AINT SKEERED

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alright, a while back I was on here praising the new Drag radials. I find that when I first get to the track , they will hook good for 1 to 2 passes.
Well tonight was no exception, I started out with a 1.73 which was not bad but I left out soft. I got a little more aggressive after that and they would not hook for ****

For comparison sake, I switched the 255x50x16 Drag radials out for a set of 26x11.5x16 ET streets and the car went to 1.68 60 ft leaving at 5800 and the car went from an average of 11.9's to 11.69 and a 11.71 and the mph went up from 116.8 to 117.78 mph just from being able to come out hard.
I had a freind there that used my Et drag radials after making a pass on his new 26x8.5x15 drag slicks and liked the drag radials better so me and him are going to swap out and I will just run a slick. I am tired of my car just being inconsistent. I find guys around here do great with automatic trans with the Drag radials but I can not hook on them. I am more consistent on My 315x35x17 Nittos. \

AINT SKEERED

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Damn no comments huh!

99ta

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How were you launching on the slicks, 5800 and dump or did you have to ride it a little?

cablebandit

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mine is consistent 1.56-1.59 275/50/15 at 15psi

MARKSZ71

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my best is a 1.51

1LOUD98

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1.57 WITH 3.23 gears.you just need to practice leaving!

SStillSSmokin

Is this always at the same track? Perhaps the track is going away, but the ET Streets aren't affected as much.??? Just a thought?

AINT SKEERED

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Telly, I pull 1.6's on Nittos and you gonna tell me I need to practice leaving

I tried leaving the same as I do on nittos and the same as I do on et streets. The track was hooking good too,They prepped it for stan Allan a couple of times.


This is a problem at Gulfport and No problem raceway. I may be doing to much of a burn out because on the street it leaves hard dumping at 4000 rpms with no burnout

AINT SKEERED

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on a side note, I let Dj put them on his th350 car putting out 385 on Allans Dyno try them and they are awsome for an automatic car. He only has a 3000 stall and 3.23 gears and ran 1.70's every pass on them.,

hvyss

Boy this sounds familiar. I bought a set of 275/60/15 MT drag radials. At the track I set them at 18psi on the first run. Did long burnout to get the new tires scuffed up. Stalled to 2800 and spun badly off the line. Ran 6 times adjusted the pressure each time. Even at 15 psi and doing a long burnout and roasting them to the line it still would not stick. And this is in a 96 Impala SS @ 4400 lbs. Ran a best of 12.94@105 with a 1.77 60ft. I am going to try 12 psi next time at the track but as for now I not happy with the MT drag radials
HVY SS

AINT SKEERED

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I run them at 19 psi on the street and they are awsome. At the track , I tried from 16.5 down to 14.5 and they did not work.

DrkPhx

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I cut a best of 1.57 and several 1.60's with MT DR's and stock 3.23's.

Kennedy98z28

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I have the 255/50/16 M/T on my car. They hook everytime for me. I run 22psi in mine on the street and at the track. The car pulls 1.66 60' times, I had one 1.64 60'. The car is real consistent at the track. I stall it to 3000 and smash it. I don't do a real big burnout with mine.

99ta

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All you people that really like them have auto's, he said they work great with auto's but not 6-speeds!!!

SlickVert

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I have also seen poor sixty with MT DR on stick cars.
Stick cars need a slick!
DR are good for Auto's

Caveman

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I have a number of runs where the MT dragradials spun badly off the line. That was after doing a 7-9 sec smokey burnout. I had some local racers tell me not to do such a long burnout with the MTs so I tried a 4-5 sec one, I have had very good results since doing shorter burnouts.
P.S.be very careful driving in the rain w/MT dragradials, they suck in the rain.

AINT SKEERED

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I will try the shorter burnout next time. ALthough , I raced a guy in a modded SS comaro last night and was going great untill it would not go into 4th. I ended the race and pulled to the sholder to find it would only go into gear if I shut the engine off and cranked it in second while it was trying to pull as I was cranking on it. I drove home in second as it will not go into any gear unless I shut the engine off.
The clutch feels fine so I think it is teh master not pushing it all teh way or the slave cyl.

What do you guys think? I will try to readjust the McCloud Master tonight when I get Home to see what it does.

1LOUD98

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I know,just messing with you!You need to get rid of those and go back to a et street or full slick!But like someone else said these tires i believe work best with auto cars!

Matt D

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i ran 11.74@114, with a 1.59 60ft on a set of 275/50/15 with stock internals, stock suspension, and a 2.73 gear. i now have a 4.10, so i am gonna switch to a full hoosier slick. the only problem i had with them was that i could not stall the car any higher than 2000 on my 4000 converter, otherwise they would spin on a well prepped track.

99ta

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You get it fixed???