BFGoodrich Radial T/A tires

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:31 pm

Hello fellows

I'm wondering if the 275/60/15 BFG's can make good 60foot times on the dragstrip.

The car is a Street strip 71 Z28 Camaro , SBC 360hp, Turbo 350, 3800 Converter, 4:30 gears with positraction, basic suspension mods to drag race .

The old 295 hankook tires was terrible with 2.48s 60foot and 14.04@103mph on the 1/4 mile.
I need better tires to hopefully get 2.2s 60foot.

and these BFGs are a good deal to me if they work...

I'd like to hear real world experience with these tires

because here in Brazil we need import drag radials or slick tires thus costing a arm and a leg.

Thanks in advance

Dodge Freak · Post by **Dodge Freak** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:18 pm

And here Brazil has rubber trees and some good tires are made in Brazil-yet I am not surprise if you need to order them outside of Brazil and have them shipped back

Good 15 inch tires are few, everybody wants 16 inch or larger now. I never used them so no comment on them

ijames · Post by **ijames** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:49 pm

I ran 235/60-15 ta radials and liked them as a street tire. They were decent in rain and snow and I got some 1.9 60' with a turbo regal T-Type. Put a set of 275/50-15's (same height, 26") ta radials on the back and they were terrifying. They would hydroplane with more than four drops of water on the road. Never tried them in snow, they didn't hook any better than the smaller size, and I got them off in a few thousand miles and considered myself lucky to be rid of them! If you can't drive them in weather you might as well have Mickey Thompson drag radials and get serious traction. I went to Nittos, 275/50-15's and love them. Best rain tire ever, scary bad in snow (I just had to try them a couple of times

), and hook ok down to about 40F.

jetstuff · Post by **jetstuff** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:34 pm

Several years ago at the pure stock drags we had a dead stock, unrestored 70 Mach1 with a new set of BFG Radial T/A's (428 SCJ, 4 sp.4:30 Detroit Locker) Best pass out of 9 passes was 14.39. Borrowed a set of repro F70-14 Goodyear bias plys, next pass was a 13.71. Not the best ride or handling tire, but hook suprisingly well (just look at some of the FAST cars - running mid 10 second times on G60-15 repro bias plys and no traction bars or devices !

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:41 pm

ijames wrote:I ran 235/60-15 ta radials and liked them as a street tire. They were decent in rain and snow and I got some 1.9 60' with a turbo regal T-Type. Put a set of 275/50-15's (same height, 26") ta radials on the back and they were terrifying. They would hydroplane with more than four drops of water on the road. Never tried them in snow, they didn't hook any better than the smaller size, and I got them off in a few thousand miles and considered myself lucky to be rid of them! If you can't drive them in weather you might as well have Mickey Thompson drag radials and get serious traction. I went to Nittos, 275/50-15's and love them. Best rain tire ever, scary bad in snow (I just had to try them a couple of times ), and hook ok down to about 40F.

1.9s with 235 tires!!!! awesome

I'm not familiar with your car

, how about power and weight?

Here in Brazil snow is very rare, my car rarelly run on rain too.
I'm looking mainly for good traction at strip...

Then when you put that 275 your car did the same 60foot and 1/4 ET?

I'm not sure if I can use all the traction from drag Radials with only 360hp...what you think?

thanks for reply

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:51 pm

jetstuff wrote:Several years ago at the pure stock drags we had a dead stock, unrestored 70 Mach1 with a new set of BFG Radial T/A's (428 SCJ, 4 sp.4:30 Detroit Locker) Best pass out of 9 passes was 14.39. Borrowed a set of repro F70-14 Goodyear bias plys, next pass was a 13.71. Not the best ride or handling tire, but hook suprisingly well (just look at some of the FAST cars - running mid 10 second times on G60-15 repro bias plys and no traction bars or devices !

Unbelievable! that Bfg's didn't hook then...
What cause you think that F70's go much better?

Looks like small meats to a hungry 428!

Thanks

AdioSS · Post by **AdioSS** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:21 am

my car was able to get multiple 2.0 sixty foot times on a pair of 235/75R15s at a prepped track on a cool night several years ago. I switched to 26x10.5 ET Streets about the time the track started to go away and it was only able to run in the 1.9s. My car's best was a 1.699 a couple years later on 275/60R16 BFG drag radials.

The car is a 96 impala SS with just bolt-ons. I doubt it was making 360hp. I'm sorry, but I don't remember the brand or model of those skinny tires. They were on the cop car wheels that I picked up for cheap.

I believe that between the 4 wheels there were 3 different brands.

ijames · Post by **ijames** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:17 pm

BrazilianZ28Camaro wrote:
ijames wrote:I ran 235/60-15 ta radials and liked them as a street tire. They were decent in rain and snow and I got some 1.9 60' with a turbo regal T-Type. Put a set of 275/50-15's (same height, 26") ta radials on the back and they were terrifying. They would hydroplane with more than four drops of water on the road. Never tried them in snow, they didn't hook any better than the smaller size, and I got them off in a few thousand miles and considered myself lucky to be rid of them! If you can't drive them in weather you might as well have Mickey Thompson drag radials and get serious traction. I went to Nittos, 275/50-15's and love them. Best rain tire ever, scary bad in snow (I just had to try them a couple of times ), and hook ok down to about 40F.
1.9s with 235 tires!!!! awesome

I'm not familiar with your car , how about power and weight?

Here in Brazil snow is very rare, my car rarelly run on rain too.
I'm looking mainly for good traction at strip...

Then when you put that 275 your car did the same 60foot and 1/4 ET?

I'm not sure if I can use all the traction from drag Radials with only 360hp...what you think?

thanks for reply

86 Buick Regal T-Type, turbo 3.8L V6 with lots of aftermarket parts, at that time putting about 380-400 hp to the ground, weight at track about 4000 lbs, ran mid 12's, never ran the 275/60 ta's at the track but on the street they didn't seem to hook any better than the 235's. Now it's about 440 rwhp, 4100 lbs (not related, just more junk in the trunk

), best of 11.87 but lots of 12.0-12.1s with the Nittos.

Nitrousknob · Post by **Nitrousknob** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:19 pm

I use to race a 83 camaro in the radial tire class at centerville Dragstrip in Arkansas. We had to run a 200 or more DOT tire, not a drag radial but a regular street tire. My car had the stock int, electric windows and seat radio in the dash stock fuel tank. Only fiberglass was the hood. 3400lbs. The motor was a 406 13 to 1 Pro-topline 235 alum heads 268/ 272 @ .050 roller cam. Turbo 350 with full manual valve body. It ran (Centerville is 1000ft) 8.99 @ 116mph with 1.63 60ft motor only. 6.99 @101 through the 8th

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:53 pm

Nitrousknob wrote:I use to race a 83 camaro in the radial tire class at centerville Dragstrip in Arkansas. We had to run a 200 or more DOT tire, not a drag radial but a regular street tire. My car had the stock int, electric windows and seat radio in the dash stock fuel tank. Only fiberglass was the hood. 3400lbs. The motor was a 406 13 to 1 Pro-topline 235 alum heads 268/ 272 @ .050 roller cam. Turbo 350 with full manual valve body. It ran (Centerville is 1000ft) 8.99 @ 116mph with 1.63 60ft motor only. 6.99 @101 through the 8th

excellent! really impressive.

When you wrote "200 or more DOT tire" you talking about treadwear #?

What tires was your car equiped when you did that 1.63 sixty foot?

Had you some ballast weight at the trunk too?

Here in Brazil the tire choices are very limited... What are the best tire brands in your opinion?

Nitrousknob · Post by **Nitrousknob** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:32 pm

I tried to call some guys that raced in that class but no answer. I can't remember the brand of tire, but I do remember they had a tread wear # of 400. We raced on Sat. night, but on wen. we would jack up the car and wipe the tires down with Xylene about once an hour wen and thur. through out the day and let them set all day fri and air out. I had a gauge that tested the hadness of the tire and wiping them would drop the # by about 60 points. As far as ballast the only thing in the trunk was the battery. I had airbags in the springs 15lbs on rt, 5lbs on left. The car still had the 7.5 rear in it with 4.56 gears 4200 stall turbo 350. It was still pulling hard when I crossed the 1000ft. I think it would of run mid 10s through the Qt. I'll call them later and find out the brand and post it on here for ya. When I first went to that track I had a 350 in that car and B.F, Goodrich radial TA 50s P 275-50-15 I ran a 9.72 @ 96mph. I had like a 1.77 60ft. I have a set of Micky Thompson Drag radials P275-60-15. That radial tire glas is a drivers class. You can't go out there and stomp the car to the floor, or you'll spin

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:51 pm

Nitrousknob wrote:I tried to call some guys that raced in that class but no answer. I can't remember the brand of tire, but I do remember they had a tread wear # of 400. We raced on Sat. night, but on wen. we would jack up the car and wipe the tires down with Xylene about once an hour wen and thur. through out the day and let them set all day fri and air out. I had a gauge that tested the hadness of the tire and wiping them would drop the # by about 60 points. As far as ballast the only thing in the trunk was the battery. I had airbags in the springs 15lbs on rt, 5lbs on left. The car still had the 7.5 rear in it with 4.56 gears 4200 stall turbo 350. It was still pulling hard when I crossed the 1000ft. I think it would of run mid 10s through the Qt. I'll call them later and find out the brand and post it on here for ya. When I first went to that track I had a 350 in that car and B.F, Goodrich radial TA 50s P 275-50-15 I ran a 9.72 @ 96mph. I had like a 1.77 60ft. I have a set of Micky Thompson Drag radials P275-60-15. That radial tire glas is a drivers class. You can't go out there and stomp the car to the floor, or you'll spin

Thank U very much for the tips and help!

Really helpfull,but I'm not familiar with Xylene...what is this?

Here I run Braket racing and the track prep isn't that good...

I have two street tires on sight to my 71 z28:
295/50/15 Hankook tires (tread wear 300) and
275/60/15 BFGs tread wear 400...

A friend of mine did 2.0s 60 foot with a 360ci 69' Dodge dart with 295 Hankooks...

I have no parameter for the BFGs

Nitrousknob · Post by **Nitrousknob** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:09 am

Xylene is a solvent, kind of like a paint thinner. We use to run Winston Winner GT tires Made by Kelly tire but I heard Kelly tire went out of buisness. Can you run Drag radials? that would help your 60ft if you have a spinning problem. A lower gear ratio will help. I ran 4.56 in my Camaro I'm gonna run 5.13 in my Nova

BrazilianZ28Camaro · Post by **BrazilianZ28Camaro** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:07 am

Nitrousknob wrote:Xylene is a solvent, kind of like a paint thinner. We use to run Winston Winner GT tires Made by Kelly tire but I heard Kelly tire went out of buisness. Can you run Drag radials? that would help your 60ft if you have a spinning problem. A lower gear ratio will help. I ran 4.56 in my Camaro I'm gonna run 5.13 in my Nova

Ok, Thanks

I can run Drag radials ,problem is the cost of imported parts here...a pair of drag radials costs 1200 US dollars here

Street tires cost half of that...

AdioSS · Post by **AdioSS** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:00 am

BrazilianZ28Camaro wrote:I can run Drag radials ,problem is the cost of imported parts here...a pair of drag radials costs 1200 US dollars here

Street tires cost half of that...

WOW!

Who are you buying from? Have you considered just getting in touch with a company or tire shop here in the States and have them ship the tires to you? I bet you could find somebody on this board that could help you there?