Trying to decide which direction I want to go with the race car in terms of tires. Obviously each choice will have its ups and downs and required changes to maximize the use out of. I know this isnt as much of a racer's hangout as "that other forum" but theres a few guys floating around who will have an opinion which i value.
Deciding between the obvious 28x10.5 MT drag slick and the equivilent ET Radial
Its going to be right around a 500/500 motor off the bottle on this setup, built auto, no transbrake (as of now) with a pretty healthy stall, which still wont shock the tires the way a stick car does. I realize the benefits of a full slick, or even a set of the stiff wall slicks and have no worries about their use on the street as its going to see an extremely limited amount of street duty with no DDing involved.
The upside to the radials are
1. guys run PLENTY fast on them, a lot faster than ill be looking at anytime soon and can cut great 60's once theyre used to launching on them compared to slicks
2.Gives me the option to cruise it a little bit bc while its going to be a purpose built car its far from being too extreme to drive to the gas station and the flexibility is nice
3. with a 26" profile radial id be killing a little less gear, but i could achieve the same on a 26" slick
4. what they lack in possible traction (once theyre spinning they just keep spinning) they pick up in less rolling resistance on the top end which could result in a few more MPH on the top end.
with the downside being that they just wont quite have the HOOK that the slicks do from my understanding (again ive never used the radials other than your standard BFGs)
Its not a huge deal, and im far from losing sleep over it, just curious of the opinions of some of the guys with much more experience than i.
how i managed to tag this as a FUEL topic is beyond me
Deciding between the obvious 28x10.5 MT drag slick and the equivilent ET Radial
Its going to be right around a 500/500 motor off the bottle on this setup, built auto, no transbrake (as of now) with a pretty healthy stall, which still wont shock the tires the way a stick car does. I realize the benefits of a full slick, or even a set of the stiff wall slicks and have no worries about their use on the street as its going to see an extremely limited amount of street duty with no DDing involved.
The upside to the radials are
1. guys run PLENTY fast on them, a lot faster than ill be looking at anytime soon and can cut great 60's once theyre used to launching on them compared to slicks
2.Gives me the option to cruise it a little bit bc while its going to be a purpose built car its far from being too extreme to drive to the gas station and the flexibility is nice
3. with a 26" profile radial id be killing a little less gear, but i could achieve the same on a 26" slick
4. what they lack in possible traction (once theyre spinning they just keep spinning) they pick up in less rolling resistance on the top end which could result in a few more MPH on the top end.
with the downside being that they just wont quite have the HOOK that the slicks do from my understanding (again ive never used the radials other than your standard BFGs)
Its not a huge deal, and im far from losing sleep over it, just curious of the opinions of some of the guys with much more experience than i.
how i managed to tag this as a FUEL topic is beyond me