G'day ya'll,

Thought I'd throw up a thread regarding Tyres/Slicks that people use at the track.
Anything from full house strip eaters to your everyday driver,

What tyres do you use

alot of ppl seem to be running the mickey thompson street radials from what i have seen

I have used Mickey T 26x8.5 and 26x10 before bothare a great slick. Went quicker with the smaller tyre with a little spin off the line.

Also used American Racer 26.5 x 10(I think thats what it was) which was ok but not a good as Micky T for me.

I have used some 2nd hand 205/55 r15 mt et streets on my old torana.
Hooked up great, but bogged down after launch cause with the standard fuel system it surged all the fuel to the back of the tank


Are the MT ET Street radials available in a 205 65 15?

On my old Torana I used Goodyear 15x14x32 slicks, they were good; tons of traction for wheels up.
My new Monaro will have 15x17.5x33 slicks to try & get the power down.
Mate ran ET Steets on his Sunbird & cut a 9.5 so they definately work.

thats a rather large tyre you'll be running on a streeter hahaha

got any pics of it?

There's some pics of my Torana in members rides. The Monaro is at the panelbeaters getting a new side fitted before it goes to the chassis shop.

I was running 255x50x16 ET Street Radials on the turbo Rodeo trayback & swear by the blooding things. Worked a treat on both the street & strip & driving on them every day they lasted about two years. Couldn't imagine driving that truck on commercials .

I use M/T Drag radials 205/50r15. Just got some custom built Pursuit rims so I can fit the 225/50r15.

Pulled a 1.54 60 foot with these puppies

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Think they're what I am going to have to go with, how much will a pair of those set you back Steve?

Hoosier 26x9.5 on a 16' rim

they fit under really well

Looks the goods, much larger rolling Diameter than standard too....

What does that equate to in a radial tyre size??

Anyone know if its possible to get MT's to fit 17" rims?

Yes, Have a look at http://www.rocketindustries.com.au/search....&menu=Tyres and they should have sizing for the MT ET Streets

ill have to go have a look in the morning at the exact measurements

QR sprints

bridgestone RE55s, nothing better

ive used 26x10.5 street et M/T on my rx7 and went 10.93@126with a 1.36 60ft

and i have also run on a street tyre 225/50/15 nangkang and ran 11.54@125 with a 1.54 60ft(14-15 psi tyre pressure) which is pretty good considering they only cost about $100 each, with 370rwhp thats good traction.

everyone here is giving tyre types for drags, what about circuit stuff?

Most semi-slicks are ideal for track stuff.
Yokohama A048 as used by Improved Production race cars are popular, as are the bridgestone equivalents (cant remember the product name).
Most of them are street legal as well.

For the track and even regular street driving I use Kumho V70A in a hard compound.

Excellent tyre even in the hard compound and very suiteable for wet weather.

Excellent Lateral grip as well.

Anybody using advans?

A little off topic but his a question to any one using wheel screws with there slicks I have not long fitted them as my rim were turning inside of wheel but the problem I have, which is driving me insane is how to seal the thread of the screw ive tried thread tape any one have any idea they loose air very slowly and I find if I go into the stage lanes with 9 psi by the time I run they can drop 1 psi or so

I would contact maybe rx3rotor or even Grump2 as I think they may use/have used them??

not 100% sure, but worth a go

we use them on my mates monaro every time we either screww the tech screw in we put a tine dab of black sika on them you can also use sike on the bead befr air goes in to it so spoont it up whenthe slick is pressed on then screw it up quickly and jsut wipe the excess off ... no harder to take off as the jsut get pressed off by the fitting machien .. cheers

Thanks mate i was thinking of sicka flex that gear is that strong if used on beeds might not even need wheel screws haha

use the screas tho it looks good haha

That's the Yokohama IP control tyre I was talking about actually. A popular tyre for weekend warriors.

i run 26x8.5x15 mickey thompson drag slicks on the galant

i run the new ET street radial mickeys. they are the same as the old ones but now in new more sport compact sizes . the smallest used to be 235/60/15 which was too big for alot of PPL.

i now run 15x6.5 rims with 225/50/15 ET streets . they have a different tread pattern to the old but they are so sticky all good. they were 285 each

I got datsun trayback with 2 Ltr turbo. Been draggin it 4 a while. will a set of MT3752R ET 235/60 15 help get traction wen it is so light in rear? also will they fit a standard commodore chaser rim which fits a 205/65 15?

Absolutely! I changed from 255/50R16 Falkens to MT 3793R P255/50R16 & the difference was like chalk & cheese. I had them mounted on 7.5" rims but an 8.5" rim would have been better. I don't know what the standard commo rim width is, but I would think that size tyre you'd be best with a 6.5-7.5" rim.

from vb-vs sedans ate std 6 inch .. the Vu utes are 7 inch and that vt on are a 7 inch stick it ona 7 inch that way it will baloon out and give a better foot print...

Cheers thanks for that. I'll give it a go. Anybody out there thet is keen for drags there is 1 held in gunnedah in june so keep an ear out. Hope 2 c u there.