View Poll Results: Do You Run Tubes In Your Tube Required Slicks?
Yes
26
28.57%
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65
71.43%
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Do You Run Tubes In Your Slicks?
03-24-2008, 09:17 PM
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M/T since I started racing with slicks in 1994 and never had tubes. As mentioned if you soap/install the slicks/tires correctly sometimes there's no need for screws and/or tubes. Will Stevenson's drag radial Camaro has gone 7.51 at 191 mph without screws or tubes on the radials. I've seen quite a few 1.3X 60 foot cars without tubes or screws, so it can be done.
Derek
Derek
06-23-2008, 02:57 PM
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I never ran tubes. Dish soap or tire slime works pretty good. I drive slicks on the street a lot and they're usually easier to plug when they get a puncture in the tread if they don't have tubes. Just my preference. I also hate drilling my wheels for screws. No tubes, no screws.
07-02-2008, 09:34 AM
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I think they are refering to coating the inside of the tires with dish soap to prevent leaks. I've not had to do anything to my Hoosiers. Guess I have been lucky to have no leaking tires so far, until they are about a year old. I have one set of 10.5 X 29" bias ply Hoosiers on their third season. I still use them on tracks too slick for radials. They still hook great, but will loose about 1 lb a day now. The radials are faster & quicker, so I run them when I can. Have only had to go to the bias tires twice so far this year. I mount mine with just straight water. I feel like it helps prevent slipping on the wheels, I could be wrong. No tubes or screws here. I'm not exactly sure how they do the dish soap thing. Never tried it.
08-01-2008, 12:22 AM
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i just smear liquid dish soap all over on the inside of the slicks two times then mount them and rarely do I add air to them, in fact the car has sat on jackstands all winter and only lost 2 psi. Do the sidewalls and the tread surface on the inside, 2 slicks uses almost a full bottle of dish soap but stops the leaks once mounted and aired up.
08-01-2008, 12:41 AM
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I filled my slicks with tubes to 13psi in April and they sit at 13.5 psi as of right now(I guess the heat made the psi rise) but all I am trying to say is they dont leak nothing and if you fill with nitrogen the heat wont even change the psi 
