w3s1c0a5t

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A buddy of mine was saying that slicks are easier on the rear since they have give and dont shock the rear end as hard. kinda made sense to me. Whats is your guys opinion on that?

DopdBrd

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Drag Radials will most likely spin easier than slicks. Slicks will always hook harder, hence giving you better traction, which will break stuff.

the_merv

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Slicks will hook harder cause they can flex more, but that little bit of give helps a little bit. I've gotten the 275/50 MT ET Streets to wrinkle, and that is when the front-end came up, and the Rear-end blew..lol

Camaro396

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Drag radials are harder on the rear end. Their stiffer sidewalls dont allow near as much absortion on launch like a bias-ply slick would. The softer sidewall of the bias-ply tire allows for some wrinkle resulting in more absortion, being easier on drivetrain components.

w3s1c0a5t

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So besides traction a set of 15' MT's would actually be better on the rear end than the 17' and nittos i have now?

Camaro396

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15s with a set of bias-ply tires will be A LOT lighter than your 17s which will take a lot of rotating mass off your car. Less rotating mass is always better.

slt200mph

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With either tire when you hook up good that 10 bolt is going to blow..if you are runnng a 10 bolt rear end and sticky tires the fuse is lit ... it will blow ... the only question is when ...

w3s1c0a5t

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What?!?! These didnt come with a 9"? Well **** back to stock then if my 10 INCH cant hang...

great421

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Yep - but you can break 10 bolts on M/T DR's - I'd blown up 4 untill I went to a Micronited Ring and Pinion set - now no more 10 bolts exploding and I didn't spend $3k on a 9"

w3s1c0a5t

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Lmao you guys are crazy. We have a lil group of prolly 10 or so fbodys that are bolt ons and only 1 10 bolt between us has gone.

Camaro396

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No. Hooking for hooking a DR will put more stress on your drivetrain than a bias-ply tire.

AChotrod

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Ive seen more than a few guys wrinkle 15" MT DRs

2001z

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This a trick question? radials will spin where slicks will not most of the time so slicks are harder on a rearend. Think your friend is messing with ya.

ndfrsd6

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twisted 33 spline strange axles with a mt dr

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/ndfrsd6/056.jpg

pontiac

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wrinkel wall tire will hook better at track, and are easier on the rear. radials will break **** faster when they bite. have both for sale
MT drag radials, and MT et streets

the_merv

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Were you breaking the Gears, or the Differential?

When my Diff went, 2 of the Spider Gears literally exploded. The Ring & Pinion Gears were fine.

My 9" setup cost $2225, how much did you invest into all your broken parts and your Micronited parts total?

w3s1c0a5t

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[QUOTE=2001z;10600952]This a trick question? radials will spin where slicks will not most of the time so slicks are harder on a rearend. Think your friend is messing with ya.[/QUOTE

I think you should raise your hand to talk. JFWY Really tho man the point is sidewall flex allowing you to hook with out "shocking" the rearend. There are plenty of DR that will hook. Thats kinda why we use them. If they spun....we would just use street tires.

But back to the point. I have c5z06 motorsports and 315/35/17 nittos so you guys agree thats much harder than the 15's and some M/T?

pontiac

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the wrinkel is what makes the slick easier on the rear. a constant load onthe rear does not break them, it the shock. if the drag radials hook, or even spin to a hard hook its harder onthe rear than a wrinkled tire hooking.

I have both and have broke rears, and have tried lots of combos.