SamE55

Anyone knows if there are any available?

Thanks

FlyByNight

nope... I'm way down this road getting pissed. The abridged version:

No 19" drag radials by anyone, anywhere.

Two possibilities for similar compounds were the Pirelli asym / directional tires, but they come in a 35% profile only in the 285/19 size. The other is the Pilot Sport Cups, much softer compound... but in 19's they only had 265/30/19... I have two of these tires and I'm going to try them out just to see if the they are actually better than my larger 285 PS2s given their much better compound.

And as I was holding my breath for a 285 Sport Cup, bam, they skipped the size entirely and just introduced a 305/30/19 Sport Cup. #$@#$!@# !!!!!!

Bummer. So, I'm going to throw on the 265/30s and see if these undersized little things make up for it with tenacious grip. Otherwise, I'm going to do what everyone else does and go back to 18s or have a 2nd set of 18s laying about. But I'm not tracking the car... I'm just looking for streetable DRs / ultra soft compounds so I can get this darn thing to hook up more frequently!!!!!



Loren

Ted Baldwin

......rumor has it that BFG is coming out with 19 inch drag radials. Someone on the mustang forum said they tested a car on Automobile magazine with 19 inch BFG drag radials. I got so interested that I will call BFG today.

Ted

MG0427

Hoosier a 19 inch DR:

https://www.hoosiertire.com/rrtire.htm

look down by the bulletin there is an annoucement

MG

BIG LUV

Yeah, but the size is going to be very limited, and you are deffinitely not going to want to use them driving around town or on the hwy, @ $350 a pop.

FlyByNight

Plus, none of them would fit anyway... at least the sizes they're starting with:

Item
Number Tire Size Tread
Width Approx.
Diameter Approx.
Circumference Section
Width M.S.R.P
46940 P315/40ZR19
11.3" 28.7" 90.3" 12.9" on 11" rim $350.00
46945 P325/30ZR19
11.9" 26.8" 84.1" 13.6" on 13" rim $350.00
46950 P345/30ZR19
12.75" 26.8" 84.3" 14.1" on 13" rim $360.00



But how cool would that 345 look on an E55 if you could stuff it in there!

Really, I don't care who make them as long as they are an improvement over my PS2's. I also am much less concerned about wear than the average person I guess. If I could get the power to ground effectively, paying $1200 for 4 tires more frequently would be welcomed. I'm just crazy like that.

Thanks Ted for the heads up... let me know what you hear! I called Michelin about PS Cups in 285/30/19 and they said no plans to offer it in the future.



Loren

Ted Baldwin

.................I am familiar with those tires. Tirerack sells them. It is not really a street legal race tire in the true sense of thw word like the BFG's. They have no grooves and absolutely zero protection in any wet environment and they are not approved for highway use which makes them kinda worthless. Here is a link to tirerack info on them. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....r&tireModel=R6

..............I called the marketing dept at BFG. The guy had no info on a 19 inch drag radial. I don't know if he just doesn't knowor if BFG truly does not have any plans for a 19 inch drag radial. Probably the later.

Ted