drag radials

Gearbanger 101 said:

but I've got nothing but good things to say about the Mickey Thompson E/T Street Radials.

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Those were the BEST tires I ever owned.

It completely depends on HOW you want to use the tires.

Nittos are the only drag radial that will last more than 3-4k miles, and the only logical choice if you are going to daily drive the tires(unless you like buying new tires every oil change). They can last 10k+ miles pretty easily, but because of the higher treadwear they aren't as sticky. You have to get quite a bit of heat in the tire before they become sticky. This is what I bought to daily drive the 88 2.3 on.

The other tires have superior traction but may only last 2-4k miles. Certainly, you could drive to and from the drag strip, but crusing around town you'll wear them out quickly.

I chose nittos because I wanted I tire I could always drive around on. If I need something stickier than the nitto, I'll buy another set of tires to bolt on at the track. The nittos should be good for at least a 1.8 60' on a stock suspension, and 1.6s with some drag oriented changes.

deftsound said:

well ordered the bfg's , getting here tomorrow i cant wait! I don't daily drive my car anymore so im looking forward to getting some good solid traction for once

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what size did you go with? If you dont mind me asking, how much did you pay.

Yeah I think nitto suck to, I had a set and could not even think of hooking at the track, so I bought a set of BFG,s and there great. I have MT 315's now, but think the BFG's hook better. I'am going to try Hoosier's 315/35/17 drag radial next after the MT's are gone. BTW I went from running 8.5s on nittos to 7.9 on BFGS, belive it or not.

deftsound said:

315/35/17

got them for 175 each...not too bad

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good deal man!

Thats not bad at all. They hook better than nittos on the street, and dont require a massive burnout like the nittos either.

Just watch out for an NA NPI car at HMP or HRP, you might be seeing my tail.

JK though, Im sure you would hand it to me.

we def all need to meet up soon. I need a clutch, D98gt(maddox) is just just plain slow , and its summertime with that hot, sticky air. Save some of that rubber for the fall. BTW, I have 20 passes with burnouts, and 2k on my bfg's. They are holding up fine, cant really tell that they are used. You want the center 2 bars on the bfgs to be bald, which mine arent yet, to get the best traction out of them. Many people get rid of them when they are just being broken in.

lvmustanggt said:

i had nitto 555R, was ok for the track. Now got MT ET Street . MT hook better at the track better then nitto 555R. Just don't use DR for DD cars cause might loose control of your car in rainy day.

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+1 Thats how I got my new hood and bumper last year.

Yeah rain and broke in drag radials , almost had the same problem last year on the way to the beach

There's about 6,000 miles on BFGoodrich Drag Radials, with about 25 passes on them. After three or four real good burnouts on them, they became difficult to handle in the rain. There's only certain kinds of cement in the rain that I have trouble with, so I had a few VERY scary moments sneak up on me. I'm going to get some Sumitomos again, since they are back to $99 each for 315s on Tirerack, and am going to get some slicks and drag wheels for the track.

Yeah, I would say that you got your moneys worth out of those tires
BTW great color

yep, those are dunski

If you want a tire for the street, nittos hands down.... if you want a tire for the track ET street radials, or if you wanna go big ET street bias plys.

Winters98GT said:

good deal man!

we def all need to meet up soon. I need a clutch, D98gt(maddox) is just just plain slow , and its summertime with that hot, sticky air. Save some of that rubber for the fall.

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I think I am heading to HRP tonight actually to get a few runs in. Nothing has exactly changed but I haven't raced in a few weeks and it's getting to me already