What hooks better on the street . . Nitto or BFG?
04-24-2005, 02:58 PM
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What hooks better on the street . . Nitto or BFG? I would like to hear from some guys who have run both the Nitto 555-R and the BFG G forge drag radials, which one of these tires hook better on the street only. i have MT et drags for the track i am looking for street use only. my options are a nitto 305/45/18 or the bfg 315/30/18.
04-25-2005, 11:18 AM
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My tires never spin on dry pavement anymore on my GTO with Nittos. I never thought there was a big difference between street and DR's but there sure is. I nail it and the rear just sinks and the car takes off.
04-25-2005, 11:24 AM
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They did for me, and if you really want to hook, then Mickey t's street radails are much better then either one, but they dont offer then in a 18" -Jim
Originally Posted by Bad Blu Formula
BFGs do not hook better than Nittos on the street.
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04-25-2005, 01:31 PM
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i had 275/40/17 nittos on and i couldn't get them to hook that hard on the street or the track.. i was getting 2.0 60 ft's at the track with a stall.. which was horrible..
I'd go with the BFG's because you can get them a bit wider and i heard they are pretty sticky! good luck
I'd go with the BFG's because you can get them a bit wider and i heard they are pretty sticky! good luck
04-26-2005, 03:37 PM
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The BFG's will definetely hook better than the Nittos on the street and on the strip. Here's a way I tested this out: I downshift my car into 1st at 30 mph and I would get some spin with the nittos. I tried this same thing with the BFG's on, and my car just squatted and took off. The nittos will last about 5x longer than the BFG's though. Usually about 13-15K miles for the nittos and about 3-4K miles with the BFG's.
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Originally Posted by LT-2-LS
thanks for all the info guys i just ordered the BFG's
This is a little bit off the subject, but if you want to improve your traction....try a polyurethane torque arm bushing. I just put mine in the other day and traction improved by quite abit. The thing only costs $20.
Most of you guys probably already know that but I thought I'd throw it out there....
