Last night went out to the track to try out my new motor. I just kepted slipping all the way down the track ran a 3 time in the 14's. Best time was 13.4 with 2.02 60ft mark and a trap speed of 107mph. Not to bad i was babying the car. I did not hook the tire to the track I'm running a 383, super ram, 6 speed, and 3.54 gears, and 18x10.5 rim in the back. I had the dyno at 323hp and 419tq. heres my question what would yah'll suggest on the tires for the rear? What times should i be at if i could connected? Thanks guys.

 

i would say mikey thompson...i think my opinion i like them=]

 

Put some of those on, or any DR and you will be in the 12s.
My Trap speed is 107 also and I can run a 12.8 with a 1.9 60'.

With your HP and TQ numbers you could be @ 109 or 110 mph. With a little practice and a good track maybe low 12s.

 

I don't agree with the Mickey Thompson ET street radial recommendation. I had them for awhile, and here's what I didn't like about them:

First, if you check out Mickey Thompson's website, it specifically states those tires are designed for an automatic. Absorbing and sticking the sudden shock of launching a stick shift car is not what they were designed to do.

In my ZF6 1991, I can cut 1.9's on street tires by feathering the throttle and clutch carefully. With those ET radials, the best I could ever manage was also a 1.9. The difference was instead of lightly releasing the clutch and feathering the throttle on street tires, I had to aggressively dump the clutch at close to 3000 RPMs on the ET radials. I was putting God knows how much extra wear and tear on the drive train to achieve basically the same 60 foot times.

If I tried launching above 3,000 RPMs, my L98 would spin the ET radials almost all the way through first gear. Even off the nitrous, it would blow the tires most of the way through first if I let the clutch go at 3500 and just mashed the throttle. If I lifted off the gas pedal at all during the spin to try to get the tires to bite, they would instantly grab and bog down the motor. Essentially, I was trapped in a world of bog or spin. The tires don't hook well enough to withstand an aggressive clutch dump, and they hook too well to allow you to modulate the throttle to control wheel spin.

I sold mine on here shortly after buying them and went back to a normal ET street on another set of wheels. My best ET on the ET street radials recommended elsewhere in this thread was 13.9 @ 101. On my first pass on 26.5 x 10.5 ET streets I went 13.3 @ 102. 6 tenths from a tire change. On the bottle I went from a best of 13.3 @ 111 to 12.4 @ 109. Almost a full second worth of ET on the bottle.

The ET street radials may be great on an automatic car, and some guys may get them to work on a stick shift car, but my experience with them wasn't so great. Basically, I got the negatives of both worlds with the tires. The didn't hook like a slick, and didn't wear like a street tire.

In my opinion, I think you should either go with Nitto drag radials or normal ET streets. The nittos should provide a decent amount of bite over a street tire, yet still allow you to modulate the throttle to control wheel spin without immediately bogging the motor. The ET streets should allow you to run the tach up as high as you want, and just dump the clutch. On the bottle my car is making about 600 RWTQ, and the ET streets will dead hook it from a 5000 RPM clutch drop if the track is halfway prepped.

Just some food for thought, let us know what you decide to do!

 

I would go with the bfg's,they hook better than the nitto's and last pretty long on the street,but you won't get 10,000 miles out of them,maybe 5,000 with some trips to the track.get some old rims and put them on those and change them out when you want to go race.good luck

 

I have been running the BFG drag radials for many years. I can pull 1.70 60' times with ease. I ran 12.79@ 105 with them with my modded350 long runner TPI. I also like the MT drag radials alot. I haven't run them yet but they will be my next purchase. I think you'll pull off easy 12.40- 12.50's with a 1.70 60' time. Maybe even quicker. BFG or Mickey Thompson will be money well spent. Pick up a dedicated set of wheels for them also. Don't run them all the time. They won't last, they suck in the rain and they get very hard with use.
Cheers,
John

 

Way too much torque for street tires, you will never hook well with them.

If you track it alot, then I would recommend the ET Streets.

BTW, 323 at the wheels should put you in the high 11's\low 12's easily.

Vic

 

what are you running

 

who makes a good full slick for a good price. I want to buy a set of rear rims to switch out at the track but can't decide which size to go with 16 or 17. with a 16'' or 15'' rim fit my rear end i have a 89 with the z1 package with 12'' rotors in the front what a about the rear