joblo1978

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I'm about to buy my first set of DR's. I decided to go with the BFG's. My question is how do they handle corners during spirited driving on the street? I understand driving in any inclimate weather with them is dangerous but can the rear get loose on you even on a nice warm day while banging some corners? Do they handle well laterally like a street tire? Suspension mods in sig, also going to get adjustable TA and beefier front sway probably. Thanks guys.

John

Vortec5300

they are a little squirrely. They are a radial tire but usually have a softer sidewall then a regular street radial. You might ought to get the Nitto 555RIIs. They are a road race type drag radial. STIFF sidewall. I don't push my car hard with my 315 nittos, its a little sloppy back there but I have never had a problem with them in the rain.

Viper

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The RII's are awesome for cornering and traction on the street. You can push it VERY hard. I've had them for 3 years now. However you need all 4; just 2 in the back with 2 regular tires up front just sucks.

John

joblo1978

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Hmmmm, I need them for a drag application, but are they that much different?

GETGONE

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From what I've read the RII's are the same rubber compound as the drag radials. They only difference is the RII's have a stiff sidewall for autocrossing vs the soft sidewalls of the DR that help give a cushioning effect when launching at the strip.

joblo1978

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I need the cushioning for the strip. I'm just wondering how it effects street driving and the occasional spirited driving.

blacksnake

I'm pretty sure some people used to use the regular Nitto drag radials on all 4 corners for road racing, before Nitto came out with a dedicated road race tire. They just pumped them up more. I'm not so sure about BFG.

I searched for this same info recently and thats what I came up with, so I'll be going with Nitto drag radials out back in the spring.

ZZ4Blazer

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I plan on running 18" bfg drag radials on my truck. While its not a Z06, it handles pretty well. I have a set of the 15" drag radials that Iv'e street driven on from time to time, and I don't think they're much different than a regular radials of the same size. I drive very spirited from time to time as well. Of course they aren't gonna handling like a road racing tire, but I don't think you'll notice much difference.

I think if these are going on your 18", you shouldn't have a problem.

dailydriver

CORRECT!! I used to drive around on a R2 front, DR rear setup and it was good until they heat cycle hardened and became useless. BTW, I remember some Viper owners autocrossing on pumped up BFG DRs in the back, since the RR/AX tires of that day had too stiff a sidewall for them to put down the torque at the start and at corner exits.

BlackHawk T/A

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Which ones did?

I thought about doing that setup but is it a bad idea?