What slicks do you use/prefer. And if you drive on the street what do you run on the street. Thanks

I am running a set of Drag Radials on the street,ET Streets. I may buy a set of Hoosiers for the strip.. Not sure yet..

I prefer a dual purpose tire since I drive my car on the street and hoosier 29x13.5 qtp`s fit the bill for me.

My buddy is doing some figuring and says the best tire size for the track is 26" tall. Im going to run 4:30 gears and when I will be driving the truck itll be interstate or I can take the old highway but We figure a 28" or bigger will be good for street.

Does your car have an overdrive trans? with 4.56 and a 26" tall tire i could not make a full 1/4, on a 28" tire i could but i only rev my car to 6100. i run a 4.30 gear with a 28-13.5 et street slick around town and at the track.

Dodge truck, 727 1/8 mile

if your only gonna run 1/8th you'll be fine with the 26" what motor????? how much rpm can it take?

383. hp383 knows the details its his old motor. Around 500hp

Hands down the best slicks would have to be M/T. They don't need much heat (burnout) to make them work well.

the motor he will be running is a race prepped 383.

.030 over TRW 11.5:1 domed pistons

509 MP cam and springs to match

Ported 906 heads gasket matched to intake

Crank is turned .10/.10 polished

oil galleys are drilled & chamfered

Full groove bearings

shot peened rods

has crank scraper

1/2" hemi pickup

HV oil pump

There is more I'm missing, build sheet is in storage, but the jist is this is a really well built motor.

short block was built by Muscle Motors, the engine belonged to another Moparts member back in 2000. He used it in a Cuda for 1/8 mi racing (true racing, team sponsored etc.)I got the motor just before season start, so it had just been gone through. The owner was selling because Mopar decided to sponsor him, and provided him with crate hemis. The motor will handle 8K no problem, I always shifted at 7200 rpm, seemed to drop off after that. But I was not using NO2. Motor is built to run up to 250hp shot.

I am using Motion Software's Drag Sim 5 to get numbers.

using the 4.30 gear, 26" x 8.5" drag tire, and 7200 rpm shift gets a best time of 7.348 sec in the 1/8th with a 660' rpm of 5600 rpm.

This same motor would take my fully trimmed 76 Fury Sport through the 1/4 at 11.89 sec.

Just curius as to how the very small .509 cam is even pulling to 7200? With that combo any tire mentioned should get the job done w/descent suspension.

it seems to do well, it is running an M1 dual quad tunnel ram. Maybe that helps with the top end?

it is very peppy, and spins up fast. You really need to watch the tach, it gets there before you know it.

That 383 would be a lot happier with a .590" solid lifter cam, especially with the tunnel ram.