The elusive mt 295/45/17

[8 UR LS]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Trojan
	Them Hoosiers are the sh*t!! Sticky sticky sticky!!!

this drag radial sh*t is weird!..i hear from everyone that the hoosiers hook like a mofo and are a great tire. but billy(maistro69) could never get his car to really hook with them. except that one time when he busted my a$$ and i seen nuthin but his pretty blacked out tail lights all the way down the track!!..and on that same day eddie tried them on his car and spun too!..but im not gonna blame the tire i think it was all driver error!

[mexi]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by 8 UR LS
	this drag radial sh*t is weird!..i hear from everyone that the hoosiers hook like a mofo and are a great tire. but billy(maistro69) could never get his car to really hook with them. except that one time when he busted my a$$ and i seen nuthin but his pretty blacked out tail lights all the way down the track!!..and on that same day eddie tried them on his car and spun too!..but im not gonna blame the tire i think it was all driver error!

i was there that day it was the track.... if the track sucks any tire sucks. to many street tires on the track that day.

[budoboy]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by metgo
	I got my new hoosiers today,

Is this some new strategy I haven't heard about yet? running two different size drag radials at the same time?

[Trojan]

Those Hoosiers have hooked well for me, But with all the new tire options and set ups for slicks Ill be moving on. And Jeff no new strategy I think those are the old vs. new ones he got.

[InferAl]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by budoboy
	Is this some new strategy I haven't heard about yet? running two different size drag radials at the same time?

That would work if you could figure out which wheel was going to spin

[metgo]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by budoboy
	Is this some new strategy I haven't heard about yet? running two different size drag radials at the same time?

LOL, no. The tire on the left is one of my old tires (275/4017), the one on the right is my new tire (315/35/17).

[ujokin2]

Metgo those 315/35/17 do hook well....but at the same time those buggers sling alot of rubber all over the place. The short period I had those big suckers I had many of the track operators at different tracks ask that I get as far into the puddle of water as to insure that I was not slinging little pebbles behind me... If those Hoosiers were not so short... I probably be sticking with them. Oh yea... they don't LAST long. I think I only had less than 20 trips down the track on them before I wore them out.

[slideway]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by ujokin2
	Metgo those 315/35/17 do hook well....but at the same time those buggers sling alot of rubber all over the place. I had many of the track operators at different tracks ask that I get as far into the puddle of water as to insure that I was not slinging little pebbles behind me...

I guess with all that smoke they didn't realize you were burrowing a rut in the track James!

[InferAl]

No they are really thin,

[8 UR LS]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by mexi
	i was there that day it was the track.... if the track sucks any tire sucks. to many street tires on the track that day.

yep!..very true mex!..but theres been a night at no problem where i was hookin all nite,(the nite i ran my 11.45 and billy seen my pretty blacked out tail lights all the way down the track) but to his defense he wasnt hookin,and i dont think he was hookin that well in either lane all nite.where as i was hookin very well in both lanes.dont get me wrong though, it wasnt near as bad as hattiesburg that nite!..ill never go there again, complete sh*t hole!

[mexi]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by 8 UR LS
	yep!..very true mex!..but theres been a night at no problem where i was hookin all nite,(the nite i ran my 11.45 and billy seen my pretty blacked out tail lights all the way down the track) but to his defense he wasnt hookin,and i dont think he was hookin that well in either lane all nite.where as i was hookin very well in both lanes.dont get me wrong though, it wasnt near as bad as hattiesburg that nite!..ill never go there again, complete sh*t hole!

my good do it was bad... i hit second and almost threw my car in the wall.

[Alcharger]

Nice drag radials. My best 60' time with MT 275 40 17 ET was with a short burnout. Later I found MT's recommendations, here is the link

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/tech.php?bulletin=s7

[ujokin2]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Alcharger
	Nice drag radials. My best 60' time with MT 275 40 17 ET was with a short burnout. Later I found MT's recommendations, here is the link http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/tech.php?bulletin=s7

Based upon my personal experience I will tell you that I WOULD not want to go below 15lbs PSI with our heavy A$$ cars. I know it said Radials but with the M/T ET STREET Bias ply those recommended tire pressures will ENSURE you to have a WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE down towards the end of the 1320 ft mark. Just my 2 cents but someone may need to contact them to discuss the PSI setting for a 4200lb car.

Thanks to Alcharger posting the link I did another one with a bit more information on tire pressure recommendations:
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/tech.php?bulletin=s3