My local track opens Sunday I have a set of 205/50/15 bfg drag radials that I ran once last year .I am thinking of slapping them on and heading over on sunday .My question is this should I do a burn out in the water box or drive around it ? When I ran them last year I did not have good 60 ft times they were actually worse than regular street tires .I did not do much of a burnout last year and my 60 ft were 2.3 sec .My car is a 97 hatch with a jrsc gsr with the instant torque I need the best possible method for the bfgs .After the bfgs I will likely go with mickeys or a set of slicks but for now I am running these so any suggestions !!

 

burnout, get them as warm as you can.

 

yes, ALOT

 

You must be going to Capitol Raceway... Good Luck my man... I might be out there myself...

 

Go around the water box, then heat em up... Water will get into the grooves and not come out all the way.... My bro- inlaws ole DR car was what we tried it on. His times were off everytime he went thru the box because all
he did was spin down track.. It was a RWD hotrod, not a Honda though.

 

This is true. Street tires with big grooves in them drag alot of water to the starting line.

 

i would just use slicks and save the DRs for the street.

 

Don't quote me on this but I believe back in the day when Titan and Efantis were slugging it out on the BFG radials the BFG rep at the track said they were looking for 160 degree tire temps or better.

So light them up and get them sticky!

 

So drive around the water with the drag radials ? Then heat em up does everybody agree with that ? or should I try to get em a little damp on the edge of the water box to help em spin up to heat up or just hit the water burn the **** out of them and pull to the line ???.As far as just slicks I just found out today that the track reopens on sunday and dont have a set of slicks or the extended wheel studs they require for running them so I am going to be running the bfg drag radials this weekend !! any more input is appreciated .

 

NO DO NOT GO AROUND THE WATER.

You must do your burnout in the water. I'll bet you will brake if you try DRY hopping on DR.

Lower the tire pressure to 10psi if not lower. Do a 3rd gear burnout(if you have enough power) and make sure smoke comes of the tires. Do not stop the burnout in the water. Power out of the box.


I've been 11.1@133 w/1.80 60's on the 225bfg's in 06

 

Seems to me like I would need to wet em also and I should drop front tires all the way to 10 psi huh man last time I went to 18 psi on the front put the rears at 35 psi.The car puts down almost 300 hp and 200+ nearly instant torque with the jrsc .Sounds like I'll be heating them bfgs up this time around .I'll let you guys know how it goes I am hoping to see the 12 s this time if I get that 60 ft down I'll be there so my launch is everything .Last time I ran a 13.2 at 108 mph with a 2.3 sec 60 ft . I know the car will do it question is can I do it ! Thanks for the helping out a 1/4 mile noob and keep the suggestions coming guys !

 

If the car wheel hops LET OFF. If you stay in it it WILL brake something.

Good luck

 

The tires are not to blame for your 2.3 60's, I have been 2.2 with 185/65/14's and 2.0 on Azenis's.... IMO that was all on the driver.

BFG's like to be hot, I never had a wheelhop issue during a burnout with them spinning them dry in 2nd or 3rd gear.

 

i think i wheel hopped once with bfg's out of maybe 100 passes over the past few years. caught me off guard. turns out i forgot to preload too preoccupied with trying to get the adjustable 2 step set.


ive always gone into the water. burn the **** out of them. i run them at 9-10 psi cold. find a good rpm to launch and preload also.

 

Well I don't deny that driver inexperience played a part as well as being a little nervous after breaking an axle a few weeks prior .Which was my second run ever down the 1/4 mile .I was definitely tip toeing off the line a bit to try to get the hang of launching it .I am going to the track sunday which will be my third time there and I'll be doing my like 8th pull of my life .So yeah I wish I had more experience but sadly I dont .Only way to learn is to go do it .I'll get better with practice just give me some seat time .The last time I was there I did make it to the finals so I know my car and can drive it consistently I just have to get the launch down pat to get those times down !

 

One issue I have is the instant torque of the supercharger it is a different animal off the line its finding that fine line between traction and wheelspin that at times eludes me .I've gotten much better than when I first got the set up but I still need work .I did learn about preload lol after I broke that axle of course ! that was 100 % stupidity but an easy fix .I am gonna burn em up at 10 psi and see how it works for me .

 

why is everyone saying do the burnout in the water? You pull THROUGH the water then do the burnout. If you do it in the box you will just sling water under the car that will drip on the starting line.

 

you have to get those radials super hot nd sticky. last year i was running radials and never pulled off a good burn out and my 60ft were really bad. you need to get in the wet box and drop the hammer in 2nd gear and spin till the smoke starts rolling out then ease out of the box by putting the e brake down. good luck

 

Here is what I do and I have never gotten worse than a 1.9.

1. Pull into water box with both front tires.
2. Put your car in 2nd gear and raise e-brake.
3. rev your motor up to 6k.
4. spin your tires over untill you see smoke.
5. release e-brake and dont let off the throttle untill you hear your tires squeal.
6. stage your car up and run.

I have been using this method for about 6 years now and it always works for me. I have also done this with others cars and it always works even for regular radial tires.

Post up the different things that you tried and tell us how you do!

 

 

Hmm old thread but good tips. Always wondered on how to burn my radials out at the tracks.

 

Good info in here, I was wondering why I wasn't getting enough heat in my tires last night. First gear burnouts ftl. Second gear next week and hopefully the tires will do what I expected of them.

 

Listen to Rick, him and a few others that I know of did fairly well back in the day on DRs. I could have done fairly decent with some 225 BFGs, but the only time I was getting any seat time in with them at the track, I got kicked out for spinning past the staging beams by accident.

I was trying to coach a friend along last night on how to run his turbo B16 CRX on BFGs. He wanted to do a 1st gear burn out cause he was scared. I told him to get the tires a little wet in the water box. Pull up from it and then anti-lag it till the car was ready and then heat them up in 2nd gear. I would have attempted 3rd gear as he was only on 205-50-15" and made around 300whp, I think it would have spun them in 3rd. He also did not want to preload, just anti-lag and dump. I had to persuade him away from that and he managed to do a couple 2.0 60'. We had about 10 psi in them, it bogged a few times on launch which told me that it wanted to grip, he just needs more practice.

 

skip 2nd gear burnouts, do 3rd gear.

trust me.


i think ill be doing 4th gear burnouts from now on.. at least ill try. haha

 

easiest way, slowly pull through the water broke and stop where the water thins out.
2nd gear burnt out till you see a decent amount of smoke, and let the e-brake loose.
was cutting 2.0-2.1 sixty's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wQM5Q58zDI
third gear burnouts are for builds of 450whp+