Quote:
Originally Posted by bret a ewing
I would be interested in the results of a tire comparison between these two. The specs (ratings) are different but what are the seat-of-the-pants and real world performance opinions?
|
Bret, you will get a ton of differing opinions on something like this. One person's seat-of-the-pants feel will be different from another. Same with driving styles. Not too many of us are well-heeled enough to afford and experiment with both. And even if someone has, will they make the effort to post the results?
All I know is that everyone that has shelled out the big bucks for the DOT approved AVON radials has been very happy with their performance. They are a legit high performance tire. I view the MT drag radials (also DOT approved) as a
poor man's (my words) approach to the same problem, that of trying to improve lateral and straight-line traction while aggressively driving on the street. My budget necessitated something better than the Dunlop street radials I was running, and after careful diligence I went ahead and gave the MT drag radials a try. They hook like mad and lateral grip is quite impressive. Would I drive these tires in the rain? Well, they do have grooves but I'm sure the ride would be "challenging", to say the least!
Could I track the car with these tires? Maybe for a couple hot laps, but then they would start breaking down quite rapidly.
I keep saying on this forum...If someone would build a DOT approved 'Billboard style' radial tire (i.e. with the looks of the non-DOT Goodyear bias ply), the Cobra/GT40 crowd would beat a path to their door.
-Dean #747