Which Tires to Get?

[chastee1]

69 Dart - 440 - 3.91 8 3/4 around 450 HP 500 Torque.  Upgrading to 550HP and 600 Torque shortly.  Car has been sitting and I have severe tire rot. 

I can fit 225 or 235's out back.  What tires should I get?  The two that pop in my head are Mickey Thompson's and BF Goodrich Drag Radials.  Who's actually run the tires out there and what should I go with for street performance and max straight line traction given the small tread width I'm working with?

How about Hoosier R6 Radials?  Any help would be appreciated!!!   

[birdboy]

run the m/t drag radial. i have gone hi 7s low 8s on 315x60/15. i have used the 235/275/295/315 on a bunch of my cars and there the only ones to run. if you go to a headsup drag radail event thats all anyones running that buys there own tires. i have tried the goodyrs/bf/hoosiers/m&h/nitto and the m/t right know are the best. the goodyrs are starting to show good et's but i would wait intill next yr to try them again.

[chastee1]

Thanks!  This is for the street so I'm assuming the street legal ET Street Radial is the way for me to go?

[farmington]

I second the M/T Drag radials.  Don't forget, you'll need radials on the front too.

[CudaDon65]

Here are my M/T's.

[chastee1]

Wish I could fit tires that size under my current setup!!!

[sickt7cuda]

run the m/t drag radial. i have gone hi 7s low 8s on 315x60/15. i have used the 235/275/295/315 on a bunch of my cars and there the only ones to run. if you go to a headsup drag radail event thats all anyones running that buys there own tires. i have tried the goodyrs/bf/hoosiers/m&h/nitto and the m/t right know are the best. the goodyrs are starting to show good et's but i would wait intill next yr to try them again.

Hey, what about Phoenix ?  I ran M/T's for a few years and liked them, but decided to give Phoenix a shot, just for the hell of it, and was impressed with the way they hook.  Phoenix bought the old Firestone moulds.

[chastee1]

I currently have 225/70R15's in the back.  M/T doesn't have this size - closest thing is the 235/60R15.  I found a very helpful website that does all the tire calculations for you, thought it could help some other people out to:   

 http://www.voguetyre.com/TireCalc/index.cfm

According to the conversion table I will be reducing my overall tire diameter from 27.4 to 26.1.  I'm running a 3.91 gear.  Whats the real impact here or is it neglibible?

(Hoping the additional .39 width doesn't rub as well!!)

[mischiefdart]

If you are runnig drag radials out back and skinnies up front I found a good radial to use. BF Goodrich still makes radial TA's in 155/80/15 that are speed rated over 120 mph. They are load rated for over 1000 lbs. I have a set on order as they were back ordered and should have them mid next week.

[jacks62440]

depending on what you are going to use your car for, remember the Rain. Get real street tire's if it's a driver and a set of slicks on rims for the weekends.

[JOEYMAN]

I'm running M/T ET STREET on my car. Just like a slick but has 3 or 4 grooves in them. They are very sticky and good at the track. I have 26x10.5 that is the widest and tallest I can fit on my car.  It is funny because every time I street race I will take it from a dead stop off a red light and I just whip these Camaro SS's like their nothing.  I just hook and Haul ass while their back there wondering what just happened.

[6469mopar]

Here are my M/T's.

     



  CudaDon are they the  M T S/R    what size did you get   

[CudaDon65]

Yes S/R's 26"x12.00"x15". .