Bfg Dr Wtf

[Wharf Rat]

So I saw on BFGs website that they are now making a g-force DR in 315/35/17. Which I assumed meant the newer stickier tread style. They have a different P/N than the old 315 T/A DRs. Anyway I ordered a set of these from Summit and they look just like the old style from what I can tell.

Whats the diff? I thought the newer ones were an improvement in traction and streetability over the Comp T/A DRs. In reality if they are good for CONSISTANT 1.7x 60 ft times and 5k-ish miles I don't care if there are little dicks for a tread pattern. I just expected that ricey pattern when these showed up.

Guess we'll find out as soon as the damn tracks open.

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[The Pun]

I used those same tires in a 275 last year and they worked pretty good. I ran a best of 11:80's at 119 ish and they hook pretty damn good.

 

[Wharf Rat]

I used those same tires in a 275 last year and they worked pretty good. I ran a best of 11:80's at 119 ish and they hook pretty damn good.

Am I nuts or did you have a set of 315 DRs that were bald as hell and had a nail in the tire then you switched to the 275s and ran faster? What 60 fts were you getting? They were the g-Force not the Comp T/A?

I don't know why they would make 2 different tires with different tread and call them the same thing- specially when they had a tire with that pattern all ready.

 

[The Pun]

Am I nuts or did you have a set of 315 DRs that were bald as hell and had a nail in the tire then you switched to the 275s and ran faster? What 60 fts were you getting? They were the g-Force not the Comp T/A?

I don't know why they would make 2 different tires with different tread and call them the same thing- specially when they had a tire with that pattern all ready.

Yep, dat was me. I think my best 60 foot was in the 1.8 range but I suck at driving. The 315's were on an 18" rim and are my street tires.

 

[JA$ON]

Dont worry about those tires Hank, I know they dont have the sweetest tread pattern but I can promise you that they are sticky as hell :clap: I like the fact that the rubber is so soft you can take your finger and kind of push the rubber around pretty easy. They feel like a pencil eraser they're so soft. I ran lil old 275's on stock rims and I 60'd low 1.7's consistently with occasional 1.6's with just a 2.76. Those sum bitches look W-I-D-E!!

 

[whistlen93]

So I saw on BFGs website that they are now making a g-force DR in 315/35/17. Which I assumed meant the newer stickier tread style. They have a different P/N than the old 315 T/A DRs. Anyway I ordered a set of these from Summit and they look just like the old style from what I can tell.

Whats the diff? I thought the newer ones were an improvement in traction and streetability over the Comp T/A DRs. In reality if they are good for CONSISTANT 1.7x 60 ft times and 5k-ish miles I don't care if there are little dicks for a tread pattern. I just expected that ricey pattern when these showed up.

Guess we'll find out as soon as the damn tracks open.

i said the same thing when i got mine end of last year.. but they hook

 

[Wharf Rat]

...but they hook

Awesome! That's all I need to know. :headbang:

I have some 10.5 inch black bullitts on the way to mount these big bastards on. They look freakin' huge sitting next to my 275s. Can't wait to do just 1 monster burn out somewhere to see a pair of foot wide stripes!

I plan on using these all summer. So will they make it about 4k miles and do they really suck THAT bad in the rain (for the inevitable times I will get stuck in a thunderstorm on the way home from work or the track)?

 

[The Pun]

I plan on using these all summer. So will they make it about 4k miles and do they really suck THAT bad in the rain (for the inevitable times I will get stuck in a thunderstorm on the way home from work or the track)?

I got about 6k hard miles on them last year.

 

[wizdawg]

The new "ricey" tread pattern you are talking about is only on the 18" tire. To date, all 17s have the pattern you got. I had the same question when I was looking to get the BFGs. I had found so many different pics online I had no idea what was actually going to show up at my door.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that is what I found out while researching it.

 

[wizdawg]

Here is what confused the hell out of me. How many DRs does BFG have?!?! LOL

#1

#2

#3

#4

Yours being a 315 I would have expected it to look like #4, but it looks just like my 275

 

[The Pun]

I got #1 in a 315/18" and I got #3 in a 275/17"

 

[Wharf Rat]

There's at least 3 different tires with pretty much the same name I think.

Original, new style and compound, old style with new compound. Couldn't they like at least called one the Comp T/A DR 2.

Long as they hook so what but that's some crappy marketing.

 

[joes03cobra10thann]

I would have went with the mickey thompson drag radial they are the best tire I have ever ran. :biggthump

 

[Unoid]

I'm a nitto 555 DR fan.
best in the lightning world.

the bfg's #1 are stock on the srt-4, in 205/50 I think.
roid noise is really loud.

 

[Wharf Rat]

I'm a nitto 555 DR fan.
best in the lightning world.

the bfg's #1 are stock on the srt-4, in 205/50 I think.
roid noise is really loud.

Them neons came with BFG KDW 2s, NOT drag radials. Doesn't matter, you don't get road noise over Magnapacks and a MRT H-pipe.

If the Mickey T's would came in a 315/35/17 I woulda jumped all over 'em.

 

[Since 1964]

Awesome! That's all I need to know. :headbang:

I have some 10.5 inch black bullitts on the way to mount these big bastards on. They look freakin' huge sitting next to my 275s. Can't wait to do just 1 monster burn out somewhere to see a pair of foot wide stripes!

I plan on using these all summer. So will they make it about 4k miles and do they really suck THAT bad in the rain (for the inevitable times I will get stuck in a thunderstorm on the way home from work or the track)?

My BFG burnout is STILL there (in front of my house that is ) after 18 months.

 

[hj16]

If the Mickey T's would came in a 315/35/17 I woulda jumped all over 'em.

How about some of them badass Hoosiers?

 

[Wharf Rat]

How about some of them badass Hoosiers?

Maybe next time. By the time Hoosier gets the 315/35/17 out to distributors and customers I'll have 25 passes on these tires.