82cetuner

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looking for advice, I decided to just use my stock 9.5 rim for my drag purposes for now since I dont itend to grind my fresh powsercoated calipers to run 15x10s my question is whats a good drag radial for a 6 speed car with 500hp on a 9.5 rim I am not sure how wide I can go on a 9.5

also whats a good front tire to run with it on the same 9.5 rim.

I would like tires that I can drive to the strip with and drive home

Doug G

MT ET Streets (bias ply)

Hoosier Drag radials I think I heard work decent with a manual bos ?

MT DragRadials don't work that great with manual tranny (sidewalls stiff) soI understand.

82cetuner

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can bias plys be drivin with radials on the front on the street?

Orange99Z

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My 275/40R17 (26") M/T et street radials hooked hard enough to break the wheel studs. My 295/45R17 (28") et steet radials broke front u-joint & transmission case. 3800 lb car & 5k clutch dumps didn't work for me lol It hooked though. Both are on C5 ZO6 17x9.5s

Orange99Z

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For the front i just used a cheap 275/40. Sumitumo I think? It would lift them a little bit if everything worked right.

I've mixed bias on the rear & radials on the front before without any major noticable problems

black and pink z28

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If you really want to going fast u need a drag wheel set up I have convo pros on my 98 z and did nt have to grind on any thing to get them to fix and I know race star fix with no grinding too

82cetuner

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ok thats good so race stars fit, I heard bogarts would but man they are expensive. you are talking about the 15 inch race stars right

Orange99Z

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F-body specific Billet Specialties Street Lites fit without grinding too. 15"

82cetuner

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but race stars are high up there too LOL I may just use my stockers for now as my secondary drag setup

BrianSF-GA

All the manufacturer's say "NEVER", but I am comfortable with a bias ply front and a radial rear (at least in the "old days"). You will feel alot of "push" on the front though. You would definitely not want to run a radial front with a bias ply rear. The front "bite" of a radial front makes the rear bias ply want to come around in a quick maneuver.

I am putting a track package together of bias ply fronts and rears since I am also running an M6. You need some side wall flex with an M6 that you don't get with a drag radial. If you go full slick, you do want a stiff wall though. An M6 is very hard on a regular wall slick in such a heavy car.

... just my 2 cents.

BrianSF-GA

My track setup ... Weld RT-S's ... 26x7.5-15 M/T Sportsman 8-ply fronts are ready to be mounted .... 27x11.5-15 Hoosier QTP will be on the way soon and will probably move up to an 28x10.5-15S (stiff) M/T ET Drag once I get the suspension sorted out.

black and pink z28

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Jim's racing tire has the best price on race stars I think they are 700 shipped with lugs

VIPRETR2

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Just FYI, if you are talking about stock WS6 wheels they are 9" wide not 9.5".

82cetuner

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um no ws-6 wheels are 9.5s

82cetuner

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thanks or the input brian, are bias plys ok to drive about 45 miutes to the strip? I may run bias plies front and back, I wont be using slicks cause I want to stay DOT legal for any street shootout classes they run.

my car wasnt built for all out drag race so having the BEST 60 is not important but spinning threw third is LOL

RENE'S RAGE

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You will not hook with a 17" rim. Not enough sidewall on the tire.
Get you some 15x10 rims and a 28" tire.

BrianSF-GA

I wouldn't hesitate to drive them to the track, but, although they say they are "DOT tires", they are not intended for street use. They are very soft and will pickup everything from the road surface and fling it on your car and don't be tempted to "jump" on it on the street all the time or they will not last long at all. Just drop your car in 6th gear and "ease" it to the track.

82cetuner

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i didnt inted to race them on the street and I am not going to run a 28 inch tall tire a 26 with 3.90 gears should keep me in 4th at the end

BrianSF-GA

We are talking about a set of dedicated 15" drag wheels correct? "RENE'S RAGE" is right, I don't think you will be able to hook with a 17" at this power level either.

BrianSF-GA

By the way "82cetuner", what kind of torque are you making with your 418 and where in the rpm range is it? My 402's peak rwt of 497 ft-lbs spans from 4650-4750 rpm's and over 400 ft-lbs from 3,000+. Like I said, I have alot of shake down runs to do and trust me, I won't be dumping the clutch at that 4700 rpm the first time out.