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09-13-2013, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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Best Drag Radial?
If anyone has experience with different Drag Radials what do you think/heard is the best, ive been told Nitto's. In a 18" or 19" inch
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09-15-2013, 08:18 PM | #4 |
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Are the radials? I've ran Et streets ony drag cars, but bias tires suck, I need so good drag radials. Guy at the track had a 012 GTR stock engine With a tune and a couple add on's he had nitto 05r's or something he said there one of the best his car ran 10.30's (yah I know the GTR is the baddest car)
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For starters go with an 18" wheel. Hoosier, Mickey Thompson, and M&H racemaster all have very good dr tires. On my stang, hoosiers were actually the best tire I had... pulled a 1.49 short on those
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09-16-2013, 12:13 PM | #7 |
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Ok went onto the MT site and saw the tires your talking about are Radials, so you know so people that have had success with them?
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Did he heat um up in the burn out box?
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09-17-2013, 06:50 PM | #12 |
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I ran nitto nt555r 285/40/18. Wider isn't better with DR's, actually its worse. Your on very sticky compound so a narrow tire will hook just as good while the wider tires will slow you down. I never ran better than 1.7 60fts while VF ran 1.6 and they ran the MT ET streets. I'm switchin to MT ET Street 265/40/18, these are the best tires period for our car! On my record run, I broke loose between 1st and 2nd. With better tires my new GTS DCT software, I know 10.5 is attainable in cold temps
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09-18-2013, 06:14 AM | #14 |
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Track prep determines if you will hook. I went last week and I was spinning in 3 gears and all I could turn was 11.7 @ 127 1.9 60ft. Start your psi at 25 and heat them up. I usually end up around 15-18psi
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09-18-2013, 08:35 AM | #15 |
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There's one track that's going to open up soon that will be prep well but the other one that's open now is only ok I think. What time u think I should be able to run? I'm hoping for a 1.5 60foot but that's a hard task!!
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I never came close to 1.6 and I launched hundreds of times, many of them perfect launches with zero wheelspin at 5500! All of my 10.6-10.8 runs were 1.7. I think what held me back was the tires where too wide and slightly too tall. The MT 265/40/18 would have helped. You won't see 1.5.....
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09-18-2013, 10:36 AM | #17 |
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I'm on 275/30/18 R888s on the OEM 18s im going to the track on Sunday. How do you think they will hold up?
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If you want to see 1.4-1.5 60ft, you will have to modify the rear brakes so you can fit a smaller rim and go with full slicks. Personally, I wouldn't go that far with this car. I was close to running a full slick on 17's but decided against it for its to much pressure on axles and the DCT/Diff
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Adding a question to an older thread....
Are there any issues / concerns (aside from looking goofy), running the OEM 19's upfront, with an 18" DOT drag radial on the back? |
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