Happy with BFG G-force TA KDWS... 1.93 60ft street tires

[Adam Connell]

All I have to say is damn! Went to the track last night and layed down two back to back 1.93 60fts on these tires. I have them in the 245/50/16 on GNX copies. I left at 5lbs of boost with no spin the first time, and a little bit of hop the second time. Never had the car hop before! These tires were 129$ a piece and come in many sizes. I ran a best of 12.99 at 106 with 19-20lbs of boost with my combo below. My previous 12.92 was on DRs and pump gas...

I'll be honest, when I install my bags in the back in expecting 1.87-1.9 maybe better...

Also a tip with these tires or any street tires: A standard burnout will do no good on street tires. Get them a bit wet and start them spinning and spin them through the beams and about the 1st 60ft... You will pick up a good deal of traction compound from doing this and warm them up a little. DO NOT burn out through the "groove"... I got told last night that if I screwed up the groove they would throw me out ahahaha. Just straddle the grove and make sure you dont get too sideways. I learned this trick from motorcycle racing where we were only allowed DOT street tires(no DRs either). Seems to work for cars too!

 

[breiter]

I been struggling with traction myself. I could not get anything better the 1.9's out of street tires. I had a 1.67 60' last Thursday on BFG Drag Radials. Going to real slicks this week and hope for 1.4 to 1.5's with an et of 6.8 to 6.9. I went 7.41 in the 1/8th at 93mph. That should be a 11.60 in the 1/4 but we only have 1/8 mile tracks around here. Goal is 1/4 mile with mid 10's.

 

[Adam Connell]

Ya thats about all Im expecting out of street tires... The best I have heard out of anyone is lower 1.8s so I figured 1.93s were pretty darn low. I was just happy that they were hooking up reasonably well for me! Im just really liking these tires, probobly one of the best investments so far!

 

[pacecarta]

you can keep those BFGs
1.42s on mickey thompson ETstreet radials (dot legal)

 

[Adam Connell]

Ya but those are drag radials... I got down to 1.70s on my DRs... you missed the point these are street tires that will last 20,000 miles+ with lots of burn outs and screwing around. Anyone can put on drag radials, but finding a decent street tire is a rare thing... Also drag radials in the rain are scary as hell...

 

[Rodney87GN]

Also drag radials in the rain are scary as hell...

They're not that bad in the rain.:wink: My MT drag radials handled the rain better than Nitto DRs...usually it's the other way around.

 

[GregInAtl]

You guys are missing the point. A REAL street tire that performs well, AND you can turn at speeds with. (Dont try that w/ ET streets) AND you can get good mileage from. BFG has a "best of both worlds" tire. Great #s on a real daily radial, and thanks for the post telling their success.

 

[FastRegalWE2]

I bought some 245/50/16 BFG g force KDWs for my Camaro a couple years ago. They were a definite improvemnt in traction over the tires thet came on the car. I liked them quite a bit.

 

[dwkohout]

My best was 1.81 60ft on 275/40/17 Mastercraft Avenger ZHP's. My secret? My dragradials were still in the trunk.:wink: