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How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? #1649548 07/22/14 01:10 AM 07/22/14 01:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR F FuryBoy OP top fuel
FuryBoy OP top fuel F Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR	My Challenger is pretty basic, 1.06 FF t bars Stock front sway bar ESPO XHD leafs KYBs at all 4 corner Subframe connectors Eventually I am adding some FF or Hotchkis sway bars. I run 15 inch wheels and don't know that I will be changing them anytime soon(wheels and tires are expensive!) I currently have 235/60 and 245/60r15s F/R on the car. BFG T/As of course. What's going to happen handling wise if I put Nitto drag radials on the back? This is a road car. It's not an auto Xer, but I want it to handle well. I like driving it on old country roads. Not excessively fast necessarily, but I don't want to ruin my handling by throwing street slicks on the back and keeping the hard compound T/As up front. Also, would siping the T/As help with traction?

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: FuryBoy] #1649549 07/22/14 05:03 PM 07/22/14 05:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR F FuryBoy OP top fuel
FuryBoy OP top fuel F Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR	I guess what I wondering is will this cause a dangerous combination of understeer?

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: FuryBoy] #1649550 07/22/14 06:43 PM 07/22/14 06:43 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 723 Houston Tx Uhcoog1 super stock
Uhcoog1 super stock Joined: May 2005 Posts: 723 Houston Tx	Quote: I guess what I wondering is will this cause a dangerous combination of understeer? Dangerous? Not necessarily. You're adding grip to the rear, not adding roll resistance to the front, so IMO your front should retain the same level of grip it had before (same weight transfer, same tire); the caveat is the rear will now have more grip, so you may be tempted to push the combo further. The change will definitely be a move in the 'more grip in rear' direction. Depending on where you currently lie (understeer/balanced/oversteer), this could be a good or a bad thing. Does the car currently have a tendency to oversteer or understeer? If you make the change and you find it's got too much push for your taste, then swap in a larger front Hellwig bar. Or put drag radials on the front and report back (I'd love the nitto drag radial to be a 'good' cornering tire for all 4 - you could be the guinea pig) -'02 Dodge Viper Ex-World Challenge racecar -'73 Duster, 6.1 based 392 hilborn hemi, tko600, full floater rear 9", Hellwig custom bars, viper brakes, built for road course

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: Uhcoog1] #1649551 07/22/14 08:30 PM 07/22/14 08:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR F FuryBoy OP top fuel
FuryBoy OP top fuel F Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,721 Eugene, OR	Seems to have a decent amount of understeer now, but I haven't pushed it to hard in the corners... I was thinking about M/T drag radials in the front, I think they make a 245/60r15

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: FuryBoy] #1649552 07/23/14 12:15 AM 07/23/14 12:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	Considering that Drag radials usually have taller sidewalls, I'd wonder about lateral response. I've considered getting them for the Charger but I like tight reaction on switchbacks. I'd expect taller sidewalls to have more flex, reducing the confidence level. Report back what you learn.

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: Kern Dog] #1649553 07/23/14 02:44 AM 07/23/14 02:44 AM
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72Swinger master Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,302 Nebraska	Drag radials just are not designed for hard cornering. Nitto NT555II is a cornering DR or just run NT01's. Mopar to the bone!!!

Re: How will drag radials on the rear affect handling? [Re: 72Swinger] #1649554 07/29/14 07:16 PM 07/29/14 07:16 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama M MRMOPAR622 top fuel
MRMOPAR622 top fuel M Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,008 Sweet Home Alabama	I run the Nitto NTO5 Drag Radials on my car &I'm very happy with the handling.Mine are 19" rim size so I have a shorter sidewall but if any thing is now faster as you can run 30 PSI on the street(I run 26 PSI Cold in mine)and let them down to 18 PSI if you want to race.Due to running higher air pressure unlike low pressure in a Drag Slick you will not have any problems at 80-90 MPH in curves.If you want Traction the NTO5 Drag Radial is the right choice if its only handling you want the NT555 is best.It said my picture was to big to post so I added a link hopefully for you to see I run them. <a target="_blank" href="http://imageshack.com/f/ip64aef5j"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/673/64aef5.jpg" border="0"></a> Last edited by MRMOPAR622; 07/29/14 07:48 PM. "To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man" "T/D and Pro-Bracket Racer"

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