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Old Nov 29, 2002 | 05:41 PM
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Whats the quickest ET times you guys have seen with 17" drag radials?
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Old Nov 29, 2002 | 08:29 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Lesrace82:
<strong>Whats the quickest ET times you guys have seen with 17" drag radials?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I use to run a set of 315/35/17 BFG's and ran a 12.13 @ 113 in really crappy weather with a 1.68 60'..

A change to 275/50/15's on lighter rims in preety good weather the car ran a 11.75 @114 with a 1.61 60'..

I ran the 17's all the time just like I'm running the 15's now without any problems at all...
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Old Nov 29, 2002 | 08:46 PM
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I think Wilwaxu went 12.0's on 17inch nittos with like a 1.60 60 on them <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> Stock internals/NA also

with et streets I think they slowed him down to oh 11.6's LOL <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Nov 30, 2002 | 03:43 PM
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I ran 10.71@127.5. 60 ft was 1.51. I'd like to run 9s on 'em one day. <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
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