I also posted this in the aftermarket product review...
Im getting a set of 255 50 16" drag radials. Im wondering which brand is the better choice. The Mickey Thompsons are about $20 more each. Are they $40 better than the BFG's? I want the best performance for my 60' times. The car is driven on the street about 20 miles/week in only dry conditions.
My best 60' times on street radials are in the 1.95 - 2.05 second range. Any Ideas how much improvements i will see. I got some suspension mods done too. I have everything listed on my car link in my sig.
Anybody use both these brands?

 

many people claim the M/T drag radials hook harder than slicks on certain setups, most likey stock style suspension. There's plenty of guys going 8's in the 1/4 with the M/T's

 

I prefer the MT's or Good Year DR's over the BFG's. They have always worked better for me. And Nittos are a freakin' joke on anything with decent power.

 

I have run my car on all available drag radials except the m&h's. I would put them in this order.
1 M/T .. Hook very well,last awhile and have decent tread for street driving
2 Hoosier .. Hook great,very short life and little to no tread for street driving
3 Good Year .. Hook slightly better than BFG's but much shorter life
4 BFG .. Good hooking on lower power cars..can be made to work on a fast car but take alot of effort. Good tire for street driving
5 Nitto .. Haven't found a use for them besides rolling my car around the shop

If you want any more info of specific question to a tire let me know.

 

thanks for the comparisons. My car is probably only putting 350-400 WHP to the ground with my 150 shot. I might not see a big difference from one to another, but i am leaning toward the MT's.
thanks

 

They’re easily the best compromise street tire for a car that you still expect to handle. At normal street tire pressures, they handle as well as any performance radial and are much better than the rest of the drag radials. You can get 20K miles out of them and they’re actually the only “drag radial” that works OK in the wet. Aired down you can still run good 60’s at the track, but they’re not as sticky as any of the others, I suspect that they don’t do well for big HP cars, but can be made to work for cars running slower than 1.4 60’s

I’m not sure that I’d consider them real serious drag tires, but it’s all relative, as drag tires I don’t know that any drag radial really compares to a real drag slick.

 

yeah, im sure the nittos will hook better than any street tires i have used. I never get more than 5000 miles out of a set of street tires anyways. I like to lay patches all over. People usually agg me on and i cant resist. I was running the kumho 712's but they stopped making them in 255.. I just bought some sumitomo 255 50 16 for only $67! each at tirerack.com, i got less than 100 miles on them and i burned them to the wear bar already. I did some figure 8's at my work parking lot. The surface was pretty rough. The plant manager tried to write me up, but i asked if she had a witness. I guess all my coworkers like me better than her.. (snitches get stitches) lol

 

well, the tires helped alot. i got a new best ET of 11.90@116 mph on the 150 shot, and 13.39@102mph on motor...
Im pretty happy with that (1.70 60' times)
I will post vids after i edit them.
Thanks guys