Street drag Radials...which one ?

[PlukaDuck]

Hi .
I am looking at trying out some drag radials.I have never used them and know nothing about them.
The tyres have to be street legal.
So fare i am looking at MT ET Streets and BF Goodrich Drag radials.
Any feed back from users of either tyres would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.....PLUKA

[ebxr8240]

They may say DOT approved but thats U.S..
Trust me they are NOT legal here..
Try Nitto NT05
http://www.nittotire.com.au

[PlukaDuck]

Thanks.
I didnt know they are not legal in Australia?
I just had a look at the NT05.
I only have the old school 15" rims.....
Any other suggestions

[Ivan]

There is only one drag radial to use for racing and that is Mickey Thompson Street ET. BF Goodrich are crap.


Ian

[prasac]

the M/T ET Streets are the way to go. they aren't DOT approved here, 99.99% of Police won't know anyway.

[XT302]

Originally Posted by prasac

the M/T ET Streets are the way to go. they aren't DOT approved here, 99.99% of Police won't know anyway.

Rest assured when a drunk idiot drives infront of your path and kills himself and your car gets inpounded, the wallopers looking at it 'may' have an idea...and if your insurance company can find a way to not pay they will. Each to their own I suppose.

[4VCLEVO]

Originally Posted by prasac

the M/T ET Streets are the way to go. they aren't DOT approved here, 99.99% of Police won't know anyway.

Plenty of people driving with them to the track and I haven't heard of anyone getting done by the cops.

[ebxr8240]

I guess I found .01%.. Just my luck...Hmmm !!!
Not much chop in wet either...

[Psi-Pop]

I cant imagine the life of a ET street would be great on the road. If they were warm and you were on some rough road and loaded it up, $600 would be left behind.

or are they actually okay?

[XARATE]

Originally Posted by Psi-Pop

I cant imagine the life of a ET street would be great on the road. If they were warm and you were on some rough road and loaded it up, $600 would be left behind.

or are they actually okay?

I did around 800 hard kms before heathcote aff meet amd could still make out where the little knobs/stringys bit were on the tread
Bloody scary in the wet though, id walk if i got caught in the rain agian while the mt's were fitted

[neptune blue]

I believe Toyo proxes TQ are street legal but not recommended for wet weather

[blownv8au]

325 Goodyear on my ute, cops only picked on them because of size. Don't wear to bad about 2000km on them but never been to a track(bought to build tray around). DON'T drive in the wet. Spin at 60km in 4th without trying and the same at 70km in 5th very dangerous. But sticky in the dry, clutch dump in driveway and car only moved a metre and my mate put his foot on the tyre to see how grippy they are and his thong was stuck to the tyre lol.

[PlukaDuck]

Thanks for all the info guys.
Shall research them all and see what is available.
While i have been looking around i read on a forum where a guy in a nissan or supra had the tyres ( MT Radials ) inspected by vic main roads and they where passed.......Maybe true maybe false. dont know

[prasac]

Originally Posted by XT302

Rest assured when a drunk idiot drives infront of your path and kills himself and your car gets inpounded, the wallopers looking at it 'may' have an idea...and if your insurance company can find a way to not pay they will. Each to their own I suppose.

it's a risk some people take. i see alot of people driving cars that aren't engineered or have bigger cubes than is stated on report etc, i personally wouldn't take the gamble with the tyres or driving a car that isn't fully legal but others do. i'd be too worried for just that fact you mentioned, you hit or kill someone n your stuffed, plus @ $550 for a set it's too much to pay for a street tyre that will maybe get you a few thousand k's.

the Nitto NT05R's are a very good tyre, if you're running high 9's and slower they are a very good legal choice.

[xr6t_ute]

If your going to go with the MT Radials, just be wary driving on wet roads, it is dangerous.

[Ivan]

We sold an old set of MT's off the wifes drag car to a mate who used them at Heathcote. He didn't take them off after and drove it home. He said they were horrible on the road. He said they were brilliant for drifting as they have bugger all lateral grip and they didnt last the week.

[BFT06]

I drive to the track, race and drive home on my M/T Et's and thats it.

[dieseltrain79]

I have always driven to and from the track on et street radials ... Never any issues , just inflate to 30psi for street use and drive carefully in the wet !

[Mr. CVE]

If you want the tyres for straight line traction, MT ET radials and nothing else.
we do 10's on 235/60/15 radials !

Remember they are just a grooved radial slick. They don't pretend to be good in the wet, or go round corners etc.

[RSWEPN]

M't radials are fine in the rain as long as you dont drive like an idoit.

They hook up well aswell

[347xt]

I have he goodyear drag radials on my xt and they are very good i have had the MT as well and they are very good as well i would by both again

[greencapri408]

Iv tried alot of these tires over the yrs and basically all the drag radials are terrible on the street. i'n the rain i was cruising at 80kms and it started to spit rain next thing i know the back passed the front and shoot me into a median strip not cool when i had my 6 yr old with me
I now run the mt sr radials they are hands down the best tyre iv ran. my xr is 600hp and if i let the pressure down to mid 20s i can hook it up on the street and they are great i'n the wet