drag radials...

[Only4U]

i'm looking for some good drag radials. i will have PROBABLY a 3800 stall torque converter soon and will probably need all the traction i can get. apparently, the bmr lca's are what i will be getting, but i need some good radials. will 255/50 suffice? or do you guys have any other suggestions? i will have these tires on an extra pair of stock rims, so i think 255 will the the widest i can go. i need some radials at 255 that will let me stall 3000 rpms+ without loss of traction. thx.

[Only4U]

will 245's do? or should i def. go with 255's? what about nitto's, are they worth anything?

[JAM]

They are almost the same width. The sidewall is just less on the 245 series compared to the 255. Are you using these for racing, or for street use also?

I've had 245's before. They work great!

[Only4U]

just racing...nothing else...

a good brand would be...?

[12secondv6]

I run nitto drag radials 245 50 16's
I run them on the street as my daily driver tire.
I drive from jersey to vermont, maryland, new york basically everywhere on them.
They are my n/a track tire.
Lower them to 20 psi, heat them up, and launch like a mo fo.
I'm really happy with them.
I tried bf's 255 50 16's but they are much stickier and flick up rocks at the car and stuff gets stuck in them.
Nitto's need to be smoked to get them sticky

[ItalianStallion1]

Personally, if you're going with tires that your going to put away for strictly racing, I'd go with 275's. I hear a lot of great things about the Nitto 555R's as well. I'm not sure if they make 275 but I run 255's as my regular driving tires. I don't have a posi and I have 3.08's so I just roast em like a Thanksgiving turkey. I have major traction problems with them on the street. The track is a little better. I don't know if there would be a reason to not run 275's but you figure a bigger patch area means more contact, therefor mor traction .....etc I don't know, I wouldn't put all that money into tires and only get 255's, get atleast 275's, shoot, maybe even 315's but dought Nitto makes that size. I don't know if 315 would even fit a 9.5 rim. That's something I would like to know.

[ October 01, 2002: Message edited by: ItalianStallion1 ]</p>

[JAM]

Check summit, and Jegs. They have Hosier, good year, micky thompson, and lots of drag slicks in all sizes.

[Only4U]

275 is overkill. 12secv6 runs 245's and he doesn't have traction problems. you get too wide and i think you could lose a little power...most don't think that, but i do.

[slacker69]

Me personally im getting some 15x8 weld prostars and i am wraping thme with some 26x12.5-15 mickey Thompson Sportsman Pros. Those things are soft and stickey

[ZeroGTS]

get some e/t streets.

the "street legal" slick.

m/t makes them.

the nittos are made out of a different grade of rubber which is harder. it will grip hard but if you can find anything else for a similar price go for it.

i think the nitto may last longer but i didnt like them enough. they didnt hold power that well so i got rid of them.

[pgriffith]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ZeroGTS:
get some e/t streets.

the "street legal" slick.

m/t makes them.

the nittos are made out of a different grade of rubber which is harder. it will grip hard but if you can find anything else for a similar price go for it.

i think the nitto may last longer but i didnt like them enough. they didnt hold power that well so i got rid of them.<hr></blockquote>

It is made out of harder rubber but Nitto's will last alot longer as a daily driver tire because of this.

[eurokiller1]

Bf goodrich's tires are more sticky, but don't last as long as nittos. If they are just for the track get the 255 bfs. They are also cheiper than nitto. I had nittos, because I used them all the time, but if I had another set of rims I would have gotten bfs. Nitto doesn't make 255,only bf goodrich. It shouldn't be too wide

[stagen]

Nitto does make a 255 tire (NT-555 Extreme ZR) but not in a drag radial. 255/40 and 255/45.

Make sure you remember when Nitto is spoken here they are talking about the Drag Radials NT-555R which is completely different that the Nittos for street like the NT-450. Totally different make up on materials and pruposes.

[12secondv6]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Only4U:
275 is overkill. 12secv6 runs 245's and he doesn't have traction problems. you get too wide and i think you could lose a little power...most don't think that, but i do.<hr></blockquote>
Um, actually I have a traction problem n/a :(
If I heat them up and drop the psi to 20 then I'm ok n/a
Hell, I can smoke my et streets if I want.
But if I drop the psi to 16 and heat them up then I dead hook and scare myself :D
Italian stallion: Wider does not mean better. When you go wider the sidewall gets less and less. You need a nice tall sidewall for the wrinkle effect.

[ItalianStallion1]

Ahh, thank you James. Something that I have missed after all these years. I knew those pictures of drag cars with those huge slicks wrinckling was there for a reason. I just assumed that was never going to be happening for an L36 driven car.