What Street/ Strip Tyres and where to get them

[Anonymous]

was looking at a set of drag radials but having read all the comets think i might be swaying towards a set of slicks ..
so is there anywere over here that sells them ....

[Blue]

Hauser, Webster and Andy Robinson all sell slicks. Ypur best bet, no street tyres will really cut it on the strip if you want best performance. You will find used slicks on eurodragster and at the swap meet in March.

[Anonymous]

hope to get a set of wheels for the rear as well at the swap meet ..

[Cannonball]

Mick's advice is all you need then And he runs the numbers

yes he does but through hp and torque once the car is rolling not through the car hooking up,his 60ft is crap in my opinion its a totally pointless exercise running anything on a car up the drag strip other than a slick, the street eliminator boys are a different ball game their cars/chassis are set up to shock the tire in to action,

wake up smell the coffee keep your street tires and buy slicks for the track the end off,

Dunc, my 60 foot came down almost 1.5 tenths with drag radials compared to Coopers. There's plenty of similar cars on here running slicks with 60 foot times no better than mine.
There's just no choice of 15" street tyres for these cars. Their all designed to last 50000 miles and they are scary in the wet. If there was a grippy street tyre I'd use it.

hey mick like a lot off people on here take the huff at my comments when in reality i am not decrying what you are trying to achieve, but its a case off been there done that and when you have run a car with slicks you soon realize that the buzz in this sport is in the launch then hangin on as the car starts swaying about on the slicks at the top end, makes you feel alive, to me feathering the throttle off the line is Bananarama! and so is burning the tires away to the 1/8 mile,
basicaly if my car,s dont hook off the line i may as well abort the run the car will not pull the no,s back in through power alone,
your runner should be runnin 11.70s at that mph runners have a big enough boot/trunk to fit 2x 15" slix in there

use it,

[Mick70RR]

Dunc, I don't think my car is capable of those sort of times. All the mph vs et times you read about are based on automatics, 4 speed cars always mph better because once they're off the line all the engine power is being put down, i.e. no loss through the converter.
I still think there's an 11 in it though without slicks.

[Blue]

I disagree Mick, as an ex 4 speed racer I can assure you the launch on slicks is something else. You would have to be dropping the clutch at 5 grand plus to avoid bogging with that sort of grip, and leaving with the front wheels in the air straight into the 11's. That sort of behavior is murder on parts with a heavy car and you would break the 8 3/4" for sure.

[Cannonball]

I disagree Mick, as an ex 4 speed racer I can assure you the launch on slicks is something else. You would have to be dropping the clutch at 5 grand plus to avoid bogging with that sort of grip, and leaving with the front wheels in the air straight into the 11's. That sort of behavior is murder on parts with a heavy car and you would break the 8 3/4" for sure.

yep then he can buy my dana, but that must be ace rev to 5 grand + and drop the hammer 11.7s or bust mickey boy, sure budge will sponser ya matey

[BUDGIE]

"sure budge will sponser ya matey"........................




Mick, got a pair of nearly worn out slicks I can mount on allies for ya to try out next Sunday son .......................there ya go Dunc

[Cannonball]

"sure budge will sponser ya matey"........................




Mick, got a pair of nearly worn out slicks I can mount on allies for ya to try out next Sunday son .......................there ya go Dunc

ever the gent,

[Mick70RR]

I disagree Mick, as an ex 4 speed racer I can assure you the launch on slicks is something else. You would have to be dropping the clutch at 5 grand plus to avoid bogging with that sort of grip, and leaving with the front wheels in the air straight into the 11's. That sort of behavior is murder on parts with a heavy car and you would break the 8 3/4" for sure.

That's one of my concerns, already broke an axle shaft with the radials.

[Mick70RR]

"sure budge will sponser ya matey"........................




Mick, got a pair of nearly worn out slicks I can mount on allies for ya to try out next Sunday son .......................there ya go Dunc

Your supposed to be on my side.

[Anonymous]

got a set of ally's with nearly new 29.5x10.5 hoosier slicks for sale they're american racing rims think they're outlaws or something looking for £400 ono if it helps anyone out