Another "what tire" thread... Drag radials

NYSpeed Automotive
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well my tires for the street (nittos) are completely shot. I have Slicks for the track, but i need a good sticky tire for the street. The car is not a daily driver. So what would you guys reccomend for a 420ish rwhp car? Nittos, MT et streets, BFG’s or Hoosiers?

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Depends on how much u want to spend I guess. I prfer bfg’s to nittos but that was years ago on a FWD car so…

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its like a $10 difference between them, so money isnt an issue

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How much do you drive the car? Also, what size wheel do you have?

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Why spend money on drs if you have slicks??

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I will probably take a couple cruises per week, maybe a trip to lancaster or NYI… idk maybe 100-200 miles per week from may- sept… 17 inch stock ws6 rim, so a 275 series tire.

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for the street, im not going to drive slicks and skinnies all the time

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weather you’ll be driving in? sunny days only? a mixture of everything?

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sunny days, my mustang didnt see rain in 2 years :smiley:

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I’ve ran both the 275 and 315 BFG dr’s on my car and I liked both of them for street duty. They didn’t hook for shit late in the year when it was cold but not many tires will. I had Nittos on my old Camaro, never again. I’d go with the BFG’s, ET street drag radials aren’t really necessary for what you’re trying to do.

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sunny days…bfg’s all the way then

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MT DRs
Thats the only real choice everything else is teh suck

Also drop down to 16s for the track

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http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45602&highlight=nittos

ONLY sunny days - MT ET Streets
Possible inclement weather - MT DRs
Daily Driver - BFGs

$0.02

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as a matter of fact, from that thread:

so I guess that rules out nittos

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Fuck ET streets…

A lot of people are switching from ET streets to the MT Drag radials…a lot better stability and the traction is just as good.

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My bad I meant DRs

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^Word?

I’ve never run ET Streets on my cars… too limiting on a DDable car. I love me some MT DRs though. mmm hmmm

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btw I doubt you will find a 17inch tire that you can hammer on from a slow roll and its going to get instant traction on the street…

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I wouldn’t ever drive MT drag radials in the rain btw…but thats just me they were iffy the few times I did it.

If you need a tire that will see rain rock the Nittos they are just fine…

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it dont matter anyways, I will take him down with a stock Ls1