looking for some ideas on drag radials tire sizes. where i live its alot of street events that go on, and i weekend drive my car wanted to know what will be the best size to run. i prefer g-forces since i can get them wholesale at my job.

 

235/60/15 M&H

 

Depends on a few thing. Is the car a daily driver? are you wanting to keep in "street legal"?

 

235/60/15 is your best bet

it doesnt really depend on nothing, trying to lay down that much power through a radial is going to require a 235/60/15 and they will still spin, but thats the biggest you can really fit "comfortably" without going all out.

 

thanks for all the info ima try to get a little smaller tire thats a pretty big tire for daily driving

 

I daily drive on 235/60/15 M&H street strip DOT's. You have to understand that to get that much power to the ground having a low car is out of the question. 225/50/15 will get the job done on a very well set up car but I will never hook in 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd for sure.

I can honestly say suck it up and get the M&H's

 

So will the 235's hook in 2nd with about 420whp???

 

i just drove some 225 50 15 MT ET streets on 450hp and they hook second almost all the way to redline and dead hook third gear!

 

How much air pressure did you have in the tires and if you can guess around how much does your car weigh?

 

I have had both 225/50/15 mt & now I have the 235/60/15m&h's and I put down just over 500whp and the mt's didn't hook nothin like the m&h's do. The m&h's hook 3rd gear and the mt's would hook 4th someimes... Hope this helps.

 

i had them at 28psi and i have no clue what my car weighs but its a full leather interior ek hatch with roll bar. i dont know why everyone is saying that they dont hook in third. i would venture to say that the front end of their car is light or their suspension is not set up to par. i have the cheapest coilovers on the market ,yonoka, and it drives almost perfect and hooks well on the 225 50 15 with the MT ET streets.i know im only (lol) putting down 450 but another car that had the same wheels and tires on it made 445TQ and it hooked hard on the MT ET streets in second and didnt slip at all in third.

 

255/60/15 m/t i dead hook 2nd from a dig and car made about 450

 

255/60? damn never seen those
For op your best bet is to get the 235/60/15's, your going to have to raise the car up and tryin to turn with the wheel turned all the way will result in rubbing. you have to make sacrifices to get traction.
some people are even running some 275's now on their street cars. this guy on here v spec with the orange hatch has them on his car. search for 275's in the drag racing forum and you will find alot of good information

 

 

I'm curious about the 255/60-15. I didnt realize they made that size... Did you ever try the 235/60-15's? If so, how much better are the 255s?

 

its hard to find 1 for a 16" wheel, but i ran the 255/50/16 mt's on my hatch, wouldn't hook at all with 800hp, but at 500hp they would hook in 3rd

 

275/60/15 m&h. the 235/60/15s are good to but will spin in lower gears the 275s will not spin.

 

i run mickey thompson street radials. 1.81 60ft putting over 450 horsepower down in 2nd and over 500 in 3rd

 

Jesus!! I have Hoosier quick time pro 275/60/15s on my CAMARO and they hook! And it makes about 485whp and 515wtq. My civic has 225/50/15 BFG drag radials and they suck ***. And it makes about 480 on pump gas. Imma go home now and see if I can fit my 28 inch camaro tires on the civic now!! Thanks for the input.

 

What is the second best drag radial if the 235/60/15 M&H is #1?
I am not running a 235/60, period. Whats best in the 225/50 size?

MT ET Streets 3751R
Hoosier DR 17310
BFG g-Force T/A 49256

Are a couple that I'm considering.

 

i got 26x10.50x15 and love them especially when they warm up

 

235/60/15 MT's for the street minimal spinning FTW!

 

I have the 225-50-15 MT's and I love them! Drives like a normal tire and can dead hook 2nd gear. It has a lot to do with your gearing,suspension, and bushings also. The more power you make the better the bigger tire will be for you.

 

I hated the 26" tire on my civic.

Went 11.001@135 in my power street on a BFG 225/50/15

although that was a 517whp

 

How much power are you at to hook 2nd gear? How much air pressure? bbg?