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Old 02-14-2014, 02:35 PM
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That is likely the most serious tire to use for the street... they are also lighter then every other drag radial. They are my next purchase actually.
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Old 02-14-2014, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by evangto87
almost 0 advantage in running a bias ply over a good DR on an unprepped surface. Not to mention, slicks arent a fan of inconsistent pavement
Wrong. However notch, you're probably not going to be making enough power to need a bias ply. If you're going to spray the car why not man up and spray 200+?
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Wrong. However notch, you're probably not going to be making enough power to need a bias ply. If you're going to spray the car why not man up and spray 200+?
Well I guess you convinced me...
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Old 02-14-2014, 02:59 PM
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You're the first person I've ever heard say that. I'd love to hear an explanation. There's a reason guys run radials on good tracks and bias plys on bad tracks even though radials are faster...
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Man, I didn't realize I was driving a racecar. Good to know!
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Old 02-14-2014, 03:40 PM
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one month till spring, can't come fast enough
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Old 02-14-2014, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sw07gt
You're the first person I've ever heard say that. I'd love to hear an explanation. There's a reason guys run radials on good tracks and bias plys on bad tracks even though radials are faster...
Well I wont say its fact... but i can say that in my experience and a lot of friends... on **** STREET pavement (note thats not bad track prep, its a different surface), drag radials just seem to work better. I tried multiple different tires on the same road, on the same car (automatic). Hoosier slicks, mickey slicks, mickey DRs, hoosier DRs, nitto DRs, and bfg drs.

Best working tire all day was the hoosier DR. Second best, surprisingly, was the nitto. This was all in about 80*. The bias plys didnt seem to like the rough pavement. Mickey DRs werent bad, and the bfgs were a level just above street tire.
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Old 02-14-2014, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by StealthFRC
one month till spring, can't come fast enough
Car all squared away?
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Old 02-14-2014, 04:08 PM
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We'll in my experience street racing radials work fine, and are obviously faster on the big end, until you get into bigger power, then the radials don't work. Radials don't like to be spun.
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Originally Posted by sw07gt
We'll in my experience street racing radials work fine, and are obviously faster on the big end, until you get into bigger power, then the radials don't work. Radials don't like to be spun.
Ever ran hoosier DRs?
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Old 02-14-2014, 04:17 PM
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I could always go racecat status and switch to e85
I'd think gutting a slow turd is more a racecar thing than running pump gas that just so happens to be ethanol based on a full weight street car.
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Nope, only mickeys.
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good news for investors !!
I was going to message you on FB when I saw that on the news earlier today.
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I like my hoosiers over mickeys
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I was going to message you on FB when I saw that on the news earlier today.
Shooting myself in the foot for not putting more into this company I did

But these companies will be popping up every where and should be a BIG money maker I'd expect 5 figures out of the one I'm in alone and I put 900 bucks into it.....
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Hoosiers are night and day over Mickeys. Nittos seem to work MUCH better then a mickey without doing a burnout. When both tires are hot, the Mickey works better.

You will have good luck with that tire on the street.... well not with 10 bolts lol
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Originally Posted by sw07gt
Wrong. However notch, you're probably not going to be making enough power to need a bias ply. If you're going to spray the car why not man up and spray 200+?
Im running a stock long block lq9. 150 will get me to my goal and live awhile.
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Originally Posted by evangto87
Hoosiers are night and day over Mickeys. Nittos seem to work MUCH better then a mickey without doing a burnout. When both tires are hot, the Mickey works better.

You will have good luck with that tire on the street.... well not with 10 bolts lol
I have a mwc 9". But im not worried with the auto, on motor up to 100 shot on 10 bolt. The car has a 10 bolt with auburn till I break it.
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Originally Posted by Lawhead
Shooting myself in the foot for not putting more into this company I did

But these companies will be popping up every where and should be a BIG money maker I'd expect 5 figures out of the one I'm in alone and I put 900 bucks into it.....
Don't be a dick, PM me the symbol .

I'm dumping another 500-1,000 in some marijuana penny stocks and looking for good investments.
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