do you think it would be worth getting a set of 26x8.5-15 mickey thompson et drag slicks for my bird at the track. would it help my quarter mile times out any. im going ot be hitting the track this summer and i want low 15's

 

lol man no offense meant but i dont think we dont need that sort of sstuff as we dont have that much of a traction problem i guess

all my runs using the Gtech i bark 1-2 but the slip loss in tyres is not very much i guess...

 

Yea ill have to second the no.. get some better street tires, ie: nittos and you wont have any problems

 

Try experimenting with the air pressure in the rear tires. If you're always peeling out, lower the pressure. You'd be better off upgrading the rear suspension (boxed/tubular rear LCA's and panhard rod) before dumping the $$ on some slicks.

 

can't you hurt your times by going to slicks if you are not pulling the power behind it since the tires/ rims are going to weigh more?


but yeah I agree I don't really think you are going to need slicks, just some better street tires I bet

 

slicks are for cars that have a severe problem spinning tires in the start and in between every gear ... i dont think he is gonna have that problem @ 200hp and 200Tq (i presume thats what he has)

edit : run it with teh current tires and see where ya stand ...whats the 1/4 like??

 

Yeah some good streets should carry up to 275 HP/TRQ

 

i think ill put of on the slicks for now. ill just get lakewood lower control arms and panhard rod. i was also going to get stiffer bushings for my torque arm. ill see what i can do with these. how much will my quarter times drop with all of these suspension mods. maybe a tenth or two?

 

Actually many cars would benefit from Drag Radials or slicks even our 2.8 beasts. A guy named soslow with his 1994 3.4 liter ran several 10ths faster with slicks over his stock tires.. Once I find his web page again if it is still up you will see the results slicks had. It is not drastic, but it does help.


If I had to choose slicks or LCA's I would get LCA's or torque arm first..