Are 255-50-16 M/T ET Radials enough tire for me?
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Are 255-50-16 M/T ET Radials enough tire for me?
Making right at 400 RWHP through M6 and 3.90 9" rear. I want some strip tires that will fit my 16"x8" stock salad shooters. Right now I am looking at Mickey Thompson 255-50-16 ET street radials.
Will this be enough tire for me for optimum launches assuming I can drive it. Or is simply not enough tire considering my power levels.
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Will this be enough tire for me for optimum launches assuming I can drive it. Or is simply not enough tire considering my power levels.
Thanks
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Yes it should be enough tire for you. I 60ft consistantly in the high 1.6 low 1.7's with my car on these tires. I have been fighting clutch issues the whole time, I'm confident that without clutch issues and more RPM on the launch 1.5's would have been feasible. I ran 3.90 gears in Moser 9" as well, car is 3900lbs.
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Making right at 400 RWHP through M6 and 3.90 9" rear. I want some strip tires that will fit my 16"x8" stock salad shooters. Right now I am looking at Mickey Thompson 255-50-16 ET street radials.
Will this be enough tire for me for optimum launches assuming I can drive it. Or is simply not enough tire considering my power levels.
Thanks
Will this be enough tire for me for optimum launches assuming I can drive it. Or is simply not enough tire considering my power levels.
Thanks
Off the sauce....i'm making 399whp and ran those on the stock rims. They would hook(1.6 60's) but that was through a A3 TH-400.....from a hard launch I dont know if they will hook on a M6. You might consider MT streets....
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m6 cars that want to launch hard shouldnt go drag radials becouse they just wont hold up to dumps . Get et streets or slicks. But if your wanting something for the street and the strip and dont care about dropping the clutch then thats the ticket for you.
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Apparently I'm the only one that can hook on these DR's above 400rwhp then... Mine hooked hard enough off a dump at 5k to make me bog everytime. I added more pressure to the tires, and the launches got better. However I never got the chances to really dial in my suspension due to my bugs in my setup. On the street these things hooked awesome even on my 100-150 shot.
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Apparently I'm the only one that can hook on these DR's above 400rwhp then... Mine hooked hard enough off a dump at 5k to make me bog everytime. I added more pressure to the tires, and the launches got better. However I never got the chances to really dial in my suspension due to my bugs in my setup. On the street these things hooked awesome even on my 100-150 shot.
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I don't know but it def bogged, just like it did on 27" QTP's. It seemed to dead hook and would bog the motor down. It got better with more psi but I didn't get to try raising the rpm before i had problems. I was running Moser 9".