What is the Best 17" Tire for Drag Racing

[Camaro21]

I plan on getting me some 17" Weld or Bogarts soon and want to know what is the best Tire for drag racing? What size?

Hoosier?
Nitto?
MT?

Thanks for your help !!

[SUX2BU]

What gears? Stock rear end? What is your goal 1/4 mile trap? Do you want slicks or drag radials?

[Camaro21]

Originally Posted by SUX2BU

What gears? Stock rear end? What is your goal 1/4 mile trap? Do you want slicks or drag radials?

I have Stock 3.45 gears, looking for the best traction with high hp car.

[SUX2BU]

No one will agree with me, but with your weight, gear and spraying it I would run a Mt drag radial (27.2" tall) 295/45 17 on a 17x10 wheel.

[lexlueger]

Hoosier

MT ET streets

Nitto

In that order.

[Camaro21]

Which Specific Tire for a 10" wheel?

[blazzin1]

Originally Posted by Camaro21

Which Specific Tire for a 10" wheel?

Hoosier 28x10-17 (True Drag Slick - Non-DOT) 28" tall

M/T ET Street 26x11.5-17 (DOT Drag Radial) 26.5" tall

M/T ET Street Radial II 295/45R17 (DOT Drag Radial) 27.2" tall

M&H RaceMaster 325/45R17 (DOT Drag Radial) 28" tall

Nitto really doesn't have anything in a 17", unless you want to go down below 26".

[Bad70supreme]

The drag slick!

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by Camaro21

Which Specific Tire for a 10" wheel?

K,

I'm most probably going with Welds and the Hoosier 28/10/17 Drag Slick... Without major rear end mods, you cant get a better tire for pure drag racing... (My Opinion)

I'm waiting for a response right now from the company Blazzin got his from... I'm looking for four wheels and the tires but I'ld prefer not to go with a real slim "skinny" up front... These cars are too heavy.... (Again, My Opinion) They are fine as long as things are good, but what happens if you get bad sideways...

[Fubar]

[Camaro21]

I have some Weld RT-S's coming with Hoosier Slicks and some skinnies up front so I will see how they do!!

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[RX SS RACERX]

Originally Posted by lexlueger

Hoosier

MT ET streets

Nitto

In that order.

Hoosier slicks with M&H Skinny's on Bogarts. 682RWHP(whipple) with a M6. Car and set-up are better than me-for now:/

[blazzin1]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

K,

I'm most probably going with Welds and the Hoosier 28/10/17 Drag Slick... Without major rear end mods, you cant get a better tire for pure drag racing... (My Opinion)

I'm waiting for a response right now from the company Blazzin got his from... I'm looking for four wheels and the tires but I'ld prefer not to go with a real slim "skinny" up front... These cars are too heavy.... (Again, My Opinion) They are fine as long as things are good, but what happens if you get bad sideways...

Any response from McCormack yet? I really thought they treated me right, I was fairly impressed. Compare prices between them and Jim's Racing Tire. I found that they are priced exactly the same, but Jim's Racing Tire would not budge on their price. McCormack on the other hand, dropped $100 total off the price of the wheels just because I asked if they would give me a little incentive to buy from them!!! So how wide of a front are you looking at getting? Good Luck....keep us updated!

[BMR guy]

Depending on how much power you are talking about, a drag radial will be just fine. Last year we ran consistent mid-1.50 60 ft/times (1.54, 1.55, 1.55, 1.56, 1.58) at 3 different tracks on 305/18" MT ET Street Drag Radials without a hint of tire spin. One benefit of radials is that you don't have to buy front wheels/tires (don't ever mix rear slicks with front radials) so you can save a little money. There are other benefits to running a front skinny too, I am just saying that if you are on a budget you can get away with running the factory front wheels/tires if you use a rear drag radial vs. a slick which requires you to run a bias ply front tire also.

There is nothing wrong with a set of slicks, just pointing out the perks of a drag radial. While there are cars running 7's on a small 275 drag radial, they don't work quite as well on an IRS platform so if the car is making 800+ hp and you plan on spending a lot of time at the track you might as well get a full set of wheels with front skinnies/rear slicks. This will be the absolute lightest setup and will provide the most traction potential.