked great 1.9 60' time. It was my second time trial so the tires really didn't require a second hard burn out, just a light one. I had already did a hard burn out in my first time trial.
Read this below from Mickey Thompson Tires
DRAG SLICK COMPOUND, ROLLOUT, AND BURNOUT SPECIFICATION SHEET
BURNOUTS- FOR MOST APPLICATIONS
1. First pass of the day hard burnout. After that follow general guidelines of #2 and #3 stated below.
2. Automatic transmissions and Softer compounds: First pass or two, fairly hard burnout, after that a light burnout should be sufficient.
3. Standard transmission "Stockers": No burnout or short, dry burnout. Super Stock and Comp cars- light burnout, haze tires and stage immediately.
I'd be pretty upset if i spent money on some Nitto Drag Radials and they led to 1.9 60's. I was cutting a 1.9 on street tires. Guess i'll go with the BFG DR's and hope for 1.7-1.8's
I'm not plugging Nitto's, it just happens to be the first type of drag radial I bought.I've always ran nittos and never understood what is so great about them.
Your 1.9 on street tires is more like a 2.0, (1.97 60' stated on my ride)
My 1.9's are 1.90-1.93, my 1.8's are 1.84-1.89.
No , I'm happy with my 60' times. My car only does 14.2 at best in the quarter mile. Stock 93GT Mustang.
Your car is faster, running 13.59, so you should have quicker 60's.
I'm not plugging Nitto's, it just happens to be the first type of drag radial I bought.
I really have no problem with them.
I think the only way you'll see a big difference is going with a real slick.
Street tires are not made to be heated up. They actually grip less when heated.
With a street tire you should drive around the water box, no burn out, and stage.
Drag Radials, water box and burn out. Same with slicks. The guy who sits there and does a big smoke show for about 10-15 seconds is just having fun, wearing out his tires, and doing it for show.
While I'm with you that heating a set of street radials isn't a good thing, I do think a short 3-4 second burn out with stock street tires would be beneficial. Not enough to heat them to any great extent mind you, but enough to clean off all of the rocks, dust and debris you picked up on your way to the staging lane.
Heating up street radials on the other hand, makes the greasy and will actually hurt your 60-ft times.....as does excessively dropping your tire pressure. There's no reason you should be running less than about 26lbs of air in a street tire. Most work best at a stock 30-32lbs of air.
I actually laugh at the guys at the track running their BFG Comp and Radial T/A's, etc, etc and insist on burning them for 5-15 sec at a time like the guys running slicks. Or the ones that will burn them in one spot, then stop and drive up to the line instead of rolling out of the burn out like you're supposed to. You can always tell the amateurs. They're the ones looking at their time slips wondering why they can't cut better than a 2.2X 60-ft time.
HoustonGT
I'm just saying that if Nittos only cut 60' by 4 thousandths of a second, then no thanks. Also, I'm on heavy chrome 18x9's and a 2" drop and just because i'm running 13.59's and you're running 14.2's doesn't mean i should have a better 60' there are high 14 sec cars cutting 1.8 60's on DR's. Its all about getting out of the hole man
I do cut 1.8 60' times. And 1.9's consistantly.
The difference between 1.97 and 1.84 is more than 4 thousandths. It's 1 tenth plus!!! You can't judge my 60' times by what your car could possibly run. They are two totally different cars. And I'm not trying to sell Nitto as a great tire. I just happen to have a set on my car. I may change to something else when I purchase my next set which is soon.
If you can drop your 60' times by 1 tenth, that's really good!!! I hope you realize that!!
From what I've read for drag radials, Mickey Thompsons hook the best, then BFG's, then Nitto's. For wear, the previous tires in reverse order.
Toyo is coming out with a drag radial.
I personally like the little bit of slip that you get from a drag radial. I think it's easier on the car's tarnsmission and rear than dumping the clutch on a slick.
How often do you go to the track? I just checked out your profile and you have 2.10 for a 60' time. Which is it? You said you run 1.9's on street tires. 1.97 is practically 2 seconds. And 2.10 is more than 2 seconds.
If a car is faster, it just stands to reason that your 60' time will be quicker, as long as the car hooks up. As well as 330', 660', and so on. What do you think a 9 second car has for a 60' time? A friend of mine has a Camero, 9 second car, 60' is like1.4or 1.5. Do you see what I mean? Your not going to get those kind of times because you don't have the horse power to get of the hole. Also if you hook to good without enough horse power, your car will bog and not launch as well. You want a little spin and some grab. It's all about finding that sweet spot in your launching technique. And once you find that, the weather and sun will screw you up!!!
No one said it was easy!!!
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