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racerAL · 06-25-2016, 08:08 AM

Well the changes helped alittle . I lost .10 in the 60ft but it was better and consistent. After reading all these replies, I'm pretty certain I've been doing to hard of a burnout and the radials are worn out. A racer here had a set of bias ply 29.5x9 M/T for sale here at the track so I went ahead and bought them and having them mounted up this morning. I'll see how they work out and make my decision on which slick to run after I see how they do today in the heat. I'm leaning towards another set of radials, and changing my burnout routine. Im also going to get a weight ballast box built so I can add more weight if necessary. It's apparent that I have only been nibbling at adding weight, and was hesitant to add alot, but now that I see what adding 120lbs did to help I won't hesitate to add larger amounts of weight when I'm having traction issues in the future. Thanks for all the help, I probably should have made this post 3 weeks ago when I first started having issues.

06-25-2016, 08:08 AM	#18
racerAL Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: central ohio Posts: 19 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How do i get a radial slick to hook on a marginal track Well the changes helped alittle . I lost .10 in the 60ft but it was better and consistent. After reading all these replies, I'm pretty certain I've been doing to hard of a burnout and the radials are worn out. A racer here had a set of bias ply 29.5x9 M/T for sale here at the track so I went ahead and bought them and having them mounted up this morning. I'll see how they work out and make my decision on which slick to run after I see how they do today in the heat. I'm leaning towards another set of radials, and changing my burnout routine. Im also going to get a weight ballast box built so I can add more weight if necessary. It's apparent that I have only been nibbling at adding weight, and was hesitant to add alot, but now that I see what adding 120lbs did to help I won't hesitate to add larger amounts of weight when I'm having traction issues in the future. Thanks for all the help, I probably should have made this post 3 weeks ago when I first started having issues.