Alex Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 no no no I'm not going to fit any for the Santapod day... Just wondered which makes are out there. Bridgestone have RE55S & RE540's Dunlop Formula R D01J Yokohama A032's & A048's What's the Michelin? Are there others? Avon, Goodyear, Falken, Pirelli? And who can supply them? What do they cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Mich Pilot Cup Sport Also Kuhmo Victor Racers I am thinking of going for R compound because I have NO traction. If you look at Tire Rack http://www.tirerack.com they carry most types but the shipping is horrendous. Alex aren't you selling your car?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 Originally posted by Thor Alex aren't you selling your car?? Yes....but I still like to learn this stuff...I still have hopes for a brighter future, with a car I can afford to run at a track. Also I'm not always asking for my personal gain. Thanks for the Michelin and Kuhmo's...I'll look them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 The michelins look like a road tyre which is more than can be said of most tyre's in that class. Does buying the heat treated help tyre life? Apparently they last longer Rosso-C's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 FWIW if your looking for slicks for drag racing i dont think circuit related stuff will do the job , have a look at something like Mickey Thompson or hoosier , get a copy of Street Machine and see what the guys in the street car challenge run , but i dont know if drag tyres will come in sizes of any use to us maybe 15's and 16's , but the street tyres ive seen are like chewing gum and after a burnout even stickier , Macreary is a good make aswell. John:angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 BFG and Nitto make good drag radials which are legal for driving about on. As for full on slicks I'll look into them too. The major problem IMO is that no one in the UK advertises drag tyres on the web. So who does sell them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 get a copy of street machine , places like Rooster Racing sell them. John:baa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 was looking at these ages ago on suprastore.com would be good to try see how much they improve times on slicks. i would like to get my best time on normal street rubber then stick some slicks on. look cheap wheels and only 8.8 pounds its what you could do with to get your 60 foot times down maybe to compete with skylines and get a bit of that edge back our way. there must be a uk importer of drag stuff. rodley motors is only a few miles from me its a big american parts wharehouse. sure they would be able to get you what you wanted. or john the drag man might know some numbers. all the americans seem to use BFG everytime i see BFG i think of doom the pc game Big Fucking Gun could you use the below wheels with normal street rubber? they seem good weight saving over standard wheels or something heavy like Blitz rims aint they 26 pounds each or more go here there is some smart looking drag wheels n rubber for $2,500 10" rears and 4" fronts http://www.suprastore.com/dragracwheel.html We are now offering the Bogart/Monocoque style rear drag wheels in an all aluminum three-piece design in both 15" and 16" sizes, both with 9" widths. This is the same set-up used by many top drag racers. Wheels are lightweight (8.8 lbs) It allows you to run those ultra-sticky Mickey Thompson ET Drags and get the monster launches that will have the whole import community drooling with envy or you can run 15" BFG drag radials to run in the street tire class. If you are running a 15" rear drag wheel you will need to run 1994 Non-Turbo rear rotors and calipers (which we sell below 2nd hand) Price is for one (1) wheel and includes a spacer (no spacer required on 15" w/NA rear brakes). Tires not included (of course) Bog$345.00select: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Mark its gotta be easy enough to find some 15" wheels that will fit the rear off another car , i think they do those drag radials in 16" so it would be poss to use some mk3 wheels . John:flame Dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by dudersvr Mark its gotta be easy enough to find some 15" wheels that will fit the rear off another car , i think they do those drag radials in 16" so it would be poss to use some mk3 wheels . John:flame Dev are stock 16`s 9" wide would be good to try some drag radials to see how much better 60 foot times you can get and how much of a difference they make. i read somewhere you can get upto 1 second off your times but dont know if its true. do you have to do burnout to get them to grip better. or can you get away with not doing one.i tried doing burnouts on street rubber and dont know if it made any difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Mark Funny enough most of em come with instructions , when you ran your car did you experience any wheelspin , if the answer is yes then they will make a difference, normally you run them at very low pressure and do a big smokey burnout using all the gears (on an auto) , a line lock is very handy for this so when you leave the 'bleach box' your speedo will be recording speeds of over 100mph , its important to come out spinning (otherwise you just drive into more water) and get staged asap , these things get so sticky your hand will stick to them , but you really need to do a good burnout to get the pressure/temp up , i wouldnt worry about width of wheel as we are not looking for handling and even skinny drag tyres will hookup far better than wide performance rubber , to go the whole hog get some knackered rear shocks then it wil launch really well. John:flame Dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Can someone confirm that the stock 16" wheels do not fit over the larger rear brakes? I'm pretty sure that some said they didn't recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Worth bearing in mind that as the drag radials are so much stickier that they can put a massive amount of strain on the drive train. The supra should be able to take the abuse but if theres any problems with the gearbox, prop or diff then it could be sufficient to kill those items off. Its the same with slicks on track days, the corner forces become so great in comparison that things start to fall off. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by Branners Worth bearing in mind that as the drag radials are so much stickier that they can put a massive amount of strain on the drive train. The supra should be able to take the abuse but if theres any problems with the gearbox, prop or diff then it could be sufficient to kill those items off. Its the same with slicks on track days, the corner forces become so great in comparison that things start to fall off. JB hopefully the clutch will give way first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cargill Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by GavinL Can someone confirm that the stock 16" wheels do not fit over the larger rear brakes? I'm pretty sure that some said they didn't recently. From what I remember the rears were OK, it was just the fronts that needed the bigger wheels. Someone bring a jack to the next meet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 Originally posted by dudersvr FWIW if your looking for slicks for drag racing I wasn't....but since the thread went that way I wasn't going to stop it as its all good stuff! I started off thinking more along the lines of track days and 10OTB (which includes a handling course) - all the best cars had decent tyres. No getting away from it. All the yanks use decent rubber like Nitto Drag radials or BFG's for their Drag racing (as well as race gas - but that's another thread). So why don't we. Is it just the cost? If so maybe we are mistaken as to how much it costs. Hence I ask daft questions like this to get the information down in black and white for all to see. Those of you with mates in the tyre and wheel industry we need you to find out this sort of stuff. If you can. :insert pleading smilie: It seems to me that we are letting others have an advantage straight away without even turning a key. If the benchmark BPU car ran a 13.3 on a set of DR's in the States then I'd like to find out if we can match 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 alex agree 100% with you see what we do at santapod then look into getting some slicks for drag racing or rubber like ronnie had on his car for 10 of the best 2. you could always have 2 times for street rubber and drag radials to try get some decent times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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