| Re: Tires, Nittos or ET Streets |
Subject: Re: Tires, Nittos or ET Streets by rklessdriver on 2009/6/8 1:38:54 If you run narrow front tires (like 165R15's) it will drive pretty good with bias ply tires on the rear. I used this set up on my 92 when I first bought it with 26X11.5 15 ET Streets and 165R15's on the front. It drove great. Later when I went to the C5 front brakes, my 15X3" Weld wheels wouldn't clear the caliper anymore and I tried to run my regular front 275/40R17s one night... the car was really scary to drive after 3rd gear. A lot of guys get in to trouble on the top end running their regular wide radial tires on the front and the bias ply ET Streets on the rear. It gets even worse when you lower the rear air pressure. Case in point can be viewed here. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/FA ... TE-DRAG-RACING_187737.htm You can see the car drifting towards the centerline the entire pass and once it gets out of the grove it starts dancing around and then just takes off when starts putting steering correction in it. Running the stiffer sidewall radials on the rear will prevent this. I bought some BFG 315/35R17 drag radials and the car drove good again. I also tried the Nitto Drag radials but sold them because they sucked compared to the BFG's. I have also tried the M&H drag radials but they took too much heat to work at all so I sold them as well. Now I have a set of the new Hoosier 335/35R17 drag radias and a set of the MT 315/35R17 ET Street Radials. Once my car is back together I'm going to do a big comparison on them for everyone. Just with the limited amount of driving I've done on them, they are both FAR better track tires than the M&H, BFG or Nitto drag radials. Will |
