Drag Radials!! __Heat em up make em Sticky!!

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

looking for some drag radials that can be used on street and the track wanna mount them on some rota slipstreams just two for the front only for certain weekends and for the track I was originaly gonna buy work wheels with high performance all season tires but il go that route next summer right now just need 2 drag radials spent all my mod money on some engine goodies now I need my tires to stick!!
Looking at BF's g-force drag radials what do you guys reccomend?
whats big differnce between 205/40/17 and 225/45/17. Which one would be better to get?difference?

[WhiteSicivic06]

Obviously the 225's are going to be better! Thats a wider tire! Im going to be running 245 on a set of 16x7 inch wheel. These will be for drag use only and I have to wait on coilovers cause Im gonna raise it up a tad so they'll fit. In your case, you should put a 225 on that 17!

[CanyonDriver]

Originally Posted by WhiteSicivic06

Obviously the 225's are going to be better! Thats a wider tire! Im going to be running 245 on a set of 16x7 inch wheel. These will be for drag use only and I have to wait on coilovers cause Im gonna raise it up a tad so they'll fit. In your case, you should put a 225 on that 17!

damn thats freaking wide for a 7" wide wheel

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

quick response great!!!!!! Thanks for advise I'm dropped on sportlines 1.4drop all around il still have clearance right?? Should I get the slipstreams in 16's or stick to 17's?? Havnt got the rims or tires yet but money is on hand and waiting for some good advise and research

[WhiteSicivic06]

check and see what size drag radials are available. Im pretty sure there is a 225 fora 17x7 tho.

And yeah 245 is the widest you can go on a 16x7 inch wheel

[udumkid]

Originally Posted by 07_FG_4Dr_S.i.

quick response great!!!!!! Thanks for advise I'm dropped on sportlines 1.4drop all around il still have clearance right?? Should I get the slipstreams in 16's or stick to 17's?? Havnt got the rims or tires yet but money is on hand and waiting for some good advise and research

Here is my car with Nitto Drag radial size 225-50-16 dropped on skunk2's

[WhiteSicivic06]

^^ hell yeah that looks sick!

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

Originally Posted by udumkid

Here is my car with Nitto Drag radial size 225-50-16 dropped on skunk2's

What kind of drop is that ? How many inches?
Nice do the 16's look wierd on car dont look to small? Any more full size pix wth drag radials on?
Nice what do you think of the tires? Street use and do they hook up nice ?

[WhiteSicivic06]

Ill tell you from first hand they hook up nice! He got the best 60 foot times and fastest 1/4 of the day!

[Civic06SiR]

HHmm...for ralley racing I used 225/40/18 tires dropped on Tein S tech 1.5 all around. The tires are Yoko Prada spec2 and they handled really nice on the track.

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

Originally Posted by WhiteSicivic06

Ill tell you from first hand they hook up nice! He got the best 60 foot times and fastest 1/4 of the day!

What do you guys think would be a good set up for me 16 or 17" slipstreams on those nitto's? What tire size would be optimal?

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

so right now I'm leaning towards a 16x8 wheel as of now which offset would be best?

[WhiteSicivic06]

16x8? I dont think this is a popular wheel or a wheel at all. I think all 16 are max 16x7 but I could be wrong

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

Originally Posted by WhiteSicivic06

16x8? I dont think this is a popular wheel or a wheel at all. I think all 16 are max 16x7 but I could be wrong

rotawheels.com check out the slipstreams 16x8 my man!! So what do you guys think would be a good offset since these will only have drag radials on?does it make a difference?

[mike07si]

Two things to consider is that you will have less gear and more weight with the wider and taller tire. In my opinion you would want to put the least tire you could get away with on the car.

[ReDHatchyGuy]

Originally Posted by mike07si

Two things to consider is that you will have less gear and more weight with the wider and taller tire. In my opinion you would want to put the least tire you could get away with on the car.

umm not so true... try to stay semi close to the oem rotating dia.. a hair bigger wont hurt

[07_FG_4Dr_S.i.]

Originally Posted by mike07si

Two things to consider is that you will have less gear and more weight with the wider and taller tire. In my opinion you would want to put the least tire you could get away with on the car.

Not really sure what you mean by less gear and more weight , and how would i go along finding out what is the least tire i can get away with ? Would a 16"wheel be fine or should i stick to 17"
Rota slip stream 16" weighs at 14lbs....

[Anubis]

Originally Posted by udumkid

Here is my car with Nitto Drag radial size 225-50-16 dropped on skunk2's

very nice. I have nothing but good things to say about Nitto tires including DR's. I would recommend this route.

[Jardiniboy]

Originally Posted by 07_FG_4Dr_S.i.

Not really sure what you mean by less gear and more weight , and how would i go along finding out what is the least tire i can get away with ? Would a 16"wheel be fine or should i stick to 17"
Rota slip stream 16" weighs at 14lbs....

Get the 16''. It has less rotating mass and you'll get a faster acceleration.

[Matauz]

I had some falken 615's 225/50/16 mounted on rsx rims lost mph top end to tall of a tire. My best 60 foot is a 2.15 on stock tires im going to get the mickey thompson 205/40/17's it drops the tire dia for more gear and is a great soft compound its called the street radial.

I went 14.18@97 mph with 194hp to the wheels on stock tires :)

I got 215hp now so 13s will be cake I will go 13s on stock tires lol

This is a must for 60's :P