Please help me select Drag Radials

[jtfairlane]

I was hoping you guys could help me select a size and brand/type of drag radials. This is going to be on the stock 10-holes on my LX, stock ride height. Front tires will still be stock sized 225/60R-15.

My hope is to be able to drive safely/slowly to the track which is about 10 miles away, and then drive back after I've finished abusing them. I don't want any tire rub, and I am keeping my quad kicker shocks.

If it helps/makes any difference, here is the car I'm putting drag radials on, in a tiny nutshell:

'89 Mustang LX Hatchback 5.0/AOD
3000-3200rpm stall Edge Lockup Converter
3.73:1 gears
Edelbrock Performer 5.0 Heads/Intake/70mm TB
24lb injectors/75mm MAF/Lasota SCT Chip
Crane 2031 Powermax Cam
MM SFCs/LCA. Ford Racing UCA.

Anyway, what size drag radials would you guys recommend, considering my combo and goals?

[rel3rd]

If the only goals are no rubbing and retaining the quad shocks and 10 hole wheels, just go with a 235/60/15.

275/50/15's will physically fit, but would more than likely rub something, and unless it's a skinny Nitto DR, it's honestly slightly too wide of a tire for a 7" rim.

Don't know if MT makes a 235/60 DR but I know BFG does, and I have used that exact size on one of my old LX hatchbacks without any issues whatsoever...it was an 11.80 nitrous bolt-on car FWIW.

[paxtu2]

I have run a set of the 235/60/15's and they hooked great until they start to ball up. A quick burn out cleans them up.

Good Luck
Eric

[lil_302]

i had 235/60/15's MT's and pulled the front tires they hook great

[JFAB]

I just ordered some nitto's they will be here monday got sick of my 60ft going to shit when the track wont allow street tires in the box nor the grove

[jtfairlane]

Just as a follow up, back in April when I started this thread, I ended up going with the BF Goodrich G Force Drag Radial in a 235/60-15.

My best pass so far this year is a 12.95 e.t. on a 1.77 60ft time.

Considering my car is a daily driver (literally) full weight street car, I was pretty happy with that.

Sadly, it's already time to replace the BF Goodrich's...they only lasted about 2 months before all the soft rubber/tread was gone, now they're just hard and bald.

I might try the ET Street Radial this time...

[SVTCobra01]

Just as a follow up, back in April when I started this thread, I ended up going with the BF Goodrich G Force Drag Radial in a 235/60-15.

My best pass so far this year is a 12.95 e.t. on a 1.77 60ft time.

Considering my car is a daily driver (literally) full weight street car, I was pretty happy with that.

Sadly, it's already time to replace the BF Goodrich's...they only lasted about 2 months before all the soft rubber/tread was gone, now they're just hard and bald.

I might try the ET Street Radial this time...

Wow, didn't last long. How many miles? I have Mickey ET Streets and was wondering how many miles I'll get on them too.

[JFAB]

what did your 60fts pic up?

[squeak]

2 months on bfg's????How many burn outs did you do? Mine have 7 or 8 hard burn outs and passes on them and have yet to show signs of loss of life......Not to mention at least 500 street miles....those are not easy either.

[90ssLX]

nittos are the best for wear and rain and m/t hook the best. you already know what bfg do for ya

[jtfairlane]

FoxxyFiveO: I don't know exactly how many miles. My car is a grunt utilitarian everything. I drive it 7 days a week, to work, to wherever, grocery getter, grudge drag abuse, and bracket racing, all without breaking parts. My best guess? Maybe a couple thousand miles, maybe.

JFAB: I don't know what my 60 fts picked up, because I never got a timeslip with this car on regular street radials, because I never saw the point in doing that (just sit there and spin at the line and get killed). I average in the 1.8x but my best was a 1.77

squeak: I did a SHIT load of burnouts. On average 4 burnouts per race, I probably raced 12 times (both bracket and grudge), so lets say as a guesstimate almost 50 burnouts.

90sslx: Yeah, I already know that. I have ET Street Radials mounted now on a spare set of rims (didn't have a spare set with the BFG's) so just because I will not be driving on them all the time I'm sure they will last a long time.

[squeak]

Wow, just wow. I can tell you mine have 6 passes on them with nice burn outs each time, lots of street miles and are showing no major signs of wear. Pulls very consistent 1.7's on a sick motor.

4 burn outs per race? Not sure that is required...Any special reason for that?

[jtfairlane]

I think you misunderstood me, or I wasn't clear enough, one or the other.

I meant 4 burnouts or more per race day, not an individual pass. That's because I would do time trials, eliminations, etc. and would do 1 burnout per pass, it's just I made 4 or more passes per race.

When I say I probably raced 12 times on those tires, what I meant was that I used them at 12 race-days, which I may have made 4-8 passes each day, plus daily street driving, etc.