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Again, what part of the TRUTH and the FACTS don't you like?:p

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Always good for a laugh. LOL

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We start at 20 on our DOT drag radials and go up from there based on track conditions. If you can slip into the 22ish range as stated earlier you'll be better off. Keep bumping it up until it spins and then come back down. From my experience they don't need much of a burn-out. Ours are Hoosier 28" x 11" x 16" on a 3200lb. C5 that runs mid 11s with a 1.53 60'. I've never noticed any "dancing" on the top end (only 113mph) with bias ply front tires but I've heard that before. We really like the Hoosiers and have used them on other cars before. Even though they say DOT it's pretty much a slick with two very thin narrow grooves.

Scott

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Son of a B.........Now that you mentioned it, it was 50 years ago, this year, that I raced in my first NHRA race at Flightland north of Omaha. I guess that if I haven't had enough sense to stop by now, I might as well do it for the rest of my life....LOL

Oh, but we didn't have radials then, as you know, we used 7 inch cheaters that we usually had to put on jack stands and file them down.....I still have the scars... And I am sure that my 56 Chevy went faster than a 1.27 60 ft.....but we just didn't have any short times then..LOL

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even though this thread's title is "drag radials" the op is not asking about DOT tires, rather radial slicks.

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These guys are funny....

here's what I can say and know for truth

78 Volare 318 auto at 3375 lbs on same day same track went from 12.68 w/ 15 lbs in bias ply to Hoosier Radial at 20 lbs and picked up 7 and 1/2 hundredths. went 12.605 .
Air ,wind,driver BS all same.

Hope this goes to your original question.

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truthfull info for sure scott and typical results with low HP/low torque light weight cars.

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Which is exactly what kind of car we are about to put these on.. mr 1320 I dont know you from adam but I do know that I have posted some pretty specific info on what my car is/has/does.. you may have 3 million runs with radials but when im talking about a 9" tire in a lighter weight(3100lbs) car with very little power.. Hence the 1.60 short times... I dont know why you feel yhe need to tell me about your 1.28 60ft in your huge tire car with a big block weighing more than my car.. whether you think its stock or super stock legal except the motor is irrelavent.. it doesnt even help the slightest.. then we have guys coming on here giving relavent info and I have to weed through all your **** to find my answers cause you think we all race to the first damn cone... I appriciate you trying to be helpful but for future posts id rather you left your opinions out of my threads.. thanks

Brad

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not all, only the stock/super stock racers that have and are winning multiple national and divisonal events as well world championships!:p

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Jump on in to Class Racing....the water is fine.