removing rear wheels for drag racing

[Travis77]

Wondering who all here runs on the street with say 18x12" wheels, but when you go to the track replace the rears with 15's to run slicks?

Need to order brakes and I might go with rears that will clear 15" drag lites. I am only making around 460hp to the rear which is much less than alot of you. But, everynow and then I would like to go to the track, and don't know if 345's would be enough to keep me planted. What's your thoughts

[nitrorocket]

Have you thought about running a Drag radial?? That will easily hold that much power pretty well.

[Marcus SC&C]

Heh,when I first saw the title of this thread I pictured a `69 Camaro with 18s up front and the rear rotors shooting rooster tails of sparks down the drag strip!

Seriously another vote for drag radials here. Dependign on what you`re running for rear brakes you may not be able to run 15s anyway. The big speed rated radials (315s,335s,345s) aren`t designed for straight line acceleration and don`t really work that well at the drags. We`ve had customer cars that hooked much better on 255-60-15s than 315-35-17s. Mark SC&C

[Slow Ride]

I'm running the BFG 315/60's on the rear of my Blazer. I don't know how they hook yet, but they sure to look HUGE. My buddy runs the M/T drag radials in 295/65 and pulls the fronts pretty well.

[Travis77]

I thought about running the BFG's new drag radial and still may. I know they hook well at the track because I have seen them perform. But, I do not know if I want these on my car at all times. And I may be wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that they have not started making them in 345's. I guess 315's could possibly be ran on a 12" wheel.They look alright, but to me not better than most high performance street radial.

So I am assuming that most of you would rather run a drag radial 100% of the time vs down sizing brakes a little and have to deal with getting a new set of rear wheels and tires. And at my my hp level, the et street radial in a 315 on a 18" wheel would provide just as quick et as a full 15" slick.

Or am I still missing something.

Thanks for the replies guys

[nitrorocket]

Do not go BFG. They are not the best in the low profile. Try MT or Hoosier first.

I would try running a drag radial all the time, you should not have any problems.

[jmarsa]

Anyone have experience with the Mickey Thompson ET Street Radial -P275/40R17 ??

--JMarsa

[71OLDS]

I run the nitto 305/45/18 drag radials on an 18x10 rim....no track times yet but I've read about a few cars running High tens, low 11s w/these...

I think a popular hot rodding article on this car said it ran low 11s:
http://www.yearone.com/enthusiast.asp?enl=1&enlURL=enthusiast/articles/chevelle/chevelle.asp


This rim/tire combo would allow you to run 12" rotors and still have a little side wall (45 series vs 35 or 40). I'm sure you would 60 ft better w/a 15" rim and a 60 or 65 series tire but this may be a good compromise.

[lt1 chevelle]

Mickey Thompson ET Street are good but they will not last very long on the street the. street will eat them up they are made more for the track