It's time to talk about Slicks!

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

Alls you gotta know is
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[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

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Got em!

 

[ChrisJ]

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Got em!

Wow thats a slick!?
That looks like it might do pretty good even in the rain?

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

BFG drag radial. Hopefully good on the track but still streetable

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

Also these are about 37lbs a piece which is the same as my ECOs weighed. Which is over 20lbs lighter than the 18s currently on the front of my car

 

[Preloader]

My vaux 18's and BFGs weigh 44 lbs.

I know those Roto's were behemoths.

I thought you were gonna go a little more hardcore with your drag tires. I know I will be.

 

[$ub$onic]

That's a hell of a tire

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

That's actually pretty light for 18s. Im interested to see what you come up with. My car always seemed to 60' a little better with a small amount of spin. Pretty sure my stock clutch wouldn't like full slick e85 launches

 

[Preloader]

Yeah Vaux 18s are aluminum. But the 40 wall tires aren't great for drag. Otherwise my BFGs would be similar to what you got if I had more wall.

I'll be rocking Sonic 15s soon in the front. They weigh half a pound more than the steels.

I'm sure you could run 13s with my current set up. But I just hope I can.

 

[Stratton_Chevrolet_Sonic]

I obviously know your 18s are aluminum lol and yea my Michelin pilot super sports are super sticky as well but the 40 sidewall is too stiff. The 15" bfgs I got are actually drag radials. Much softer compound than your bfgs.

 

[sx sonic]

Oh stop, I don't think I said anything about the mods this time, just that slicks worry me. I'm sorry if my vaj offended you.


Wow no matter how I worded that it just doesn't sound right.

Sorry to break up the Vince-Stratton bromance but this totally made my night. And yes I'm going to look like a a$$hole school girl to make sure you all know it

 

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Change of plans, I'll be going with 17" track wheels soon. And I'm considering DRs. Would taller 55 walls be a good idea for hook up?

 

[cndctrdj]

Drag radials don't benefit from large sidewalls because they don't wrinkle. But just the compound of rubbers and such will get you insane traction

 

[theenico]

Change of plans, I'll be going with 17" track wheels soon. And I'm considering DRs. Would taller 55 walls be a good idea for hook up?

To build upon what cndctrdj said, a taller sidewall won't help much with DRs, but it won't hurt either.

Where a taller tire will help is in your gearing and to some extent changing the shape of your contact patch.

Gearing: You had mentioned in another thread that you kind of wanted longer gearing. A taller tire will "widen" your gears.

Contact Patch: A taller tire will lengthen the contact patch. A longer contact patch is good for longitudinal acceleration.

 

[cndctrdj]

^^^ very good info


Just don't start using tire size as a bandaid for gearing or you will run into power problems with heavy tires