This is the drag setup I'm looking at. (tires)

[John_D.]

This is the drag setup I'm looking at. (tires)

BFG Drag Radials on the back, either:
235/60R15 (26.1 x 9.5) on a 15x7 OR
255/50R16 (26.1 x 10.3) on a 16x8

AND

MT ET Fronts, either:
25 x 4.5 15's (25.3 x 5, 11lbs) on a 15x4 OR
26 x 4.5 15's (25.9 x 4.9, 12lbs) on a 15x4


Anybody have the weights of the BFG DR's?


12's are comin' boys!!! (and gals!)
(depending on cost...)

Without doing a converter. Or weight reduction. Well, ok, I might pull the seats one time... :D

I'm getting a price quote on some bogarts. May do salad shooters instead though. Not as pretty, but probably more in my budget.

[naptown]

M/T's! Mickey makes the best drag radials.

[jmorgan]

wider is better why not a 275/60/15

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by naptown:
M/T's! Mickey makes the best drag radials.<hr></blockquote>

I ran some borrowed ET Streets this past weekend. Knocked .15 off my 60', no wheelspin.

So they're good.

But, I trapped no higher with them... So they worked against me on top end.

So, now I'm stepping down just a bit, planning to still get traction, and keep the trap speed up too.

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jason Morgan:
wider is better why not a 275/60/15<hr></blockquote>

Going as small as possible to keep trap speed up too. Wider will be overkill at some point. The 26 x 11 ET Streets I borrowed last Saturday were overkill. (I think...) We'll see...

[ May 07, 2003: Message edited by: John_D. ]</p>

[jmorgan]

if you have more traction with a wider tire you can run more air in them

and im sorry no way your gonna hook with the now 150 shot out the hole with some 235/60/15 tires its not gonna happen

slacker coulnt hook a 100 shot on nittos (245/50/16's) before his heads and cam and gears

[John_D.]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jason Morgan:
if you have more traction with a wider tire you can run more air in them

and im sorry no way your gonna hook with the now 150 shot out the hole with some 235/60/15 tires its not gonna happen

slacker coulnt hook a 100 shot on nittos (245/50/16's) before his heads and cam and gears<hr></blockquote>

I had 19 lbs in the ET Streets. I guess I could have gone up to 24 or so, but... They weren't mine and I was just happy to get to try them for two passes... Not sure what would have happened with more air.

The 235/60's have a 9.5 tread, vs my 18" street tires with 9.65 tread. I barely spin the street tires, and the bfg's should be a lot stickier than my street tires. So they might cut it. The 255/50's with a 10.3 tread should be plenty.

Last Saturday was on the 150 shot. It's a dry shot, so it doesn't hit as hard initially. Plus I'm still on the stock converter. I don't think a good hook will be so hard to come by. The ET Streets got me a 1.85, and I'm ok with that. Iif I can maintain that, and get a better trap speed too, then I'll really be happy. :D

The nittos are a little harder than the bfg's... The nittos treadlife tends to be about three times longer. (3000 miles vs 12000 miles) So the bfg's should be a little different story on hooking since they're softer. (I'm hoping they hook a little better)

I love to experiment and see what works anyway... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[12secondv6]

BF drag radials 255 50's mounted on a salad shooter 16 x 8 rim for the back
The salad shooters are the lightest f body rim
Mine (rim and drag) weigh 46 pounds
SLP sells f body 16 x 8 rims for $50 each

The M/T front runners are a very expensive tire.
I went with a bf goodrich 175 80 tire mounted on a weld drag lite 15 x 3.5 rim
I paid $40 per 175 80 tire brand new.
You can use a 165 R 15 Volkswagen tire but I wanted a bit wider.

I'd explore the 255 50 16 bf drag on a salad shooter rim w/ weld drag lite 15 x 3.5's w/ 175 80 bf radial tire