Guys w/ 325s, step inside please!

**alan** · 09-20-2010, 08:42 AM

Anybody tried the new M&H Drag Radial in 325/45-17 (28" tall, roughly 12.5" wide)? i'm looking to get a set of 17s and let the welds rest. I believe they say it needs 11" rim but i think the 10.5" i'm looking at will sufice. I know guys run the 325/50-15 so i'm guessing the w/ the dimensions it would be the same fitment.

Anybody got experience w/ these and how they fit?

thanks!

**alan** · 09-24-2010, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by alan

Anybody tried the new M&H Drag Radial in 325/45-17 (28" tall, roughly 12.5" wide)? i'm looking to get a set of 17s and let the welds rest. I believe they say it needs 11" rim but i think the 10.5" i'm looking at will sufice. I know guys run the 325/50-15 so i'm guessing the w/ the dimensions it would be the same fitment.

Anybody got experience w/ these and how they fit?

thanks!

due to the overwhelming response

i have decided to try the 325/45-17. For the record, M&H is probably worse than Nitto in undersizing their tires. This 325 M&H is actually a bit narrower in the section than the MT 295. So here we go with another experiment.

**n2ocamaro** · 09-24-2010, 06:10 PM

The 325/50-15 is a tight fit after the usual clearancing of the inner fender wells. If the M&H tire is any wider, you will have your work cut out for you (literally

). Let us know how it turns out. Are you switching to these for the street?

**Badhawk** · 09-24-2010, 07:18 PM

Alan, I also heard the M/H run small are you going to run the 17's as your drag tires ? or is this for a street setup. I can tell you I cut some 1.46 sixties on Hoosiers 315/35/17's so I think they can work.

See pic.

**Badhawk** · 09-24-2010, 07:27 PM

Oh btw Alan this is one of my favorite pics of your car.

**alan** · 09-25-2010, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by n2ocamaro

The 325/50-15 is a tight fit after the usual clearancing of the inner fender wells. If the M&H tire is any wider, you will have your work cut out for you (literally

). Let us know how it turns out. Are you switching to these for the street?

yeah...got some American Racing TT's 17x9 front and 17x10.5 rears. Due to my low hanging true duals i want to stay 28" -ish. I spoke with John at M&H yesterday several times. Here's the deal, the first rendition of the 325/45-17 will in fact fit no problem BUT, as John said, folks kept complaining about them running smaller, so the new one, by dang, is freakin huge. The old one is #ROD-05 and is only barely wider than my Hoosier 275/60-15. The new one is #ROD-20 and what you'll find anywhere for sale now as the old one is gone for 2yrs now.

The new size is 11.3" tread and 12.5" width, a true'ish 325, which won't work easily on mine at only a pinky's width of room now...

Thinking of going MT 295/45-17 DR at 27.2" and do a little nip/tuck w/ my exhaust to gain some clearance.

Originally Posted by Badhawk

Alan, I also heard the M/H run small are you going to run the 17's as your drag tires ? or is this for a street setup. I can tell you I cut some 1.46 sixties on Hoosiers 315/35/17's so I think they can work.

See pic.

These will be my streeters, as it spends most of its time on the road anyway. After talking to John at M&H he says they retooled the 325 and 275 17" tires to be full sizer's rather than the early slim ones. Oh, and i'd say those 315s do work for your car!!! Nice picture!

Originally Posted by Badhawk

Oh btw Alan this is one of my favorite pics of your car.

wow...i've never seen the front up so much...didn't know that pic existed, wow, says a lot for a 6spd on Hoosier radials! Makes my sig pic look weak!!

**Badhawk** · 09-27-2010, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by alan

yeah...got some American Racing TT's 17x9 front and 17x10.5 rears. Due to my low hanging true duals i want to stay 28" -ish. I spoke with John at M&H yesterday several times. Here's the deal, the first rendition of the 325/45-17 will in fact fit no problem BUT, as John said, folks kept complaining about them running smaller, so the new one, by dang, is freakin huge. The old one is #ROD-05 and is only barely wider than my Hoosier 275/60-15. The new one is #ROD-20 and what you'll find anywhere for sale now as the old one is gone for 2yrs now.

The new size is 11.3" tread and 12.5" width, a true'ish 325, which won't work easily on mine at only a pinky's width of room now...

Thinking of going MT 295/45-17 DR at 27.2" and do a little nip/tuck w/ my exhaust to gain some clearance.

These will be my streeters, as it spends most of its time on the road anyway. After talking to John at M&H he says they retooled the 325 and 275 17" tires to be full sizer's rather than the early slim ones. Oh, and i'd say those 315s do work for your car!!! Nice picture!

wow...i've never seen the front up so much...didn't know that pic existed, wow, says a lot for a 6spd on Hoosier radials! Makes my sig pic look weak!!

I can send you the high res pic if you want.

**alan** · 09-28-2010, 08:18 AM

went w/ MT 295/45-17...not as wide as i'd hoped but ok. The new rendition of the M&H 325/45-17 would have required more hacking than i wanted to do.

here's the link to the pic

http://ltxtech.com/forums/showthread...634#post171634

**alan** · 09-28-2010, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by Badhawk

I can send you the high res pic if you want.

when you get time, send it to aforsyth@heatcousa.com

that's my work email but i know it won't freak out w/ a large size attachment.

**Badhawk** · 02-24-2011, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by DVS LT1

hey Jeff,
Are those the 315/35/17 Hoosiers in your great lakes picture? That's insane if they are. I didn't think you could get that much sidewall flex on such a narrow sidewall. What PSI were you running for that launch?

I'm thinking of getting those for my second set of wheels with 11" rears. have you ever driven with those Hoosiers on the street?

Yes they are the Hoosiers 315/35/17's and trust me I was as shocked as you are on how well these tires performed. I normally ran them at 20psi but on that day the track was holding so I dropped them down to 17psi.

I do drive them on the street but it's not a daily driver also it doesn't see rain with those tires.