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Yokohama AVID ST, Firestone Indy 500, Goodyear Eagle GT, BFG Radial TA and if you want a sticky tire there are TA drag radials in that size.

I've tried all the first 3 tires.

The BFs are the best looking tire, nice clean sidewall. Clean up nice, shine up nice and worth mentioning since many of us take pride in cleaning up and showing off our cars but the fact is these are the worst tires built today for any type of performance or rain driving.

The Indy's are a decent tire too. Pretty average in every catagory but a bit noisey for a quiet car. Totally not a problem on a musclecar. These are super impressive in the rain. Not quite an accurate gauge but I could stretch the front shocks during takeoff with the Indy's in that rain.

The Yoke's. For a relatively cheap tire they are one of the smoothest, most quiet tire. Mine look like almost new after 30,000km of spirited driving. Again not quite the gauge most here are used to but I've went 2.0 60's with a stock 360 truck. These are the first regular tire I've had on my 5 speed truck I can go wide open throttle in first and hook.

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I don't think Yokohama makes those tires anymore. The tire rack used to have them listed and they are nowhere to be found.

I had a set of yokohama tires on a mustang and really liked them.

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Anyone know who makes the Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/T Radial? If they are using a newer sticky rubber compound they might be fun?

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those S/R's are sweet - I gotta see if the 28x12 will fit in my Cuda!!!! and what it will need for backspacing.

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Probably, if you move your springs in at least 3/4" per side and get the back spacing nuts on with your wheel.

Here is the 26x10/15 on the front of my Challenger. Pretty tight with potential interference on the fender lip during body roll. I don' t have my rears mounted up yet.

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Anyone know who makes the Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/T Radial? If they are using a newer sticky rubber compound they might be fun?

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None of the major players that I'm aware of. It says on their tire sticker, but the name slips my mind right now.

I did speak to them recently about their S/Rs. They feel they are the best modern design radial out there because it is an entirely new carcass design that is used on a variety of 17-20" sizes, and it has been down sized for 15" applications. I also asked about the lack of UTQC data on their tires. Their response was that they build performance tires and most of their customers are more interested in traction than tread life, so they don't bother. They did say most S/R users are getting around 12-15k miles out of them, so I'd say they are pretty soft. Guess I'll find out since I just bought a set and will be putting them to the pavement this coming summer.

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Yeah, 12-15K miles says the are probably one of the best of the 15"s out there. I had a set of 255/60/15 on all four corners of a 77 Trans Am in the late 70's/early 80s. I only got 17K miles out of them, but they had much better traction than the BFG Radial T/A which were the most popular at the time. They were labeled "Pro Trac" as I recall.