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AZPS .. doods ..

What do you recommend for weekend racer duty on the back of a C-5?

Stock size rims ..what's yer out the door for a pair installed an balanced an the like?

-evil grin-

I am doin my best to burn up the runflats onna back atm :)

Gonna need a pair put on in a coupla weeks looks like, if not sooner.

-Frank

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it may take a while for ASPS people to reply....

I have sent several emails asking for pricing on monday with out any reply.

.. I found out that alot of the crew there are working 18+ hour days to complete an orange verson of this

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it will be a twin turbo, wide body monster.

The deadline is the 18 of March.

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When I had my C5 I had both BFGs and Nittos. If your looking for tire life, get the Nittos. The BFGs dont quite last as long but they are a lot stickier.

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AZPS .. doods ..

What do you recommend for weekend racer duty on the back of a C-5?

Stock size rims ..what's yer out the door for a pair installed an balanced an the like?

-evil grin-

I am doin my best to burn up the runflats onna back atm :)

Gonna need a pair put on in a coupla weeks looks like, if not sooner.

-Frank

I have a used pair of 315 BFGs on 18x10 chrome C6 wheels (C5 offset) in stock you can buy from me... I only used the wheels once and the tires have about 50% life :) If you want brand new ones I have also a pair of new in box wheels the same with no tires on them that I can order whichever you would like

the BFGs hook the best and ive gone 11.3@130 on them, otherwise the nittos last longer if you will be driving on the street a lot :)

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hmmm .. I could bolt those on for race days.

-evil grin-

-Frank ( I will be down to work out a deal with ya tomorrow :)

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Frank, I bought a set of front 17" Z06 Speedline wheels and mounted Mickey Thompson E.T. Streets (drag radials) on them and I use them just for the track. They hook pretty darn good. :thumbs

Steve

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Cool Steve .. I used 13x31 M&H slicks on my Duster for years .. they rocked. I could launch just as hard as I could and they wouldn't turn at all .. just straight up hook from *go* ..10lbs of air in 'em would do that.

I borrowed a friends 10"x29" M/T ET slicks because he wanted to see if they would hook my lil Duster up .. he was gonna put 'em on his Rat powered '69 Firebird -evil grin- .. I burned 'em off like street tires thru first gear!

That 8" converter I ran would lockup at 4200 rpm on a launch and that was right in the meat of the cam, if you blinked you'd miss the run thru 1st gear :)

I loved the way that lil Duster came off the line .. straight as an arrow and so hard it felt like my teeth were bending back, eyeballs all flat an stuff :)

-Frank (hopin I can work the Vette into the same area ..eventually)

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When I had my C5 I had both BFGs and Nittos. If your looking for tire life, get the Nittos. The BFGs dont quite last as long but they are a lot stickier.

I agree... Disount tire has the best deal on drag radials. I pay about 550.00-575.00 mounted and balanced out the door

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Mike at AZPS ..

My financial advisor (Kathy) has reeled me in for this month due to the Yuma cruise/Speedworld comin up tomorrow/rims I already put on the car/upgrading computer..and the airbox lid inbound.

She tells me next month I can 'play' again .. so don't hold 'em for me.

If ya still got 'em in a coupla weeks perhaps we can work a deal for just the tires .... if an offer comes up don't hold back :)

-Frank an Kathy (she keeps me fed, I gotta listen to her :)

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When I had my C5 I had both BFGs and Nittos. If your looking for tire life, get the Nittos. The BFGs dont quite last as long but they are a lot stickier.

I agree... Disount tire has the best deal on drag radials. I pay about 550.00-575.00 mounted and balanced out the door

Interesting,

I just bought a set of the new MT ET Street Radials mounted and balanced for $455.00.

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Interesting,

I just bought a set of the new MT ET Street Radials mounted and balanced for $455.00.

Hey Tom, check the MT garage sale page. I bought my 17" blems from them for $314 shipped.

Steve

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Phoenix FRC

Interesting,

I just bought a set of the new MT ET Street Radials mounted and balanced for $455.00.

Hey Tom, check the MT garage sale page. I bought my 17" blems from them for $314 shipped.

Steve

Nice, :thumbs

BTW, what's going on with that avatar???? :crazy That thing is going to weired me out something bad. :chris

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Interesting,

I just bought a set of teh new MT ET Street Radials mounted and balanced for $455.00.

Hey Tom, check teh MT garage sale page. I bought my 17" blems from them for $314 shipped.

Steve

You cannot compare 17" ET Streets to 18" drag radials.

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The topic was "Street Legal Drag Radials'. Everyone knows that an ET Street is a slick with a grove cut in. Regardless if they are bias ply or radial they wouldnt pass a DOT test after 50 miles.

The price of 18" drag radials is more expensive than 17.. Here is the pricing from Tires.com

New Tread Style

P205/50R-15 $126.00

P275/35R-18 87 BSW $217.00

P295/35R-18 91 BSW $236.00

P315/30R-18 91 BSW $283.00

Old Tread Style

P315/35R-17 93R RBL $175.00

MT has not released the ET Street radials in 18s yet. So you are really comparing apples to racecars when you are talking about the price of tires.

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The topic was "Street Legal Drag Radials'. Everyone knows that an ET Street is a slick with a grove cut in. Regardless if they are bias ply or radial they wouldnt pass a DOT test after 50 miles.

The price of 18" drag radials is more expensive than 17.. Here is the pricing from Tires.com

New Tread Style

P205/50R-15 $126.00

P275/35R-18 87 BSW $217.00

P295/35R-18 91 BSW $236.00

P315/30R-18 91 BSW $283.00

Old Tread Style

P315/35R-17 93R RBL $175.00

MT has not released the ET Street radials in 18s yet. So you are really comparing apples to racecars when you are talking about the price of tires.

Ahh, I understand kemosabe. Not to disagree, but aren't BFG's just a slick with a groove cut in them too? :lol I wasn't comparing tire prices so much as the price difference between what Tom and I paid for the same tire. Tom got E.T. Streets too but paid a bit more for them then I did. He may have gotten 18's too and that may be why they're more pricey.

I've heard the sidewall on the MT's have a bit more give to them and are easier on your drive line yet give you just as good 60 ft times, so I went with 17's to try and get my 60 ft times down a bit too. What's your preference for size and tire and why?

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It truely depends on what you are doing. 95% of my driving is done on the street. BFGDrag radials give me a better tread life. BTW, only the 315x18 DR has the bald patch in the center. All other sizes look more like the BFG KDW2 (still cool IMO).

Now for racing, there are 2 schools of thought here.

1st is that the 295x17 only has a 10" contact patch and does have a higher sidewall, which would allow for more flex. I am not sure if I agree that it is easier on the driveline, as the 295s really do not flex all that much (as they are still radials).

The next school of thought is that the BFG 315 has a 12" contact patch, but skinner sidewall. They do not wrinkle at all, but do offer a larger contact patch, than the MT ET Streets.

From my experience, I have cut better 60' times with BFG Drag radials than with ET Streets. My best 60' at the SECC day was 1.80 while my best 60' while on BFG DR's was 1.68.

Previously I ran bias ply ET Streets and was able to cut a 1.54 60'. I think the bias ply are ALOT more forgiving on the sidewall than its radial counterpart.

Just my .02

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Thanks for your thoughts Glenn.

I've run both - 18" BFG's and they got me a 1.79 60 ft with a 4500 rpm launch, and 1.84 so far with E.T. Streets and a 5K rpm launch. But the track prep was really good when I got the 1.79 and kinda crappy when I got the 1.84 so we'll see what the future brings.

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There was a Viper owner down at AZPS that had a new Hoosier drag radial.

Any ideas where they can be purchased?

That was probably Steve's Viper - ELESWUN

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