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Zigenracer

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Feb 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/19/97
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I'm looking for street legal tires (1 hour trip) for drag racing my
integra. Any opinions/advice/experience with the following?

Yok A008RSII soft and sticky, is this the one?
Yok A032R more (some) tread depth, will these last 20 trips?
BFG R1 tirerack tried to push me into this one, sidewall too hard to
run at 15-20 psi?

Thanks for the help!

15.38@92

Dillon Pyron

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Feb 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/19/97
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Try the BFG "drag radials". I'm surprised Tire Rack didn't push these
on you. None of the other tires are right for drag racing, they are all
auto-x tires!

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Zigenracer

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Feb 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/19/97
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lo...@my.sig

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Feb 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/20/97
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>Zigenracer wrote:

>> I'm looking for street legal tires (1 hour trip) for drag racing my
>> integra. Any opinions/advice/experience with the following?

Are you talking about driving to the track on the drag tires?
Why? Just get two extra rims (can be cheap and ugly) to mount
your drag tires on, and take them to the track. That way you
get real street tires for the trip, and real drag slicks for the
track.

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RacErX

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Feb 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/21/97
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Zigenracer (zigen...@aol.com) wrote:
: I'm looking for street legal tires (1 hour trip) for drag racing my
: integra. Any opinions/advice/experience with the following?
:
: Yok A008RSII soft and sticky, is this the one?

Not that sticky, at least for an autox tire. They have ok
treadwear which means they'll go for about 10,000 miles, if you're _real_
lucky.

: Yok A032R more (some) tread depth, will these last 20 trips?

These are meant to be road race tires, so they have a little more
tread. Lots of folks like the old Yoko RS's over these, they think these
aren't as sticky. These will probably last a little longer.

: BFG R1 tirerack tried to push me into this one, sidewall too hard to
: run at 15-20 psi?

These are the stickest of the bunch, but of course have the least
treadwear, probably good for 5000 miles. These tires also tend to get
hard real fast if you drive them on the street and cycle them a lot, which
means they don't stick as well.

All of the aforementioned tires are autox/road race tires which
means they have pretty stiff sidewalls. I though drag tires were supposed
to have real soft sidewalls so they could flex a little and hook up
faster. Anyway, BFG and MT make drag radials, now the problem is finding
out if they make 'em in your size.

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