255/50/16 BF Goodrich Drag Radials - Anyone run these or know someone who does run em on the track?

How are they? Comparable to Nittos?

Gimmee some 60' times with theez...

 

I bought nittos for my lightning and I bought nittos for my mustang last year. A magazine did an article comparing all the drag type tires and they concluded that nittos resulted in better times and tread life in comparison to the BFG's. This test was done on a mustang. Hope this helps!

 

The best i had with the BFGs was 1.84 . i was really impressed with them .

 

Those might not be wide enough to be very effective. My son runs them on his Chevelle, and they work very well.

Follow the instructions regarding the "curing" of the rubber. It makes a difference.

Disregard the instructions about doing a light burnout. Murder them. We found the bigger the burnout, the better they hook.

 

QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay Lincoln
Those might not be wide enough to be very effective. My son runs them on his Chevelle, and they work very well.

Follow the instructions regarding the "curing" of the rubber. It makes a difference.

Disregard the instructions about doing a light burnout. Murder them. We found the bigger the burnout, the better they hook. [/QUOTE]

I have found that a short burnout works better than roasting the hell out of them ?

 

On my Firehawk I ran some BFG Drags. Knocked .5 off my E.T and cut my 60' to 1.9. this was in an M6 with 2 minor mods. I thought they kicked major ***..just dont last very long.

 

I had Nitto Drag radials on a 97 cobra and hated them, because I was too aggressive with the clutch. I ordered a set of 305/45/18 Nittos for my Lightning and have recorded a 1.72 60 ft with them.
I only could get 1.79 out of my ET streets(26X11.5X16).

 

rf150...

You get better 60' times with 18" Nitto DRs than with 16" ET Streets?

 

retics, we couldn't get them to stick with a mild burnout. We tried several times. Probably a matter of track prep. The tracks around here aren't very sticky.

 

With the ET streets my best run was as follows:
60ft 1.792
330ft 5.289
1/8 8.165
mph 85.25
1000 10.667
1/4 12.798
mph 105.63

With the 18 Nittos:
60ft 1.726
330 5.122
1/8 7.924
mph 87.51
1000 10.365
1/4 12.444
mph 108.33

My mods include a C&L 85mm/superchip program, single blade throttlebody, PSP lower pulley. Stock torque converter, all stock exhaust(not even an aftermarket muffler), no NOS, and stock 3.55s.