Tire advice needed

[Quattrofan@aol.com]

A friend of mine is in need of tires for his Thunderbird Turbo and asked me
for some help, since he usually buys no-name "performance" radials from the
local tire guy. He's finally ready to step up to real tires. We're looking at
Yokohama A509, BF Goodrich T/A, and Dunlop D40 M2 in a 205/50-16. He drives
extremely hard, doesn't care about
all season capabilities (he has a Suburban 4x4), and of course wants them to
last long. Naturally, I knew the Q-listers would know all about tires  ;)  He
doesn't wish to spend more than $130 per tire. I'm of little help at this
point as I'm running Yokohama Avids and am leaning towards the A509, but he
has this thing for them 'Merican BFG's. Advice?

Dwight V.   '86 Coupe GT, '89 Jetta GLI 16v ABS, '84 Subaru 4x4 (sorry), '70
Fiat 124