Re: RE: Drag tires:Jason

From: Todd Flummer (mustang@netunlimited.net)
Date: Fri Jan 29 1999 - 15:37:07 EST


I'm going with the BFG Drag Radial 275/60/15 mounted on a 15x8 T+H package.

Todd

-----Original Message-----
From: Bridges, Bruce <bbridges@alarismed.com>
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 1:36 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Drag tires:Jason

>Alan,
>what slick/drag radial size would you put on a 15"x8rim?? Im definitly
>going that route due to the LOL of my RSAs...
>Bruce
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Short [mailto:ashort@flash.net]
>Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 10:00 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Drag tires:Jason
>
>
>Jason, after doing this myself I recommend you don't use your spare + 1
>to mount BRG Drag Radials. The ONLY 17" size they make is 25.5" dia
>compared to stock 27". NO side wall area. I've seen the regular 15" Dak
>wheels with 15" drag radials(many sizes,Huge sidewalls)and if I did this
>over, that's the route I'd go. I wanted matching rims for stealth, but
>the cost/performance ratio is a bit lopsided compared to the 15" set.
>Also, the shorter sidewall actually takes my 3.92 and puts it in the low
>4's. I would have prefered to go the other way with the ratio, say in
>the 3.50 range. Anyway,Drag Radials are sticky and can be run legally on
>the street, although the mileage is somewhere around 2,500 mi. a set.
>Alan S.
>



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