DOT Drag Tires
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DOT Drag Tires
Anyone have a test on DOT Drag Tires from the different companies? Any opinions on the best?
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Re: DOT Drag Tires
At the track all the fast guys in the DOT class use Mickey ET Streets.speedtalk wrote:Anyone have a test on DOT Drag Tires from the different companies? Any opinions on the best?
The only guys that use Nitto's or BFG's drag radials is in that class.
Also setup your chassis for those kind of tires for max 60ft's
A good chassis guy should do it for you.
Tom K.
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Re: DOT Drag Tires
What chassis differences do these tires need? Softer hit?tk wrote:speedtalk wrote:Also setup your chassis for those kind of tires for max 60ft. A good chassis guy should do it for you.
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Re: DOT Drag Tires
\What chassis differences do these tires need? Softer hit?[/quote]
I would guess so.
But I'm far from being a chassis specialist.
You need to talk to a guy in that class or to their chassis shop.
I would guess so.
But I'm far from being a chassis specialist.
You need to talk to a guy in that class or to their chassis shop.
Tom K.
www.tkrace.com
tkracehead@hotmail.com
I love motorsports because all other sports require only 1 ball!
Cheap...Powerful....Reliable...Choose only 2 of the 3
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Street Tires
Some of my buddies are into street racing, and real street class racing and driving around they use either nittos or BF Goodrich drag radials if they know they racing they're bolting on the ET Streets. Hope this helps.
E.T. Steets a slick with grooves(so it can be DOT) They are by far the best for traction. They work just as good as a true slick, but I would not run them regularly on the street, they will not last. BFG drab radials are a far cry better then a "true radials", But I have never seen or heard of them working nearly as well as E.T streets! Hope this helps!
ET Streets are the best DOT "slick" I've seen. Nitto and BFG are the two big drag radial tires.
Nitto makes the 555R and 555R2. The 555R is a standard drag radial, the 555R2 is a road racing/autcross radial made with the same compound as the 555R but with much stiffer sidewalls.
The BFG drag radials will give you better performance on a prepped track, the Nitto drag radials are a better choice for the street. It seems like the two companies actually took different approaches. Kind of refreshing.
A word of warning. BFG drag radials will be eaten alive by street driving. The compound appears to be too soft and you'll get very little life out of the tires.
Nitto makes the 555R and 555R2. The 555R is a standard drag radial, the 555R2 is a road racing/autcross radial made with the same compound as the 555R but with much stiffer sidewalls.
The BFG drag radials will give you better performance on a prepped track, the Nitto drag radials are a better choice for the street. It seems like the two companies actually took different approaches. Kind of refreshing.
A word of warning. BFG drag radials will be eaten alive by street driving. The compound appears to be too soft and you'll get very little life out of the tires.