MT DR's vs MT Slicks
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MT DR's vs MT Slicks
Last time out I managed a 1.59 60' on 26" MT DR's. Not bad but now I am upping the power with heads/cam/intake and swapping to a 9" with 3.70 vs the 10 bolt with 3.23's. So I have been wondering how much ET or 60' I may gain if I went to a full MT 26" slick. The car isn't trailered so I would still need to drive to the track on them. With the 9" in place I don't have to worry about beating it like it owes me money so I have thought about selling my DR's and going full slicks. Any thoughts?
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so you drive with slicks on the street? i thought you had to have at least some kind of sturdy sidewall to drive on the street? how are they on the street? you must hug on to everything
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With current power, def radials. Since there is almost no way in hell you should be over powering the tires. With the new found power, you may find a limitation on the radials if, and I say only if you make corresponding changes to the gears and converter.
3.73's is not considered too wild and that 'verter maybe a little too tight given the cam but until you get out there, you wont know. FYI I do not see any suspension mods, so that should be considered standard as well.
Had the car carried 4.10's and a 4000-4500 9" stall then I would say slicks maybe helpful but I do not see the car going that way.
Last note, had the car been a M6 car, all the suspension and tire requirements change.
3.73's is not considered too wild and that 'verter maybe a little too tight given the cam but until you get out there, you wont know. FYI I do not see any suspension mods, so that should be considered standard as well.
Had the car carried 4.10's and a 4000-4500 9" stall then I would say slicks maybe helpful but I do not see the car going that way.
Last note, had the car been a M6 car, all the suspension and tire requirements change.
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you'll do fine on the drag radials. i put down 1.47 with no anti roll bar in the rear, not even a sway bar. it now pulls better with the wolfe anti roll on the drag radials. oh and i sprayed anything from a 150-250 out of the hole.
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Drag radials will do better than a slick or bias-ply dot slick on a similar size due to less growth in sidewall, less flex and easier top end driveability. My Nova will 60 foot .01-.03 better and mph about .5-.75 better on a 275/60/15 M/T radial versus a 28 x 10 x 15 M/T slick (although I use the slick for transbrake hard launch stuff as a safety deal since radials can be less forgiving). I have been 1.39 60 foot on the radial in a 3600 lb auto car so they do work!
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