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Mar 25, 2010 | 01:14 PM

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Drag Radial recommendations

What Drag radial tires do you guys recommend?

Mar 25, 2010 | 01:28 PM

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How much horsepower? From a pure hooking standpoint I love the mickey thompsons. They don't wear as well as some others. But it's the onlly tire that I can use to hook my horsepower. I use the 17" Drag Radials believe it or not.

Mar 25, 2010 | 01:31 PM

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Car dyno'd 420hp, bout to stall (yank 3600)

Mar 25, 2010 | 01:59 PM

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Honestly i would say a set of Hoosier dr's is the way to go but they dont last long....

Mar 25, 2010 | 03:24 PM

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I have the Nitto 555r's on 17's and right now im running Mickey ET Streets on my 18's and the Mickeys are a lot sticker than the Nittos and i have put about 4K miles on them and have barley any wear on them.

Mar 25, 2010 | 03:42 PM

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As long as your not looking for a DR that will last a significant amount of miles on the street I would go with M/T. I might be a little partial but they have worked so well for me why try something new I figure. With that said, I recently bought my 4th set of M/T ET Streets just the other day.

Mar 25, 2010 | 04:49 PM

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Always had good luck with Mickey Thompson, friends have had Nittos..The Nittos Last but dont hook..

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Mar 25, 2010 | 09:12 PM

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You could try the Nitto NT05 R

Mar 25, 2010 | 10:31 PM

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My new MT just came in I need to mount them and give them a try.

Mar 25, 2010 | 11:26 PM

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i plan on running a set of Nitto 555R. my car is somewhat of a daily driver and i need my tires to last..LOL. definitely cant beat the performance of M/T. i love how BFG look though.

Mar 26, 2010 | 03:26 AM

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what for a strictly track setup? MT?

Mar 26, 2010 | 10:34 AM

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That's one of the choices yes...

Mar 27, 2010 | 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TXZ28LS1

i plan on running a set of Nitto 555R. my car is somewhat of a daily driver and i need my tires to last..LOL. definitely cant beat the performance of M/T. i love how BFG look though.

Thats what I have now they dolast longer then most DR do hooking for me now is not happening. BFG definitely looks the best.

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what for a strictly track setup? MT?

I hope so.

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That's one of the choices yes...

I got them in yesterday ill try them out sunday.

Mar 27, 2010 | 07:06 PM

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I just installed a set of M/T 315 35 R17 3 hours ago and they don't hook on the street. I hope they hook better on the track. They are not quite what I expected on the street. They drive alright they just don't hook like I wanted. If I stall it up to 4000 rpm they just go up in smoke like my run flats did. Over all for the street, not that impressed with the tire.

Mar 27, 2010 | 08:42 PM

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^^^ how much air pressure are you running?

Mar 27, 2010 | 09:07 PM

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They had 23psi. It was probably too much. I talked to the guy i bought them from and he said run around 17-18psi and they should work. It is too late for me to take it back out and try again.(car is loud and kids are sleeping.)Will try again tomorrow.