Stiff Sidewall Slicks

Getting ready to buy slicks and was wanting to know if anyone is running them and what you think about them?

I run M/T ss and can't complain about the performance. They dont hold air for shit so tubes would be a plus.if your gona be pretty hard on the tire a ss with tubes is a good idea.

What size tire?  I've run the Hoosier 32X14.5W stiff sidewall.  Measures 32X15 with `102 rollout.  It worked well in my car at close to 3000 lbs.  Keith Fulp runs it on his '58 I think.   I've since swapped to the regular sidewall Hoosier 15X33 because I wanted the extra rollout to ~104.  Saw no diff in performance.

I have to run a stiffwall on mine

Size?

Caveman tank tracks

31x14's 650 hp.. 3000 lbs

IMO it will make less difference with a tire that wide but they will not hurt if the car hits the tires hard or makes the power to hit the tires harder.

A ss will help top end stability especially without tubes.

I had a pair of soft sidewall Goodyears (32 X 16) on my car...it launched like a pogo stick until I swapped on a set of Hoosier stiif sidewalls (31.5 X14.5 W). I'm a fan of Hoosiers for big tire cars.

cool40 wrote:A ss will help top end stability especially without tubes.

X2. But it won't be as obvious in a 10 sec car vs a 7 sec car. But I don't know how fast his car is......

cool40 wrote:I run M/T ss  and can't complain about the performance. They dont hold air for shit so tubes would be a plus.if your gona be pretty hard on the tire a ss with tubes is a good idea.

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I run the same tire and just put tubes in them got tire of air comming out all the time.

29.5x10.5,ss but have only been 6.12s 9.62. No tubes and they need air every week racing or not. I will go back to tubes next time.

The Hoosiers on my car (31.5x13.5W) hold air better than any slicks I've ever had. I put the car in the garage a month ago for a trans rebuild. They had 7 lbs. in them then. Today they had a hair over 6 lbs.    No tubes.

maverick wrote:The Hoosiers on my car (31.5x13.5W) hold air better than any slicks I've ever had.  I put the car in the garage a month ago for a trans rebuild. They had 7 lbs. in them then.  Today they had a hair over 6 lbs.     No tubes.

I've thought about trying a set but have heard a few folks say they had no luck with them. I never had any reason to change from m/t except for that air problem when ran tubeless.I'm still considering a set though. Lol

I got 31x10.5w M/T no tubes they hold air great never have had a problem with them leaking but they are a set I bought from Jon he might have put the HERO touch on them

hoosier wont leak tubeless and dont need soap. Daves deal will be a high 5 low 6 sec 1/8 mile deal

richter69 wrote:hoosier wont leak tubeless and dont need soap. Daves deal will be a high 5 low 6 sec 1/8 mile deal

i did the soap deal with the last set and they still wont hold air.if i dont try hoosier i'm going with tubes again.   

From what I have seen Hoosier's do seem to hold air the longest over time. And Goodyears are probably the worst at holding air over time.

Mine (Hoosier #18260) leaked like Grandma's collander when I first mounted them. Musta been bead leaks because after I ran 'em the first time, they just quit leaking. No soaping or any special treatment. They also work much better on the track. 5.70's car. I'm sold.

maverick wrote:I had a pair of soft sidewall Goodyears (32 X 16) on my car...it launched like a pogo stick until I swapped on a set of Hoosier stiif sidewalls (31.5 X14.5 W).  I'm a fan of Hoosiers for big tire cars.

x2

Goodyear D1408. pretty stiff - put 2 coats of Slime in them before mounting - usually works pretty good. The biggest issue I have is they start going away about 50 passes... still plenty of rubber but 60's fall off and get more and more inconsistant. I used to run thr GY 2052 - they were crap at 30 passes. Hitting the tire pretty hard at 3000 lbswith a 1.25 or so 60'. Been thinking of trying the MT's next - what do you guys get for runs out of them?

Kurt