Drag Radials
May 28, 2007, 03:38 PM
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Drag Radials
Anyone using drag radials on a daily driver? i just got some 10" DR's installed and i was wondering how the wear is for daily driven.
May 28, 2007, 03:44 PM
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They will wear out VERY quickly - a few thousand miles maybe - because the compound is extremely soft. Why did you put drag radials on an a car with such little power, or is your sig WAY out of date? They will also remove any semblance of handling, since they're only meant to go in a straight line.
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drag radials have a very soft compound and thus wear down alot faster..
the bfgoodrich 225/45/17 drag radials i have, have a utqg wear rating of 0.
UTQG Treadwear Grades are based on actual road use in which the test tire is run in a vehicle convoy along with standardized Course Monitoring Tires. The vehicle repeatedly runs a prescribed 400-mile test loop in West Texas for a total of 7,200 miles. The vehicle can have its alignment set, air pressure checked and tires rotated every 800 miles. The test tire's and the Monitoring Tire's wear are measured during and at the conclusion of the test. The tire manufacturers then assign a Treadwear Grade based on the observed wear rates. The Course Monitoring Tire is assigned a grade and the test tire receives a grade indicating its relative treadwear. A grade of 100 would indicate that the tire tread would last as long as the test tire, 200 would indicate the tread would last twice as long, 300 would indicate three times as long, etc.
The problem with UTQG Treadwear Grades is that they are open to some interpretation on the part of the tire manufacturer because they are assigned after the tire has only experienced a little treadwear as it runs the 7,200 miles. This means that the tire manufacturers need to extrapolate their raw wear data when they are assigning Treadwear Grades, and that their grades can to some extent reflect how conservative or optimistic their marketing department is. Typically, comparing the Treadwear Grades of tire lines within a single brand is somewhat helpful, while attempting to compare the grades between different brands is not as helpful.
the bfgoodrich 225/45/17 drag radials i have, have a utqg wear rating of 0.
UTQG Treadwear Grades are based on actual road use in which the test tire is run in a vehicle convoy along with standardized Course Monitoring Tires. The vehicle repeatedly runs a prescribed 400-mile test loop in West Texas for a total of 7,200 miles. The vehicle can have its alignment set, air pressure checked and tires rotated every 800 miles. The test tire's and the Monitoring Tire's wear are measured during and at the conclusion of the test. The tire manufacturers then assign a Treadwear Grade based on the observed wear rates. The Course Monitoring Tire is assigned a grade and the test tire receives a grade indicating its relative treadwear. A grade of 100 would indicate that the tire tread would last as long as the test tire, 200 would indicate the tread would last twice as long, 300 would indicate three times as long, etc.
The problem with UTQG Treadwear Grades is that they are open to some interpretation on the part of the tire manufacturer because they are assigned after the tire has only experienced a little treadwear as it runs the 7,200 miles. This means that the tire manufacturers need to extrapolate their raw wear data when they are assigning Treadwear Grades, and that their grades can to some extent reflect how conservative or optimistic their marketing department is. Typically, comparing the Treadwear Grades of tire lines within a single brand is somewhat helpful, while attempting to compare the grades between different brands is not as helpful.
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I run Nitto DRs on my 560 rwhp ZR-1 Vette w/ no issues. They don't squirm, are semi-driveable in the rain, but wear will not be your friend.
BFGs will not work in the rain, and they wear even quicker.
Have fun w/ the camaro--you should see 150+ traps w/ that kind of power
BFGs will not work in the rain, and they wear even quicker.
Have fun w/ the camaro--you should see 150+ traps w/ that kind of power