I am pretty much sure that there are alot of members on here who use Drag Radials, regardless of brand, as their daily driver rear tires.

Since the tires are made up of slightly different compounds, allowing them to be stickier, softer, and wahtever else they are, what happens when you get a nail in them?

Ive really only got two or so quesitons pertaining to this:

1.
Can a drag radial be plugged similar to other tires. As in, if the nail or other particle is not too close to the sidewall, can a normal tire shop plug the hole safely.

and

2.
If they can be plugged safely for daily driving, would you be able to use them at a drag strip, or anywhere else actually, to do a burnout and get them really sticky again?

I've been wondering this for sometime now, but in a conversation i had with ethan (emann) i asked about it and neither of us were really sure.

IF you know, of have any experiance doing so, please let us know.
thanks in advance
clint

 

When it comes to any kind of performance tire the manufactures say that the original speed rating is compromised by any defect or repair.

If you had to have a drag radial fixed I wouldn't recommend a plug at all. Take the time and use a interior patch.

As for heating them up and using them agian I wouldn't junk the tire but I would be really careful since the compound is so different than a street radial.

 

i personally wouldnt repair or use a repaired DR, i dont think a plug or patch
is gonna hold up too long, they are too soft for that

 

i would agree, I have BF drag ta's and i would patch it from the inside also.... I have a bike too and I know people who ride on plugs but I would never do it myself.. Take the time and the money and fix it right the first time and you wont have a future problem, Like being stuck in the pit with a flat tire and no way home... While everyone else is having fun! I have friende that have blown out plugs, heating up there rear tire at the local drag strip.

 

as some one that worked in a tire shop and has pluged and patched a **** load of tires.

i would bee perfectly fine with a patch or tube.

 

I wouldnt plug... maybe if your using nitrogen but not if your using regular air. As the tires heat up the air pressure inside increases. On small kart tires I have seen as much as 5 psi... Look how much more air a drag tire will hold; look how much it will expand. Anybody take before and after pressures just for kicks?

Jim

 

I'd have to agree. I'd hate to be in excess of 100 mph and have a blow out on the track. Just not worth the risk.

 

consensus is: Dont risk it..

that sucks,, i dont have anything wrong, but that would suck to ruin a 180+ dollar tire on a damn nail

guess thats just another reason to get my 15" combo early

 

I put a patch on the inside of a ET Street and they are way softer then the drag radial and they even wrinkle like a slick and have not had any problems yet with many drag strip pass at over 120 mph and also some street driving. but I am tight A$$ and could not bring my self to throwing away a tire with a couple hundred miles on it

 

so just because a bunch of guys that probably have never even mounted a tire say don't your gonna toss the tire? if in doupt contact bfg and see what they say. like i said if you are in complete doupt put a tube in it.