How do i get a radial slick to hook on a marginal track ??

racerAL · 06-26-2016, 02:06 PM

The bias-ply M/T worked out pretty good. The car was a bit slower than the radials (when they hooked) but all in all I think they are gonna work out pretty well. They are a used set ( 20 passes) and have the stick shift side wall. The guy I got them from always ran tubes but I didn't have time to get tubes so I had them mounted without. I haven't ran tubes in years so I'm hesitant to put tubes in them. Even before I went to the Hoosier radials I didn't run tubes in my bias Hoosiers, never had any issue of them losing air or the slick moving on the rim. I marked these slicks and they didn't move at all yesterday but I'm alittle worried about how much they are wadding up. I started with 14.5 lbs and in the video of the car it seem to be wadding them so I up the pressure to 16lbs and it spun a tad ( lost. 07 in the 60ft.) so I took them back down to 14.5 and it was consistently 1.48-1.49 with a very soft set up and low rpm launch( compared to what I was running with the radials when they were hooking). I was able to go 4 rds and the car was working well, so I consider the change a good change.

06-26-2016, 02:06 PM	#39
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 The bias-ply M/T worked out pretty good. The car was a bit slower than the radials (when they hooked) but all in all I think they are gonna work out pretty well. They are a used set ( 20 passes) and have the stick shift side wall. The guy I got them from always ran tubes but I didn't have time to get tubes so I had them mounted without. I haven't ran tubes in years so I'm hesitant to put tubes in them. Even before I went to the Hoosier radials I didn't run tubes in my bias Hoosiers, never had any issue of them losing air or the slick moving on the rim. I marked these slicks and they didn't move at all yesterday but I'm alittle worried about how much they are wadding up. I started with 14.5 lbs and in the video of the car it seem to be wadding them so I up the pressure to 16lbs and it spun a tad ( lost. 07 in the 60ft.) so I took them back down to 14.5 and it was consistently 1.48-1.49 with a very soft set up and low rpm launch( compared to what I was running with the radials when they were hooking). I was able to go 4 rds and the car was working well, so I consider the change a good change.