Best street/dragrace tires?

I have a set of Nitto NT555R's too on my mustang and actually the more they wear down the better they grip. But if your really wanting some new tires I'de say get a set of Mickey Thompsons..I have a couple friends that have Mickey Thompson Drag Slicks on thier Mustang Cobras and they work really well.

yea mine work really well too.....when it's dry but when it's raining i'd be better off attaching a rutter to the back of my car :tongue

Do you race yours on the track? When I went to a local track there was 2 classes Street & Strip. Street class was regular tires & Drag radials on streetable cars. Strip was slicks on race cars. For a mildly moded car a set of Nitto's, BFG drag radials, or Mickey Thompson drag radials should be fine. I am going to try the BFG's 275/40/17 or 255/50/16. I have not figured out which rims I am going to use.
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ItsaV6iswear! said:

Well my car is both dragrace and daily driver and the front rims are 17*9 and the rears are 17*10.5 right now the rear tires are 315/35/17 Nitto xtremedrag NT555 but they're about gone and i wanted some ideas of what to put on the rears next?

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Myself, I happen to like the B.F.Goodrich drag radials. They can be used, both ways, street, and drag. I go through a rear set per year, which, for me, isn't bad, plus they look great, with my bullitt rims!

mbrown3696 said:

Myself, I happen to like the B.F.Goodrich drag radials. They can be used, both ways, street, and drag. I go through a rear set per year, which, for me, isn't bad, plus they look great, with my bullitt rims!

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yeah I'd agree with brown!!

BFG Drag Radials.

I've seen many people having outstanding times with their BFG D.R.
Me personaly, I do way to much daily driving - that's why they are no option for me.

Nitto just came out with another tire design that is supposed to grip better than the 555's. I'd visit their website and have a look at them.

+ 1 for Nitto :thumbsup

I have the drag radials and love them The first time I went down the strip with them I was launching at about 3000 rpm's and that was not enough the car gripped to much causing me to under rev and run a slower time than I should have, but when you figure out the proper launch its a beautiful thing go with the goodrich drag raidials they rock!