The Drag Radial Thread v.1

[ZFSix]

Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer

what happened? you done with that place or what?

Yep, no more.

[ZFSix]

Originally Posted by 02EBZO6

Yes, don't forget the hoosiers, they hook better on the street than the MTs do. This is from a guy thats used both.

Keep doin your research or you will get flamed

Flamed for trying to set up and info thread and help people out?

[Pro Stock John]

I'm not sure about those BFG's, but Nittos are a good street tire and last a long time, but don't hook anywhere as good as the M/T's.

I have a few thoughts:
When using drag radials, make sure that you understand when you are getting wheel hop. When you get wheel hop don't stay on the throttle you have to let off. Staying in it can result in broken wheel studs and rearends.

When tuning a drag suspension at the track with drag radials, you want to run as much tire pressure as you high until the tires start to spin. When I've used 325-50-15's for example, I've started them at 18psi, and last time put them down to 17psi on my 1.35 pass. You want to keep the wait of the car on the back tires, so make sure that the car does not come out, up, and then down and unload the suspension. Doing that can result in tire spin and wheel hop. I run QA1 R shocks up front, and in back. I last ran the fronts at 1/1 and the rears at 7/7. Hope that helps.

[DrkPhx]

* Regardless of brand, any DR will wear faster compared to a regular street tire because of the treadwear rating.
* Nitto's are a decent all around tire for street/strip for bolt-ons cars; but will harden up noticeably in very cold weather which renders them almost completely worthless.
* I still advise against driving any DR in wet weather even though some are better than others. DR's already have shaved tread compared to a standard tire and putting miles on them makes it worse.

I run the MT DR 255/50/16 and have pulled a 1.48 60-ft. The pressure was at 18 psi. I really like these tires and probably will stick with them.

[SSNISTR]

Originally Posted by mcmillion

I can vouch that the ET Street DR's (new tread design) actually do pretty decent in the wet.

Does the NEW design come in 275 40 17?

[Unstang]

Originally Posted by SSNISTR

Does the NEW design come in 275 40 17?

Nope, they are still the original design. I'm not sure why they use 2 different designs.

[ZFSix]

I guess the mods didn't feel like my thread was important enough.

[LS1SS01]

Originally Posted by ZFSix

I guess the mods didn't feel like my thread was important enough.

I think it is lol Anyways I've just got simple boltons so I'm thinking about getting some NT555r's. They should be good enough for the power I'm making and I'm afraid of snapping my 10bolt with MT's. Sound good everyone??

[dlove]

Originally Posted by ZFSix

I guess the mods didn't feel like my thread was important enough.

see my post.

and actually i just copied it over to here and sticked it

['Trust']

I have 335 Hooiser DR's, but I would prefer the MT's if they weren't on crazy back order