Hey just want to poll everyone on which street tire is the best for the drag strip ...brand and size base on actual use ...of course I'm getting drag radials as soon as I can but I need new tires and want the best street drag track tire I can get and which is better 255 or 285 size . Any help would be awesome and thanks in advance



Would love the ETs with what tire combo ur running

 

Really depends on how much you want to drive on these tires and how much you want to spend. The Michelin PS2 in a 285 is a great tire all around but pricey. The nitto Nt05r is sticky but wont last very long on a daily driven car. The Nt05 is what I have on the rear now and it is a great tire, little nosiy but it doesnt bother me. Hankook rs3 is also a great all around tire but wont last very long on the street

 

Choose one from this list:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/extremeperf.jsp

I have had a number of sets of tires from the Extreme and Maximum performance categories. I recently bought the Bridgestone RE-11As and I am VERY impressed with them so far.

 

X2 on the RE-11's. Highly recommended. Best 180wear tire I've experienced so far. At the track(HPDE), I've shocked a few guys running race rubber; Love it when that happens . I'll buy, and go through one more set of these before I graduate to race rubber.

 

I use to think my old Goodyear F1 D3's were sticky, but after installing some F1's on the coupe, and roasted them for over 100', I no longer think any summer compound tire is going to hold the coupe any longer. So, I am searching for drag radials. If you are going to track it, suck it up and buy you a set of drag radials on some cheap rims....

 

The RE-11A is the new version of the RE-11. The tread pattern is the same, but the compound has been updated. Bridgestone and independant reviewers are claiming the RE-11a is even faster than the already excellent RE-11.

Bridgestone RE11A: A New Suspect Has Entered the Crime Scene

The SCCA reworked all their autocross classes and will have a 200 treadwear minimum for all the street tire classes starting in 2015. I think it is a little suspicious that the RE-11 was rated either 180 or 200 treadwear in different sizes, Bridgestone claims improved grip with the new compound, but the RE-11a is conspicuously rated 200 treadwear across the board.

I wrote a more thorough review over in this thread:

Extreme Tire Reviews, Summer only, Dry, 220 Treadwear MAX

 

FYI, most auto cross and road race tires need a bit of heat to reach maximum grip. I would save up until you can invest in some 17" wheels and drag radials.

 

Great info. boost! Thanks for the links, I posted over on your other thread.

 

I thought we were drag racing.... Anyway....summer compound tires are close for good grip, but won't last any longer than a good drag radial, and won't perform as good as a drag radial...so I have to agree 17" wheels and Hoosiers or MT ET's...drag radials and save your street tires for the normal driving.

 

^This.

You have to love drag radials. Look at this tire squat on the track on the launch. That tire sat normally round/inflated moments before.

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I was able to put 16" drag radials on the SLK32 AMG. 16s should fit on the rear of the Crossfires too, right? I run 255/50/16 Micket Thompson ET Street Radials on the drag strip.

 

Nice picture boostmonkey

I will say 17 Hoosier dr on a prep trac.
And M/T ET Street on the Street. Bias ply

 

if you need a street tire try a togo r888. 100 tread wear compound and good for a 10.9 @ 129 1/4 in my car. many have run low 10's with them. as with any soft compound they suck in the rain

 

I run 285/35 Hankook Ventus and ripped two 1.7 60' this past Saturday. Best run was a 12.107 @ 113.99 MPH. Best trap that night was a 114.90 MPH. Guess I need to upload my new runs to myslips.com!

 

Great job, sooo close to the 11's! Which Ventus? R-S3, R-S3v2, V12 evo K110, or V12 evo2 ?

 

V12 evo K110. And this is without the manis in my signature...haven't installed them yet.

 

Yes, 16" rims would be best with drag radials. I already own 17" rims so I will keep them..... Say what you like, I have run my street tires as long as anyone drag racing, and you won't beat a good set of drag radials for launching. I have 1.7 60' times many times on those summer compound Goodyears, but a good set of drag radials will get you 1.6's....