Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: MoparJoe]
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01/03/09 09:10 PM
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i think i gained .3 going from the BFG's to the MT's drag radials. i also heard the M&H's are awesome but dont last very long and they have some weird sizes. also, i would try more air pressure also
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: gtsdude]
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01/04/09 09:54 AM
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When I had a set of these on my car I went out to a backroad and did a few launches.The car spun badly but I looked at the marks on the road and started playing with tire pressures.My car at the time was 3200# and I found that 21psi worked best for me.I has SS springs, CE shocks,snubber.My DR's were 275/60/15.The best 60 at the track was a 1.65 on a 12.0 car.
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: Scamp408]
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03/20/09 07:34 AM
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Wow. This does not sound too promising. I just ran across this thread while looking to see what kind of tire pressure to run in my BFG drag radials while at the track. I can violently spin the 295/65 BFG drag radials into the top of 2nd gear on the street...I was hoping they might hook up a little better while at the track.  If it does not rain tomorrow for the local test n tune, I'll start out at 22lbs and go from there. Of course tomorrow will probably not be the best day for a sticky track...it's the first day the track is open for the season and I'm sure it's going to be green. 
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: Blues_Cuda]
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03/20/09 08:54 AM
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Unfortunately, the BFG's will have to make due until it's time for a new pair of tires. (Basically, it will not be this year.)
Well, for now, have fun with them and just have to
go easy on the starting line at the strip. The
quicker you burn them off, the sooner you can get
a set of Hoosier QTP's!
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: sunroofgtx]
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03/20/09 09:12 AM
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One of our customers ran a [Email]7.98@174.55[/Email] in the second rd of elims in Bradenton2 weekends ago. First car to run in the 7's in eleiminations, and backed it uopp with another 7 next round.
Must of been the wires.... 
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: gtsdude]
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03/20/09 11:23 AM
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i used bfg exclusively fer a while there. the last set would not hook up at all. i became extremely irritated and decided i would kill them in the burnout box. after that burnout they worked great. i did notice that the compound varies depending on tire size. it seemed like the smaller sizes were softer. they hooked just as well as m/ts after that savage burnout. m/ts require the same thing, usually, their advice notwithstanding.
for what is the good life if not doing things thoughtfully?
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: Blues_Cuda]
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03/21/09 10:17 PM
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Wow. This does not sound too promising. I just ran across this thread while looking to see what kind of tire pressure to run in my BFG drag radials while at the track.
I can violently spin the 295/65 BFG drag radials into the top of 2nd gear on the street...I was hoping they might hook up a little better while at the track. If it does not rain tomorrow for the local test n tune, I'll start out at 22lbs and go from there.
Of course tomorrow will probably not be the best day for a sticky track...it's the first day the track is open for the season and I'm sure it's going to be green.
Just in case anybody is interested, I ran the car at track today. I ended up starting at 18lbs of air in the 295/65's and did a short burnout just to get a baseline of how it would react.
Well...it spun violently leaving at 2500rpm. It ran a 12.27 @ 116mph with a 2.099 60ft.
On the next run, I dropped the air pressure down to 15lbs and did a longer burnout. It reacted with an 11.86 @ 116mph and a 1.78 60ft. It still spun, but obviously not as hard.
Due to time limitations and looking to get a better launch, I threw on a pair of borrowed 28/11.50 M/T ET Streets @ 12lbs and made a pass. I did a decent burnout to get them heated up and it ran an 11.87 @ 115mph with a 1.77 60ft...still spun, but about the same as the 2nd pass with the BFG's.
The car is definitely not 100% optimized though...there's lots of suspension tuning and other stuff to do yet, for this is just a fun weekend car that I built for my wife out of spare parts and today was the very first time it had been down the track. ('70 Barracuda w/ a pump gas cast crank 440 in 100% street trim.)
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: Blues_Cuda]
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03/21/09 10:44 PM
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Congrats, but man I love that color combo on that car. I always thought it would be tough to get a blue interior to look ok, without going to an all B5 extrior, but I really think I could live with that. Congrats and tell the wife nice car !.
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Re: Possible to get car to hook with BFG drag radials?
[Re: sunroofgtx]
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03/21/09 11:01 PM
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Thanks! I'll relay the message to her. BTW...it's running a set of your wires. I was one of the first ones to buy them from you a few years back. 
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