DRs on the street

Since I'm installing the LS1 in my 68, I'm worried traction may be an issue. I've always thought it would be fun to run some DRs. My question is how do they do in normal driving conditions, like curves, wet conditions, etc.? Do I need to keep a set of regular street tires on hand for certain conditions?

The backspacing on my current rear wheels is wrong, so I'm considering putting the drag radials on the current wheels(since mostly for straight line action anyway), and getting new rear wheels with the correct offset to run regular radials, especially since I plan to do some occasional autocrossing with the truck.

I loved having my Drag Radials on. It got a bit squirrely when it was wet out. As long as you dont drive like an idiot during the rain or just slick roads you should be good. I liked the fact that the ass end of the truck wouldnt just come out from under me trying to really get on it to get around someone or whatever

Run drag radials on my camaro and drive it everywhere rain or shine.... Does get a little sketchy in downpour situations but mickeys will dead hook on just about anything but loose gravel if you got a decent suspension set up

NT555Rs are a good compromise. My car with MTs would break loose on wet roads at 50mph in 5th, with cruse control. The nittos at least have some grooving to get rid of water.

I'm running ET street radials on my truck and we've had a little rain recently. As long as I'm somewhat nice to it, it won't kick out. Haven't had it at hwy speeds in the rain though.

I ran 3 sets of 555r's on my 4th Gen Camaro and loved them. I just can't afford to run them now on my truck bc they won't last more than 5k miles. That's the only thing preventing me from running them

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Originally Posted by AFSP1211

I'm running ET street radials on my truck and we've had a little rain recently. As long as I'm somewhat nice to it, it won't kick out. Haven't had it at hwy speeds in the rain though.

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Yeah... don't. even the slightest puddle and you're sideways.

On the truck right now i have hankooks for the street. Truck currently is on a mild street tune up on 12psi. little over 600 rwhp and with how my rear suspension is setup it hooks up very well.
DRs are great but wear out fast depending on power and road surface, i ran DRs but now on these hankooks...i recomend them highly

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Originally Posted by Quik

On the truck right now i have hankooks for the street. Truck currently is on a mild street tune up on 12psi. little over 600 rwhp and with how my rear suspension is setup it hooks up very well.
DRs are great but wear out fast depending on power and road surface, i ran DRs but now on these hankooks...i recomend them highly

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Which hankooks? I am planning on Venus 2 rh06.

I used to daily my MT ET streets, and i mean everywhere, 200 miles round trip to the track and back, to the store and they were great just took it easy in the rain.

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Originally Posted by kerrige

Which hankooks? I am planning on Venus 2 rh06.

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Hankook Ventus ST RH06

Same tires I run. I like 'em. Can send them up in smoke if I try, but just average driving, great tire. Drive nice too, very quiet, great in the rain. Mine are wearing very slowly and evenly, should last a while.

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Originally Posted by Frenchy

Same tires I run. I like 'em. Can send them up in smoke if I try, but just average driving, great tire. Drive nice too, very quiet, great in the rain. Mine are wearing very slowly and evenly, should last a while.

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if i roll into first i get slight i mean slight spin grab second at a modest rpm they dont spin grab third a chirp ..if i brake boost on a roll of course theyll spin otherwise im very pleased. 295/45/20 on 8.5"rim.
Granted i have suspension now thats working but out of all the tires ive had on truck these hook the best for street driving

Read about them yrs ago on the tbss site were some were pulling high 1.7s with them

I'm running 275/55/17 Hankooks now. I'll see how things go with them first with the newfound GenIII power. I know when I first installed them, my old sbc would barely spin them without work. That's good to know they hook well. There's also some suspension mods available for stock suspension on my truck that may help.

OK, I'm reviving this thread. I got the engine in and running back in August, but I still had the stock 3.07 gearing. I could light up the Hankooks pretty easy before, but had the 4.11 gears and Eaton istalled last week, and well.............the Hankooks won't last long. lol

The only DR size I can run with my current setup is the M&H Racemasters in a 275/50/17. Anybody have good reports on the M&H's?

They're a good tire and competitively priced nothing but good reviews on m+h

My boss ran M&H tires on his 1000hp diesel. They hooked great, but he never drove it on the street. M&H are pretty good tires in my opinion.

Woah zombie thread! Back from the dead.. Haaha

I run m&h's drag radials front and rear; 275/50/17 in the front and 325/45/17 in the rear. Very good on dry pavement, but forget about it in rain. I was caught in the rain a few months ago and was driving ~50ish on the interstate being very careful and the back end flung around me and I ended up backwards in the middle of the road facing oncoming traffic....twice. The second time I slid off the road onto the shoulder, again facing the wrong direction.

If its even cloudy I dont drive the truck.

I have ran Nitto, Mickey Thompson and M&Hs on the street over the past several years.

I disliked the Mickey Thompson because they were so short lived, went through 2 sets in less than a year and as my good friend Bo would say "I hardly ever get on it." which is a lie.
Nonetheless I wasn't very satisfied with either of the sets Mickey Thompson.

The Nittos did pretty good on the street and held up better than the Mickey Thompson ever did.

I have been running a set of M&Hs for 6 months or so and they hook better on the street both the Nittos and Mickey Thompson.

I don't like any of them in the rain, but then again I drive pretty aggressively so they all 3 feel sketchy to me in the rain.

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Originally Posted by George C

Hankook Ventus ST RH06

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I'm running the RH07s on my SSS and love them. The fact that I can rotate them makes them even better!