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What brand of slicks is better? #1176272 02/10/12 11:52 PM 02/10/12 11:52 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	I have to buy new tires for my car. I currently use 32X14.5 goodgyears d-5 compound. THe tires worked good but after about 50 passess my et went from 1.30 to 1.36. THis was at a good prepped track in the summer time. When tires went to 1.36 they were about 3 years old becuase a stopped racing for a year. NOw their opening the track here in Laredo Tx will probraably not be a very good prepped track since they have not used it for quiet a few times. What brand would be better the same ones or should I go to M/T, Hoosier or Phoenix? Wich tires hook better and last longer? On a side note I am not running tubes so I will have to use stiff sidewall and somethig in the 103 roll out. What do you guys recommend?

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176273 02/11/12 12:33 AM 02/11/12 12:33 AM
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Mopar Dragster1 member M Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 8 North Carolina	I run Hoosiers on my dragster and really like them. How heavy is your car? Leaving off a brake or not? Why type suspension do you run? All of these are critical to what size and compound you may need. MOPAR - You are either with us or behind us

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: Mopar Dragster1] #1176274 02/11/12 12:51 AM 02/11/12 12:51 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	My car is 2880lbs ready to race. Ladder bars in the back and strut fornt suspension in the front. Ladder bars have 5 adjustments and in the front and my ladder bars are in the upper hole. The car hardly picks up the front tires about 1 inch when tires were new. I felt it when it left the line. I run a poweglide with a transbreak leaving at 5000rpms. Engine is indy headed 499 making around 774hp.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176275 02/11/12 01:04 AM 02/11/12 01:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL Chris2581 master
Chris2581 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,531 Jacksonville, FL	Phoenix with tubes here. Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: Chris2581] #1176276 02/11/12 01:19 AM 02/11/12 01:19 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,513 PA moparacer master
moparacer master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,513 PA	Until they get some good rubber down nothing is going to work very good. I used PH338 Phoenix slicks last year and went 1.30_ 60 fts and they hooked all summer in the heat. I also like the M/T 32X14 3074S. Its a stiff sidewall but it worked great on my car. 67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176277 02/11/12 01:43 AM 02/11/12 01:43 AM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 469 Tennessee S steeldust mopar
steeldust mopar S Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 469 Tennessee	Quote: I have to buy new tires for my car. I currently use 32X14.5 goodgyears d-5 compound. THe tires worked good but after about 50 passess my et went from 1.30 to 1.36. THis was at a good prepped track in the summer time. When tires went to 1.36 they were about 3 years old becuase a stopped racing for a year. NOw their opening the track here in Laredo Tx will probraably not be a very good prepped track since they have not used it for quiet a few times. What brand would be better the same ones or should I go to M/T, Hoosier or Phoenix? Wich tires hook better and last longer? On a side note I am not running tubes so I will have to use stiff sidewall and somethig in the 103 roll out. What do you guys recommend? I run GOODYEARS 33X141/2 they worked the best for my bird but MT & F/X was OK to but now on my DUSTER i was running MT 31x10.5w and they are good but now i went to HOOSIER 32X13 ? But i think your slicks got to old after one year and they set all winter your 60 ft will go away and will go slower because the rubber will dry out GOOD LUCK 7065102-JUNEBOUNTYRACE.jpg (67 downloads)

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: steeldust] #1176278 02/11/12 09:50 AM 02/11/12 09:50 AM
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StandOnIt super stock Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,086 Baton Rouge, La.	My car is 3300 at the tree. I have never had good luck with the M/T tires. Hoosier for me. I would love to try Pheonix but they dont have a tire with the section I need. Goodyear... the best tire overall but pricey and don't last that long (as I have heard). My SS friends will only run the Pheonix on thier Stocker, Super Stocker, 2 Comp Elim cars and I think even on the 68 Hemi Baracuda. 76' Volare, 5.9 magnum w/Iron heads. New best 10.68 at 123 mph 1/4 mile.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: StandOnIt] #1176279 02/11/12 11:11 AM 02/11/12 11:11 AM
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Belvedere500ci member B Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 48 PA	Cant say enough about Hoosier and the 30x9 Radial! 7065446-2.jpg (146 downloads) 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II 383 1968 Plymouth Barracuda 383 2005 Ram 3500 5.9Diesel 1979 Dodge Power Wagon 360

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: Belvedere500ci] #1176280 02/11/12 11:29 AM 02/11/12 11:29 AM
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70satelliteguy pro stock 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,301 Penna	Goodyears work the best for me also(31.0/14.0/15 D5 with low 1.30's at 3550 but they do go away after about 50 passes! Mike

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: 70satelliteguy] #1176281 02/11/12 01:05 PM 02/11/12 01:05 PM
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dmking enthusiast D Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 319 jonestown,pa	hoosier i like better than the goodyears i had. i am running 30x10.5 the goodyears sidewall even after the soap treatment leaked so much air i had to tube them.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: dmking] #1176282 02/11/12 02:18 PM 02/11/12 02:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,946 Windsor ,Ca. K Keith Richards master
Keith Richards master K Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,946 Windsor ,Ca.	I typically run GY 2078's (33x15x15's)and get 150 + passes out of them they are a stiff sidwall, one important thing I do is switch them side to side (rim and all)every 25 passes, this seems to not work the sidewall in only one direction. I did run a similar Hoosier a few seasons back and while they hooked good they just were not consistent in the 60' like the 2078's. The 2078's currently on the car I bought used with few passes on them from Al they are a few years old and are proving once again in there consistency as the last 4 races which have been cold races they haven't varied more than about 4/1000 run to run and have typically been within 9/1000 all day which makes for a very predictable car running 9.09 - 9.11 with 60's in the 1.27 range. 7065778-Picture008.jpg (101 downloads)

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: Keith Richards] #1176283 02/11/12 04:59 PM 02/11/12 04:59 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	YOur car is very similar to mine in et's mine is going 9.28 at 3700 corrected alt. The fastest I've been is 1.29 when tires were new.Are you running tubes? Why is changing the tires and rims from side to side very important? I guess the rubber on my GY's got old and my et increased...

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176284 02/11/12 06:10 PM 02/11/12 06:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,946 Windsor ,Ca. K Keith Richards master
Keith Richards master K Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,946 Windsor ,Ca.	Quote: YOur car is very similar to mine in et's mine is going 9.28 at 3700 corrected alt. The fastest I've been is 1.29 when tires were new.Are you running tubes? Why is changing the tires and rims from side to side very important? I guess the rubber on my GY's got old and my et increased... Yes, I run tubes. In the past when I ran the tires one direction it seemed that the sidewalls would wear out before the tread did. Meaning the 60' and reaction times would lose consistency. Works for me.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: Keith Richards] #1176285 02/11/12 07:00 PM 02/11/12 07:00 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	Have you ran without tubes and if so do the tires last less? Could it be that my tires did not have tubes and thats why they didnt last long what do you think?

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176286 02/11/12 07:05 PM 02/11/12 07:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	By using tubes do you get more passes out of your tire compared to without tubes?

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176287 02/11/12 07:37 PM 02/11/12 07:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,513 PA moparacer master
moparacer master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,513 PA	Its harder on the sidewalls if you run them without tubes. That is why we rotate them every now and then. I think a lot of your problem was the age of the slicks. I could never run a 3 year old set on my car. 67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: moparacer] #1176288 02/11/12 07:55 PM 02/11/12 07:55 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	thanks....

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: hugo] #1176289 02/11/12 11:10 PM 02/11/12 11:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey J jamesc master
jamesc master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey	i won't argue that the age of slicks can/will impact their performance. having said that the tires on the sig car were probably at least ten years old (obviously sat a good bit) and i replaced them thinking they had to be bad. you know what the performance difference with the new tires was...absolutely nothing, zero.

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: jamesc] #1176290 02/12/12 12:00 AM 02/12/12 12:00 AM
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top8x7b member Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 61 s.e. michigan	goodyear goodyear goodyear ,just remember you dont need to do john force burnouts,and they will last d5 compound for car like yours

Re: What brand of slicks is better? [Re: top8x7b] #1176291 02/12/12 12:57 AM 02/12/12 12:57 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA H hugo OP mopar
hugo OP mopar H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 403 Laredo, Texas USA	Tubes on no tubes?

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