What brand of tire would you run and why?


Chris

This is one topic, people will argue to death. I had my best 60 ft with goodyears but they don't last as long as some others. I would go with M/T for slicks and M/T radials for the street. I put a set of phoenix on the last car and they lost 60 ft but Brian has had good luck with them. Different cars, different suspensions, different compounds.  

I used to run only goodyears, but that was a long time ago. From all my research this time I think I am going to go with hoosier.

I picked up a set of Goodyears and a set of Hoosiers on racingjunk. I decided to have the hoosiers mounted for the build since they are actually wider than the same size goodyear. So I should be able to fit either.


Chris

I choose hoosier because of the sect width I have major tire clearance issues :(

Brian actually uses goodyears. my mistake.

CHRIS IF YOU GO WITH THE HOOSIERS MAKE SURE YOU BRING SOME DIRT TO THROW DOWN ON THE TRACK SO THEY WILL HOOK ;D HOOSIER=GOOD DIRT TRACK TIRE....  M/T=BEST SLICK FOR THE MONEY !!!!
ALHTOUGH YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE ET STREET RADIALS IF YOU ARE PUTTING ANY POWER DOWN ON THE TRACK THEY WILL NOT HOOK UP.. WHEN YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH LOOK AT THE NSCA FASTEST STREET CAR GUY'S AND MAKE A NOTE OF WHAT THEY ARE RUNNING WHEN YOU HAVE 10.5 TIRES RUNNING IN THE 7'S YOU KNOW THE TIRES WORK

robztrux wrote on 08/08/06 at 22:43:06:

I choose hoosier because of the sect width I have major tire clearance issues :(

TIME FOR A FRAME NOTCH ;)

I was thinking about going with Hoosier Quick time pro DOT on project Super Nova.
My car will be mostly street (due to the fact that I don't have a trailer or a place to keep one).
I do want to take it to Thunder Valley at least a couple times to see what it'll run.
What do you guys think?

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In my opinion that is the exact tire I would run on yours. Like they said above everyone has different opinions on what tire to run depending on what car and everything.

Might not be a bad idea to look at some of the drag radials out there also. If drivability and cornering is a concern. For sraight line speed the quick times are great though.

Again in my opinon only. Others, feel free to jump in!

Chris

I don't have as much experience with street radials as N2O but I did read reviews of the tire he suggested and E.T. Drag radial and it looks like a great tire.

http://www.fscmag.com/techstory/issue1004/techstory1004.html

Chris

n2o_user wrote on 08/09/06 at 09:24:38:

Speaking strictly of small street tires. believe me, I'm limited to a very very small tire and have tried goodrich drag radials, hoosiers etc. I agree don't use the e/t streets but the e/t street radial is a entirely different animal. In tests they hook as well as the m/t slicks. but hey, use what you want, I like it when someone can't hook on the street. :o  p.s. I tried the old hoosier design not the new ones, they might be better

I HAVE RUN THE M/T RADIAL IT DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE REGULAR ET SRTEET THEY SUCK AZZ IM MY  BACK TO BACK TEST I WENT FROM A 1.59 60 FT TO A 1.77 TO 1.8ISH THE RADIALS SUCK SUCK SUCK

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ;)

i dont thank it is the tire . i thank it is the suspension . and how it is set up my hoosiers hookes as hard as the m/t and i can run more air pressure . ther is nothing wrong with m/t's. i know Sammy dont like m/t's you might ask him about them.

Streetisez: what range of air pressure can you run with the hoosiers?

Chris

A442DUDE wrote on 08/09/06 at 08:44:39:

robztrux wrote on 08/08/06 at 22:43:06: I choose hoosier because of the sect width I have major tire clearance issues :( TIME FOR A FRAME NOTCH ;)

You know I actually looked into that very hard and I would only get an extra 1 inch and that amount of frame that would be left looked dangerously thin plus I was going to be alot of work to notch it and I would have to stretch the tubs as well. I figure aslong as the car it spinning I wont worry about. And definately agree with you on the m/t's et's I tried them and they really sucked.

n2o_user wrote on 08/09/06 at 11:57:13:

check you suspension like Floyd says. 1.59 60 ft isn't enough to write home about.

THAT WAS EXACTLY MY POINT IF THE RADIAL CAN'T STICK A LOW 11 SECOND CAR THERE WAS NO WAY IT WOULD STICK A LOW 10 SECOND CAR MY SUSPENSION IS STILL A STOCK STYLE WHICH DOES LEAVE ALOT TO BE DESIRED BUT ON THE M/T 3062S (STIFF SIDEWALL SLICK) AND THE MORE MOTOR I HAVE NOW IT DOES OK WITH A BEST 60 TO DATE OF 1.44 HANGIN THE DISCS ;)


NOW MAYBE ON A LIGHTER CAR THE RADIALS MAY HELP BUT MY GIRL IS ALL STEEL MINUS THE GLASS HOOD

gee jerry, i mean jay. your the man, your car is just it. boy eveyone else sould just give up and go home. sorry about the jay, jerry commint hard to keep brothas apart.  i have 31/12.50 firestone, passin in the ditch all the way.

i run 12 pound air in the hoosier tire & had to run 9 in the m/t. victor penrod runes 15 pounds in the camero with a 9inch tire  60 foot 1.41 . that's stock suspenion & 6.33 gears. the m/t's are good tires .

junktoy, your weber carbed vw with 3" tires really scares me. :o

guess it would help if you knew what ya was talking about i have neither

I used to race with a pretty small bias ply tire on my nova all the time. Course it was only a 8.0 car.   ;D

My 28x10.5 goodyears stuck pretty well with my big block but not great. Too much torque I would guess. I could drive it off the line pretty well though just because I had made so many passes in the car before with smaller tires.

After seeing the track at lawton with pretty good grip, I can't wait to try it out!

Chris

I haven't seen Victor's car for years. He does have his suspension set up good to run that much gear. it used to launch pretty hard

wow, a 6.33 gear. I would love to gear just for the 1/8th would make for some great launches. But I would hate to run out of RPM on the big end.   ;D

His camaro does launch well with those 9 inch slicks!

Chris

you should have the tire problem covered now, for a while anyway

N2O your right you don't have much space for tire under yours. But It looks great like that. People would never guess it's a 6 sec car till you put 10 on them.   ;D

Chris

Floyd, shouldn't you be working?   ;D


Chris

vacation. what about you?

I am at work!

Chris

hey floyd, you and jerry sure know how to get someone to register. keep up the good work, i dont care i can take it. so whos toyjunk floyd, was you thinking it was me jamey? i dont care. should i get all worked up? i could careless i read this from time to time. theses some good people on here, lots to learn.

No body use M/T's they suck, but they are cheep and that is all I can afford. The guys that I know that run the drag radial classes picked up about a half second after switching to M/T radials.  

Hoosier is not a bad tire 1.41 60ft and 8lbs on trans brake also 4yrs old.

Gitdowns79 wrote on 08/09/06 at 19:30:23:

No body use M/T's they suck, but they are cheep and that is all I can afford. The guys that I know that run the drag radial classes picked up about a half second after switching to M/T radials.

that's what i hear.. but keep in mind to run the radial your suspension better be the shiznit and tuned to perfection.... and i do agree with you mt's are a crap tire do not run them especially if you may be running me

steve i'm tellin ya throw some dirt on the track you'll pull a 1.35 60ft ;) with a 1.41 you should be in the 6.38-9 1/8 mile what is up i htough these guy's where saying you are running 6.70's or is that not correct??