| Re: Driving Impressions today |
Subject: Re: Driving Impressions today by rklessdriver on 2008/12/10 22:16:31 JSUP Most everyone is telling you right. But there's so much comming from all sides I just want to break my experience with all of them down for you. Yes I have owned raced (and run on the street) every set of Drag Radils currently availiable with the exception of the new Good Years... The Nitto drag radials are the most street freindly but not really that great on the track with high HP/TQ cars. I got quite a bit of road miles out of my set and drove the everyday. The 315's are very narrow compared to EVERYTHING else out there and will fit on 9.5" rim easy. The BFG drag radial is still good on the street but better than Nitto on track. 3-5K life span on the street. Wide tire needs 11" rim. The M/T drag radials are pretty much track oriented (90%)but get by on the street... even in wet weather if your careful. Very short life on the street. The 275 15's run 1.43 60fts and are stable all they way down the track in my drag car (Mustang). The Hoosier drag radials are 99.99% race trace oriented and barley get by on the street... they are a NO GO when it's even a light drizzle outside. There is also a drag radial made by M&H and IMO they flat suck. They suck at the track and they suck on the street, end of story. I just sold a set of 325 45R 17's. I have 335 30R 17 Hoosiers for my 92. You've all seen the first dyno sheet and even thou its not running at 100% it has plenty of power and a very nasty power band. Once they warm up I can get my car to hook in the top of 2nd, bottom of 3rd gear on the street. My car is a 6spd with 3.45 rear ratio of course. If the road is cold/tires are cold they won't hook for crap, my 315 Sumitomo street tires do about as good cold. For comparison my car will spin the 315 Summis past 100MPH in 3rd gear (if you have the balls to stay in it) on a warm road. It will light them up any time you approach WOT in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd gear. Not fun as the car rarley tracks very strait once the tires start spinning. I'm also buying a set of the M/T 315's for the Corvette so I can compare them to my Hoosiers when the season opens up in the summer. I've been working on dyno time with the motor issues and haven't had the extra cash to get them ordered yet... IMO if your keeping the stock 9.5 rear rim, and want to actually drive the car alot, the 315 Nitto is your best choice. If its a weekend/good weather only type car I'd buy M/T 275's. BTW - Good to see your new tranny is working as expected. Will |
