BFG 19 inch Drag Radials!
05-24-2006, 03:07 AM
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BFG 19 inch Drag Radials!
I just read in Hot Rod the road test of the Pontiac Solstice with the LS7 engine installed in it. They mention smoking the hell out of a pair of BFG 19 inch Drag Radials! Does this mean they are coming out with these? No info givin in the mag article. They mention no traction even with these tires in the forst three gears, ran a 10.99 at like 133. If anyone has more info on these please post it!
Thanks
Matt
Thanks
Matt
05-24-2006, 12:20 PM
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Wow, that would be GREAT news if it's true though I doubt it is, might've had 18s but they just misprinted it maybe.
I know Mickey Thompson was supposed to come out with 18 inch DRs which would be good news as it is but even the 18 inch BFG DRs are a great alternative.
Damn, a 285 (or even 295) x 35 x 19 DR to fit on the stock rims would rock.
I know Mickey Thompson was supposed to come out with 18 inch DRs which would be good news as it is but even the 18 inch BFG DRs are a great alternative.
Damn, a 285 (or even 295) x 35 x 19 DR to fit on the stock rims would rock.
05-24-2006, 02:11 PM
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I'd again ask if anyone can post comparative 60' and 330' run on their C6 M6/M12
(1) with stock tires and
(2) with drag radials
I've asked this several times and it seems no one has actually run both way as a measure of the impact DRs make on a C6 with stock tuning.
How high of a launch rpm will the LS2 clutch support?
Here is my story on a C6Z06, drag radials are worth about one tenth in the 60' and you keep that tenth in the 330'. That is a much smaller benefit than DRs gave on the C5.
Ranger
(1) with stock tires and
(2) with drag radials
I've asked this several times and it seems no one has actually run both way as a measure of the impact DRs make on a C6 with stock tuning.
How high of a launch rpm will the LS2 clutch support?
Here is my story on a C6Z06, drag radials are worth about one tenth in the 60' and you keep that tenth in the 330'. That is a much smaller benefit than DRs gave on the C5.
Ranger
05-24-2006, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Ranger
I'd again ask if anyone can post comparative 60' and 330' run on their C6 M6/M12
(1) with stock tires and
(2) with drag radials
I've asked this several times and it seems no one has actually run both way as a measure of the impact DRs make on a C6 with stock tuning.
How high of a launch rpm will the LS2 clutch support?
Here is my story on a C6Z06, drag radials are worth about one tenth in the 60' and you keep that tenth in the 330'. That is a much smaller benefit than DRs gave on the C5.
(1) with stock tires and
(2) with drag radials
I've asked this several times and it seems no one has actually run both way as a measure of the impact DRs make on a C6 with stock tuning.
How high of a launch rpm will the LS2 clutch support?
Here is my story on a C6Z06, drag radials are worth about one tenth in the 60' and you keep that tenth in the 330'. That is a much smaller benefit than DRs gave on the C5.
A lot of the quicker bolt on C6s seem to be cutting decent sixty foots (low 1.8s/high 1.7s) on stock runflats but I know these cars would have the capability to cut even better ones (on DRs or even still on runflats) if all of the power would simply be allowed to reach the tires better.
05-24-2006, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by shurite44
I will have stock 60 foot and modded with DR times by the end of June if that will help.
Always nice to read your times, but I seem to recall you're an A4/A6.
Perhaps I remember incorrectly.
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05-24-2006, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Cucchiara
It mentions this in more than one spot in the mag, and mentions the size 315-30-19 BFG Drag Radial twice.
....but again only to those that really need a DR at this point and want to keep the stock wheels, I am concerned about fitting a 315 on a 10 inch rim though.
05-24-2006, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Ranger
shurite44,
Always nice to read your times, but I seem to recall you're an A4/A6.
Perhaps I remember incorrectly.
Ranger
Always nice to read your times, but I seem to recall you're an A4/A6.
Perhaps I remember incorrectly.
Ranger
05-24-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by shurite44
I have an A6 on order.
I can tell ya right now that drag radials won't make much difference at all on a properly launched bone stock A6, if anything they could even hurt your times.
05-24-2006, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
I think Ranger was talking only about the manuals and the use of stock tires versus drag radials and clutch actuation etc....the autos are a slightly different animal when it comes to launch/torque management issues.
I can tell ya right now that drag radials won't make much difference at all on a properly launched bone stock A6, if anything they could even hurt your times.
I can tell ya right now that drag radials won't make much difference at all on a properly launched bone stock A6, if anything they could even hurt your times.
And of course there's TM to deal with. I'm finding that too much traction, gives more TM rather than less. A little wheel spin gives still less.
Finally, got to air down the stock run flats to 26-27. Make for a better launch and reduces the incidence of wheel hop, which threatens breakage of the right axle or CV joint.
Ranger
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05-24-2006, 05:15 PM
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Matt i called bfg this morning after i read your post the tech said nothing at this time i told him it was in the mag he said they might have made one set for Pontiac but there's nothing in the works on the books for now so that means at least another year or so his words
05-24-2006, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dennis50nj
Matt i called bfg this morning after i read your post the tech said nothing at this time i told him it was in the mag he said they might have made one set for Pontiac but there's nothing in the works on the books for now so that means at least another year or so his words
I wonder if the 18 inch M/T DRs are coming soon and what width they're coming in.
05-24-2006, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
Yeah I figured it would be something like that.
I wonder if the 18 inch M/T DRs are coming soon and what width they're coming in.
I wonder if the 18 inch M/T DRs are coming soon and what width they're coming in.
