Good Drag Radials??????

[lilair30]

ok so im look for a good set of drag radials to go on a set of 15 in. racing rims....im pretty sure drag radials will be good for me...if not let me know...im still a noob so all ## input will be good...... thnnxxxx

 

[FourG63 97GST]

do you already have the wheels? what size are they?

 

[lilair30]

yeah 15x6.5 's....basically my friends old rims so whut do you think?

 

[spoolup]

have you upgraded to the "big brakes" on the front with the dual piston calipers? If so check to make sure the rims fit. When I first got my slicks for my car I took the rims to a friends AWD to see if the fit and they would not. So I am kind of stuck using the smaller brakes with single pisotn calipers. Which I dont mind since I am going to be running a 24.5" M&H and 13" weld racing rim next season.

But back on point. The BFGoods have a new tread design that have had good reviews. Please read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=g-Force+T/A+Drag+Radial+2 . Now I am going to be running DRs on the street and slicks at the track since my car only gets 3,000 miles a year on it since it is a "fun only" car now. I am looking at M&H since their slicks are by far the best I have ran on. There is a good 12.4 second minivan (racing at 4200 ft elevation as well) that runs these from M&H and he seems to like them: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stor...ryId=24783&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=36693 I am still reading up on reviews since my car is not going to run for a good 3 more months since the snow is out, so I have a bit of time to decide what I am gonig to do. But tire rack has review from people who have purchased them so maybe brouse their website and search for DRs and read up?

 

[lilair30]

thnx for the info...the bfg's seem good for track n street driving....wouldnt i get the 235's i think since rim is 6.5..... ?

 

[pawz1200]

nitto nt555r are great i ran those on my gst and loved them. they are real sticky and dot approved

 

[spoolup]

I have personally ran the triple nickels and I still had hop like no other. Best run I could pull on those were a 13.78x. changing to slicks, so be it little side wall due to the rim/ slick size dropped my time to 12.991 on the next run. I still say BFs if looking for some DRs. Sorry I dont have a 555 to BFs test that I have personally done so I cant say.