Anyone run Micky DR's alot on the street

[thelast50ho]

Im in the market for some 17" drag radials and was wonderin about the Micky thompson et street radials. I had the BFG DR's before and loved how they hooked but I didnt even get the whole summer out of them. I didnt know if the mickys had deeper tread or how they handled normal driving. I put about 1000 miles a year on the car and I might make it to prp once or twice and hit up the FLD as much as I can. Also I might consider the nittos DR's. I just dont like havin extra wheels and swapin them out all the time. Thanks for any imput

[gmkillr]

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[thelast50ho]

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Yea I checked into those but all there tires are 28 in tires i need no more then a 26" and they are bein sqeezed on 8 in wheels

[393rag]

They're good as long as you don't do any burnouts on the street. We got really stupid one day at a cookout with my buddys car and ruined a set in one day.

[somethingclever]

I have 20 strip passes and approx 1000 mi on a pair of Nitto DR's....they still have 50% tread left on them. They work pretty well with enough heat put into them...

For a street and drag tire.....i recommend them.

I hear that BFG's and sticky Mickey's won't last nearly as long....but are obviously stickier.

Also...i think the Nitto's would be better in the rain.

[Balaska347]

Mickeys hook the best but wear out faster than the BFG's.
Nitto's hook the worst but last the longest. These are based on my experience.

[BoneCrusher]

Mickeys hook the best but wear out faster than the BFG's.
Nitto's hook the worst but last the longest. These are based on my experience.

I would have to disagree here. I ran the MT's in the street and they wore great, much better than the BFG's. I know a few guys that got over a couple thousand street miles with 20+ passes at the strip too. I got rid of them as my street tire because at high speed they are very unstable. Forget any kind of cornering at moderate speed and at high (80+) MPH even going straight on the street gets interesting. They were real bad in the rain the few times I got caught too. They do hook like a mofo at the red light though

[94Cobra]

You may want to avoid the better hooking MT Drag radials if you have the stock 28 spline axles. You could break a stock axle on the MT's with good hook at the track. Just one more thing to consider. I know several people will say the stock axles are fine, but I have also seen videos of cars turning 90 degrees and wrecking due to broken axles.

[u1arunit]

I would have to disagree here. I ran the MT's in the street and they wore great, much better than the BFG's. I know a few guys that got over a couple thousand street miles with 20+ passes at the strip too. I got rid of them as my street tire because at high speed they are very unstable. Forget any kind of cornering at moderate speed and at high (80+) MPH even going straight on the street gets interesting. They were real bad in the rain the few times I got caught too. They do hook like a mofo at the red light though

I bought these off of Mike and I don't have any handling complaints at all but I run 28-30# in them on the street.

Maybe you use so much Zaino Mike that it makes the car too slippery for the wind! lol

[Stangman701]

I ran these on the street and they wore out VERY fast. I think this was mostly my fault though. No burnouts, but they gummed up real bad from taking turns too fast. That's the only explanation I can think of because I would always push them to the limits around turns just to see how much they could take. Only got about 2000 miles out of them.

[coralcoupe1993]

I was going to get a set to try. I ran the BFG DR before, wasnt impressed at all. I did buy a set of Drag-Lites from the body builder......I may run an ET Street?

[thelast50ho]

Thanks for the imput guys. I thnk im ganna go with the nittos though. I want somethin I little more streetable and that will last a bit longer.

[Rio94gt]

Tom, I run the Nittos on the street. 275/40/17. I think they will work okay for you. Much better in the rain and getting alot of life out of them.

[BoneCrusher]

Thanks for the imput guys. I thnk im ganna go with the nittos though. I want somethin I little more streetable and that will last a bit longer.

That's the tire I run all the time now for that very reason.