drag radial queston
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drag radial queston
Im running a 28x 10.50 quick time hoosier right now on 16x10 bogart and was thinking of going for a drag radial next time out. Anyone on here have experience with the drag radials or can recommend a size that would fit on my car its a c5 z06 with 500 rwhp..
i dont know if this is the right way to go maybe someone could point me in the right direction,
Thanks
i dont know if this is the right way to go maybe someone could point me in the right direction,
Thanks
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Im running a 28x 10.50 quick time hoosier right now on 16x10 bogart and was thinking of going for a drag radial next time out. Anyone on here have experience with the drag radials or can recommend a size that would fit on my car its a c5 z06 with 500 rwhp..
i dont know if this is the right way to go maybe someone could point me in the right direction,
Thanks
i dont know if this is the right way to go maybe someone could point me in the right direction,
Thanks
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Then again Dennis50nj's Cartek tuned bolt ons only C6 LS2 has hit a 1.47 sixty foot with the 18x9.5/BFG 295-35-18 combo so it should work fine on a mildly modified car.
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in 16" there are not a whole lot of choices.
I am running MT Drag Radial now but rather be on the Hoosier slick. They are 315's and stick out some.
Really depends on what your goal is.
I am running MT Drag Radial now but rather be on the Hoosier slick. They are 315's and stick out some.
Really depends on what your goal is.
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That's the other problem, there are national backorders on a lot of the sizes. 
I would love to run 16s (I already own a few sets of 16" DRs) on my car but there is no easy/proper way of getting 16s on a C6, they just don't clear.
I would love to run 16s (I already own a few sets of 16" DRs) on my car but there is no easy/proper way of getting 16s on a C6, they just don't clear.
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The BFG 295-35-18s (roughly 26.13" tall) or the shorter 275-35-18s (roughly 25.58" tall) will fit but the 295s won't be ideal on that size rim.
Then again Dennis50nj's Cartek tuned bolt ons only C6 LS2 has hit a 1.47 sixty foot with the 18x9.5/BFG 295-35-18 combo so it should work fine on a mildly modified car.
Then again Dennis50nj's Cartek tuned bolt ons only C6 LS2 has hit a 1.47 sixty foot with the 18x9.5/BFG 295-35-18 combo so it should work fine on a mildly modified car.
and 1.5s consistently
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To the OP.
For your car and your power a MT or Hoosier Drag radial in 16 or 17 is your only real option.
Neither will hook up as good as your hoosier slick but should hold the power.
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True, unless he is actually referring to the Hoosier drag radials that many are using now which some do (mistakenly) call radial slicks because they are radials and are almost slicks (two thin grooves) 
versus other 'more treaded' drag radials.
But I agree, technically they should not be called a radial slick because they're really not.
This is more what a true radial slick looks like:
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...m=ETDragRadial
versus other 'more treaded' drag radials. But I agree, technically they should not be called a radial slick because they're really not.
This is more what a true radial slick looks like:
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...m=ETDragRadial