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Old 01-05-2008, 08:17 PM
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what are the best pair of slicks out there?
i have mickey thompson street radials and i have to burn the heck out of them to get decent hookup
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Josh, my coworker is going to try M and H slicks when he gets around to buying them.
I would have to say that most will tell you that the MT DRs are superior in many ways to slicks, especially if you street the car often...Hell guys are cutting 1.5 and less '60s on the DRs, AND can drive home!

Driving with slicks can be tricky at times, specially if you hit a DROP of h20, just something to consider.

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Those Mickey Thompson DRs are nice street tires, If you are looking to run a straight race slick, Mickey Thompson makes nice slicks as well as hoosier and goodyear. Or you can look at running the Mickey Thompson ET streets, not the ET street radials, those are a nice tire as well.
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yea im really wearing out the ones i got now. i think im just gonna put the sr on my stock rims to drive on the street and put some new hoosier dr on my welds and se how that works out. but ive been gettin 1.5sec in the 60 and now im in the middle of tearin down the car for a new head & cam package thatll put me around 10.80 in the 1/4 im hopin
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I'm running MT 28x10.5 stiff sidewall ET Drags on the 10.9 Camaro, but plan to switch over to drag radials this summer.
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M/T 275/60/15 drag radials = 1.520 60 foot best
M/T ET Drag 28 x 10.5 x 15 reg sidewall = 1.511 60 foot best

Guess you can guess my tire of choice......
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I have used MT ET Streets, ET Drags, ET Drag Radials, and Hoosier slicks, and I like the MT ET Drags the best. My times are in my signature. That was on a 26x8.5x15




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