Justins00ss

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All right Iam finally pulling the trigger on a ford 9 inch. Right now the car has prostars front and rear. 15x10 in the back with a 275/50/15 Nitto DR on it and its lowered in the rear about 1 inch.

A couple people told me that being a M6 car I should really switch to more of a wrinkle wall type drag tire like the E/T street or the QTP. My issue is that I only have these wheels and I do like to take the car out on the street to local shows and drive it too the track. Its by no means a DD. So here are my questions

1. Iam leaning towards the 27x11.5x15 Hoosier QTP. Will it fit without any issues?

2. How well will it do on the street?
3. Do I need this type of tire or can just stay with a DR instead?

Leedogg

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Interested in the responses you get- I am going to my first ever bigs/littles setup myself. I am starting out with the 295/55 M/T Drag Radials, and 165/80's up front. I almost went the hoosier route too though...I had concerned about driving it on the streets(though mine MIGHT see 1500 miles/yr).

Justins00ss

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Wow 60 views and no responses?

1999Black_Z28

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I bought the MT ET Street Radials for my M6 / 9 inch setup when they were first released. The tires were very sticky but they were almost impossible to launch. After 2 seasons of trying anything to get a good launch I spoke with Mickey Thompson and learned that drag radials are not meant for manual transmission cars. They are not able to absorb the shock of 5k+ clutch dumps. My experience with drag radials with an M6 was that they would either bog or wheel hop. I ended up breaking 2 clutches, a driveshaft, and bending all of my wheel studs.

Since that time I have switched to the MT ET Street (Bias Ply) and I couldn't be happier. I get much better, less violent launches. I have driven them on the street without issue but I will warn you not to drive them if there is rain in the forecast. I once got stuck in the rain and it was probably the single most scary drive home I have ever had.

I hardly ever drove around with either tire on the street so I cannot comment on how long they will last.

LSxPwrDZ

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Yep a stiff wall Drag radial wont work very well on a stick car. I've been through all of that and ended up just buying slicks for mine with a spare set of cheap Jeg's Star wheels to mount them on and switch them at the track!

223HAWK

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Iv got a set of 325/50 Hoosier DRs and Im switching to an ET Street (bias ply) Like above, cant slip it enough to get a good 60ft and cant dump it and expect it to hold. They are a pretty big tire, I thought my cam only would work out great, but a bias ply is the winner for a Stick car!

I plan on driving mine a lot, just not in the rain obviously!

kierstyn

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I had the bias ply et streets and they did alot better than the et radials. Now if you are out to break stuff go for the radials they will deff find sumthin to break.

jakes4321

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Bias-ply is the way to go

Justins00ss

iTrader: (18)

Well I might have to look into that then for the track.

kierstyn

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I have 2 sets of rears for mine 1 set with slicks for the track and 1 set with the radials for roll on street action.