Slicks for 18's

[Sprayed ChargerR/T]

I was wondering if anyone makes or has tried running a slick on an 18. The only drag racing type tire I have been able to find for 18's is the MT drag radials 245/40/18. Thanks for the help!

[jg]

Mickey Thompson has a 305/45-18 drag radial. They had it on the yellow Challenger 1320 that was @ SEMA. They were on cop car wheels that were widened 2".

[ujokin2]

There are no SLICKS for 18 inch Wheels.

Only Slick available bigger than 15/16 inch is the 17 inch HOOSIER slicks

Lot of choices in the 18 inch Drag radials... M&H and MT have several sizes available

[Sprayed ChargerR/T]

The drag radial just feels so hit and miss with my runs. Sometimes it decides to hook sometimes not. Maybe i'll try and sell my tires/rims and buy 17's next year.

[ujokin2]

The drag radial just feels so hit and miss with my runs. Sometimes it decides to hook sometimes not. Maybe i'll try and sell my tires/rims and buy 17's next year.

If you have 18X9 rims... then try M&H 325/40/18 Drag radials... they work real well.

I used to not care for 18 inch DR's since they tend to have little less sidewall for flex. But I cannot bunk the fact I have gotten my best 60fts 1.51 several times with the 18 inch M&H's

[jg]

The drag radial just feels so hit and miss with my runs. Sometimes it decides to hook sometimes not. Maybe i'll try and sell my tires/rims and buy 17's next year.

Maybe because you're running a 245/40-18? Not much sidewall there. It's only ~25.7" tall. Here's the diameters and min. wheel width specs. on what Mickey Thompson has in the ET Street Radial 2...

305/45-18 = 28.8" ...min. 9.5" wheel
305/35-18 = 26.4" ...min. 10" wheel
345/35-18 = 27.5" ...fattie! ...min. 12" wheel
265/40-18 = 26.5" ...min. 9.5" wheel

The 265/40-18 might work a little better for grip. However, you'd give up only a bit of gearing- if that's why you're so short now.

[Sprayed ChargerR/T]

The gearing is nice with the 245/40/18 compared to my street tire 235/55/18 but even 3rd gear feels like a dog compared to 1 and 2 and it's so long, but I also don't want to go through the traps in the middle of 4th.

[formerice]

I ran the 265/45's on stock wheels and got consistent 1.7 sec 60' times with only 402 rwhp. Traction was good, if I had a higher stall, and more practice, I'm pretty sure they would do much better. I hit the juice as soon as they hooked up, about 1 revolution and they stayed hooked up.