Best Drag Radial for steet and track...

Post by **SR20S13** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:16 am

what do u guys think is the best drag radial for a 240....i know mickey's are one of the best but the only really sizes they have is a 205 50 15 and then a 255 50 16...so idk...just wanted to see what everyone thought...

Post by **240z4u** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:29 am

I have seen what mickeys can handle. I am buying a pair.

Evan

Post by **rb25drag** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:17 am

M:T ET streets by far! I have hooked so hard with these tires I busted the rear end.

YouTube · Post by **MeanGreenS13** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:51 am

ive got bFG dr's but will be going to mickeys... cant go wrong with MTs and if thats all you can find for sizes, your looking in the wrong place man

Post by **mallbor240SR** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:08 pm

i just got the same set as you meangrean, bfg and welds, how did it work for you? i havent run them at the track yet

YouTube · Post by **MeanGreenS13** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:35 pm

to be honest with you, the car is just sitting in my garage, hasnt moved since i put it all together, still waiting for wiring to finish up. shoot me an IM xFBCxNYHCx id like to know more baout your car

Post by **KINGMADE** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:46 pm

I run MT's and they do great at the track, and i have probably put over 1000 miles on them on the street. They are slick on the street, but they are lasting a hell of a lot longer than i thought they would. This on a 5,000 lb truck no less.

Post by **kentuckyslider** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:42 am

I run 235/60/15 MT DR's and they are excellent at the track, but you would be crazy to drive them in the rain at over 35mph on a S13/S14. These cars are way to light and very loose in the rain with any tire. I can see them on a Titan doing OK in the rain but not my car.

YouTube · Post by **MeanGreenS13** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:48 am

kentucky, you know not of what you speak obviously lol i drove in a 400+whp mustang, DAILY, rain or shine, with 315/60/15 drag radials.... and currently drive my S13 daily making damn near the same power, with 275/45/17 drag radials. its all in how you drive. if you drive liek a little punk 16 year old, then sure youll be all over the place, but if you drive like a normal human being, youll be fine, theres a reason they are treaded other than to look like a normal tire. it does provide a small function.

[end:rant]

Post by **240z4u** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:22 am

I drove my car to work in the rain two days ago with the ET streets on the rears, 255s. No problems at 65-70mph.

If you hit anything slick like metal etc.. watch out. I was accellerating gently and spun the tires on a stop line.

Evan

Post by **ANVIL** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:42 pm

mean green, how wide are those rims that you run those 275/45's on?

im trying to figure out what kinda DR's i want to put on my 17x8's in the rear. any reason why you are switching from bfg to mt?

Post by **rb25drag** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:36 am

I have MeanGreen's Bfg's now LOL but I ran several passes on them. The Bfg's are not as sticky as MT. MT is the better tire, I could only cut 1.7 60's on the Bfg's spinning hard threw the 60ft, and on Mt im able to get 1.6's all day.

YouTube · Post by **MeanGreenS13** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:32 am

17x8 lol they are RB25DRAG's old wheels, we traded lol LOVE THE BARTER SYSTEM

Post by **ANVIL** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:33 am

was it hard to fit the 275/45 to the 8" wheel? will the 275/40 MT Street fit a 17x8? it says on summit's site that minimum rim width should be 9"?

i was looking at the BFG DR's on summit too, and i didnt see a 275/45. u sure its not also a 275/40? but that one says 9" min recommended rim width too

the next size i see for the MT streets would be 205/40....?

Post by **rb25drag** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:51 pm

When I had the 17x8's MeanGreen has I was running a 26x11.5x17 MT et street. I Believe a 275-40 would be no problem in fitting. The Wheel size summit will give you is ideal not required. I did that combo to get alot of sidewall flex off the 17 inch rim. Which seemed to worked good.

Post by **ANVIL** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:42 am

those ET streets, are they considered radial street legal tires? my car is my summer DD and im wondering if i should just those same ones

im just worried the 275/40 wont fit or benefit me. or i might just have to settle for the 205/40s. just dont like the idea cuz the tires i have for the fronts are 225/55s

i do still have my 15x7s that i could just get a set of the 235/60 but just hate the idea of switching my wheels for racing.

man i dont know what to do

EDIT: did a little more looking and found that Nitto 555 comes in 245/45/17 sounds like a better fit for me. or also found BFG has 225/45/17s found it on tire rack but not on bfg's website, wtf?

anyone know any other sites besides summit that sells MT drag rads? maybe there are other sizes just not listed?

I think im going to go with the Nittos, unless you guys know where I can get some MT's or BFGs in a similar size, more suited for an 8" wheel?

Modified by ANVIL at 2:58 PM 11/19/2008

Post by **ANVIL** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:34 am

ok i thought i had my mind made up with the nittos but ive been reading lots of different opinons. but there were a lot of them saying they sucked, and were real tough to hook with. so im leaning towards some mt et streets, i havent read a single bad review on them, and most say that they are far superior drag radial.

rb25drag, do u have a pic of the 275s mounted up? im curious to see how it looks. the tires im highly considering on summits website are 275/40/17, section width is 11" and tread width is 10.2"

ideally i would like to run some 255 drag radials, but i cant find any in 17"

Post by **efeezie** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:58 am

Stay away from those Nittos. You have to burn the living **** out of them to make them any kind of sticky. You cant go wrong with the MT's.

Here is a pic of my old setup with 275/40/17's on a 17X9 wheel.

Post by **ANVIL** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:09 am

can see the pic here at work. looking to see what it would look like on a 17x8 though.

Post by **kentuckyslider** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:50 am

It would be fine on a 17x8. Just a little info for you guys. 17x9 and 275/40/17 MT will weigh 50+lbs. My stock 15" wheel and 235/60/15 weigh 38lbs. If you're serious about your time it's worth changing at the track plus your going to wear your drag tires out really fast for how much they cost and unless you got 500whp you can forget about slidin the *** around with the ET streets.

Post by **efeezie** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:46 pm

I agree 100%. I went from a 11.7 to 10.9 by switching from the heavy sportmax wheel/tire combo to a full set of welds w/skinnies.

Post by **kentuckyslider** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:09 pm

efeezie wrote:I agree 100%. I went from a 11.7 to 10.9

What is your setup? I am going top mount over the winter. Holset HX35 (7 blade 60 lbs/min) and I'm looking to break into the 10's. My car is capable of 11.5@118 with the 2871R I just haven't run the 1/4 with the cams. Did run a 7.55 1/8th with a 1.69 60' 2 weeks ago at 21psi on pump gas. I have run a 1.55 60'!

Post by **efeezie** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:55 pm

That was 1 of my old setups. On the 10.9 setup it was basically a built ka-t, T67, E85, custom intake and exhaust mani. The car was making 520 at the time. Eventually went 10.3 with more power. Ive since moved on to a crazier setup.

Post by **playero_loko** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:54 pm

efeezie,

whats the offset on those wheels to be able to fit that wide of a tire? do you have you fenders rolled and flared out? or do you have aftermarket rear qtr panel???

efeezie wrote: You cant go wrong with the MT's.

Here is a pic of my old setup with 275/40/17's on a 17X9 wheel.

Post by **Shocker** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:17 am

How wide of a tire are you guys running up front? I've got r33 GTR wheels all around on my s13. 17x9's I'm worried if I switch back to a stock shock/lowering spring combo I'll have front clearance issues.

Post by **240_SeX** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:40 am

efeezie wrote:I agree 100%. I went from a 11.7 to 10.9 by switching from the heavy sportmax wheel/tire combo to a full set of welds w/skinnies.

Did you make a tire change also?

Thats a huge change if you only went to a lighter wheel

Post by **mibave** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:58 pm

i love m/t but for the street i have another set of tires

Website · Post by **meet07** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:21 pm

ill be trying out some 27x10x15 inch hoosiers......3035 compound.

Post by **HxC_Nismo** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:06 pm

i love my micky thompson et street drag radials.255-50-16 on z32tt wheels

Post by **ino20** » Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:56 pm

A guy I Know at the track runs M/T's street radials and he has a 9.sec KA. So He's doing pretty well lol You can look at his runs here , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...e=fvw

Best Drag Radial for steet and track...

Best Drag Radial for steet and track...

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (SR20S13)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (240z4u)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (rb25drag)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (MeanGreenS13)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (mallbor240SR)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (SR20S13)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (KINGMADE)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (kentuckyslider)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (MeanGreenS13)

Re: (ANVIL)

Re: (rb25drag)

Re: (ANVIL)

Re: (ANVIL)

Re: (ANVIL)

Re: (kentuckyslider)

Re: (efeezie)

Re: (kentuckyslider)

Re: (efeezie)

Re: (playero_loko)

Re: (efeezie)

Re: (240_SeX)

Re: (meet07)

Re: Best Drag Radial for steet and track... (SR20S13)

Nissan Forums

Infiniti Forums

Datsun Forums

Technical Forums

Classifieds / Marketplace

Nissan Motorsports

General Forums