Pro Stock John

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The 28x10.5 slicks fit easily on the Camaro, but it might take sense to go to a taller tire when these are done. I like MT's, but Hooser makes a 29" slick I think, are those any good?

Pro Stock John

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I am not talking about 29.5x10.5's BTW.

The LT1 That Could

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A buddy of mine ran 29s on his 1st gen. As far as the tire goes, It was a hooking sunnuva bitch. Went some low 1.40s to mid 1.30s depending on track prep on the way to mid 9 passes.

Gimp98TNT

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Goodyear Eagle 28x11x15 are actually 28.9 tall. I have them on my car now, with only minor bumper cover trimming, inner wheel well hammering, and cut off bump stop mount. There mount on bogarts with a stock width rear. If the hoosier's are only 29 and not like 29.5 they should fit pretty easy. Is this for your Formula?

Pro Stock John

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I'm thinking like the Hoosier 29.0x10.0's or whatever they are. This is for the Camaro.

GregAbell60143

Remember John, on the big end of the track, these are going to grow - you don't want them to "just fit" while the car is static.

Pro Stock John

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O RLY.

I don't like like hacked the cars look with 29.5's on them, trying to avoid that.

GregAbell60143

John, I hope I didn't come off as a smart *** or something. Just a year or so ago, BradWS6 was racing at GLD in the Summit Super Series, and put on his new taller slicks. They fit alright, and he *thought* there was enough clearance. At the big end they grew enough to contact the rear bottom of the wheel opening. He ended up taking about a 1/4" wide groove out of the slick all the way around - it could have been a dangerous situation. You know how nice Brad's car looks, and he wasn't about to start hacking on it either, so he went back to his normal size slicks. I just wanted to make sure you didn't overlook the possibility of them looking like they fit fine, and then having them make contact on the big end.

Pro Stock John

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Hehe, np. I usually go for a half inch of room. I remember having to look at this stuff on my 98 Formy, I actually burned away part of the rear bumper cover when I first went to a 28x10.5.

FANTAZ28

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a 28 inch tall slick will grow 1 to 1.5 inche at the end of the track.

Black Sunshine/ 00SS

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Just go with the 315 MT DR. You can just fit them, as they wont grow.

jakesz28

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My 28 10.50's rub both the front and the rear bumper area. I adjusted the rear end back and the tires are just touching in the front. If I spray some paint on the front egde it will wear off the paint with the tire growth. So I would say some tires grow more then others. I have atleast 3/4 of a in ch in the front.

I had asked PPJ about this when I put them on so I will be trimming the bumper but I don't want to trim the quarter.

camarokid94

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jakesz what rear rims you runnin? looks like prostars but what off set and width?

thanks i was thinkin of doing the ET drag 28 10.5s

jakesz28

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I have them on a 8 inch rim with a 5.5 inch back spacing. I would rather have the 15x10 but I got the rims and slicks for $200 because the guy didn't like the way they fit. I would like to think that on a 10" rim there would be less tire growth but I can't back that statement up.


Yes prostars.

bad2000z

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I have a friend with a 2nd gen running high 8's@150+ with Hoosier 29x10's. They hook good.

The Juggernaut

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I have tried many tires. Hoosier 29x10's (soft compound) are what I always run.
Great tire.

Smokinstorm

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John, I'm just curious as to why you wouldn't want to try the lightweight radial Hoosier slicks in the 30 x 10.5 x 15 size. They're 29.5" tall and only weigh 23 pounds. They won't grow on the big end so clearancing for them should be easier. I want to run these on my car in the worst kind of way but had rather someone else give me a report on them first. Why don't you try them and let me know???

Hawkn01

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The Hoosier 30x10.5Rx15 is a very good tire choice but will require trimming the front and rear fender area along with some inner fenderwell work with a BFH.
No need to wait for somebodys report. They are proven winners by quite a few on here.

Pro Stock John

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Those tires are proven, I'd rather not run that big of a tire right now since I don't get excited about the clearancing. Plus I don't think the car needs a 30" tire to work.

JL ws-6

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hawkn do you have a pic of what you did to get that tire in your car, sxpecificially the front and rear modification?