View Poll Results: which drag radials for mostly street?
bfg 255/50/16
33
18.44%
mt 255/50/16
74
41.34%
nitto 245/50/16
54
30.17%
you wont be able to hook with that skinny of tire on street without "warm up"
18
10.06%
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what drag radials for the street?
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I got so much sidewall flex out of ET Streets that I wouldnt reccomend them for any daily driver that has to travel on curvy roads. I have to vote for the BFG's.
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My ET Streets DR's are like floatin' on a cloud at 24 lbs. of air. Wear out fast ... horrible in the rain with 50% or less tread, but, when it's nice out, there's not another drag radial I've tried that even comes close to performing and ride comfort. They always hook when I need them most. Wouldn't recommend them in the rain unless they have REALLy good tread life left.
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Originally Posted by JEB99TA
My ET Streets DR's are like floatin' on a cloud at 24 lbs. of air. Wear out fast ... horrible in the rain with 50% or less tread, but, when it's nice out, there's not another drag radial I've tried that even comes close to performing and ride comfort. They always hook when I need them most. Wouldn't recommend them in the rain unless they have REALLy good tread life left.
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I've ran 315 BFG's on a daily driven car for the past 6 months. Tread wear is pretty good on them and they hooked pretty good on my car when new but when the tread is gone, prepare to spin. I've got MT radials sittin' in the garage waitin' for the rain to pass. They're supposed to be the best out.
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dude the mt 255/50/16 work great on the street i have a heads/cam 4000 stall and i havent tried to get it to hook from a dead stop on the street but from a 20 roll they hook like all hell even in a little chilly weather!!!!
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i know this is kinda off topic but i hear a lot about the center of the tire wearing much faster then the outer side of the tire. I cant believe how fast my nittos are fading in the center what is a good psi for these tires for them to evenly wear? Ive made mabye 6-7 runs with a 3-4 sec warm up and the centers are almost bald but the outersides are damn near still brand new?? So whats a good psi for nittos?
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Originally Posted by getsomebeyatch
i know this is kinda off topic but i hear a lot about the center of the tire wearing much faster then the outer side of the tire. I cant believe how fast my nittos are fading in the center what is a good psi for these tires for them to evenly wear? Ive made mabye 6-7 runs with a 3-4 sec warm up and the centers are almost bald but the outersides are damn near still brand new?? So whats a good psi for nittos?
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Originally Posted by Roarin_8
27 psi. I had 27 in one and 30 in the other by accident and the one with 30 had the center wearing out faster while the one with 27 had even wear.
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Originally Posted by Roarin_8
Did you check it when the tires were warm or cold?
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I ran 17psi in my 275 nittos on the street, and the rode fine. The rear end wasn't floaty or anything, probably due to the small sidewall of the 275's. If you run anything over 20psi, the center will wear out fast as hell. 27psi is way too high to run in them, unless you only want to get 5k miles out of them.