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

slick5861 · 06-23-2016, 11:11 PM

How many passes do you have on the slicks ?

racerAL · 06-23-2016, 11:14 PM

My log book is in the trailer but I'm pretty sure they had 58 going into last weekend.

countrypuppy4865 · 06-23-2016, 11:37 PM

Put 100 lbs in trunk

racerAL · 06-23-2016, 11:42 PM

Yep, that's what I had already decided I would try for this weekend ...lol, thanks.

James Perrone · 06-24-2016, 08:07 AM

Mickey Thompson they will help

Rusty Davenport · 06-24-2016, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by James Perrone

Mickey Thompson they will help

Not trying to steal the thread but more than one person told me the M/T radials might get 30 passes at best-----I bought a set------not sure its going to make thirty with ten to go-----anyone else comment on M/T lifespan ????

racerAL · 06-24-2016, 01:02 PM

Well if I'm only going to get 50-60 passes out of the radials, I'll switch back to a bias ply slick. I have a new set Goodyear 4457's that I tried early this year and they were even more touchy than the Hoosiers. I think I'll try to sell them and get a set of bias ply's. I was hoping to get more input from the racers that use these slicks.... Surely every track you guys race on isn't prepped to perfection. Thanks countrypuppy and Jim Perrone for ur input. Im going to add weight in the trunk and take some timing out of it and hopefully I can get it to not spin. I've wasted 3 points races messing with this issue. I'll have me a set of bias ply's on it as soon as I sell the Goodyears.

Dion Hildebrandt · 06-24-2016, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty Davenport

Not trying to steal the thread but more than one person told me the M/T radials might get 30 passes at best-----I bought a set------not sure its going to make thirty with ten to go-----anyone else comment on M/T lifespan ????

On my 3500 pound H stocker chevelle I am lucky to get 40 passes on a set of M/T Radials, they hook great just not long lasting.

06-23-2016, 11:11 PM	#1
slick5861 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East St Paul,Manitoba Canada Posts: 23 Likes: 14 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How do i get a radial slick to hook on a marginal track How many passes do you have on the slicks ?

06-23-2016, 11:14 PM	#2
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 My log book is in the trailer but I'm pretty sure they had 58 going into last weekend.

06-23-2016, 11:37 PM	#3
countrypuppy4865 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Donaldsonville, LA Posts: 982 Likes: 17 Liked 228 Times in 70 Posts	Re: How do i get a radial slick to hook on a marginal track Put 100 lbs in trunk __________________ Jimmy "Cooter" Hidalgo, Jr. 4865 E/SA '04 GTO 4865 SS/GA '99 Firebird

06-23-2016, 11:42 PM	#4
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 Yep, that's what I had already decided I would try for this weekend ...lol, thanks.

06-24-2016, 08:07 AM	#5
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,685 Likes: 3,395 Liked 1,829 Times in 427 Posts	Re: How do i get a radial slick to hook on a marginal track Mickey Thompson they will help __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

06-24-2016, 01:02 PM	#7
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 if I'm only going to get 50-60 passes out of the radials, I'll switch back to a bias ply slick. I have a new set Goodyear 4457's that I tried early this year and they were even more touchy than the Hoosiers. I think I'll try to sell them and get a set of bias ply's. I was hoping to get more input from the racers that use these slicks.... Surely every track you guys race on isn't prepped to perfection. Thanks countrypuppy and Jim Perrone for ur input. Im going to add weight in the trunk and take some timing out of it and hopefully I can get it to not spin. I've wasted 3 points races messing with this issue. I'll have me a set of bias ply's on it as soon as I sell the Goodyears.