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09-26-2013, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Junkie
Why not buy a set of good radials or tires? Will a 15" wheel fit on the car?
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These cars work best with slicks at the track, especially at his power level. DRs won't do enough for him.
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09-26-2013, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyD
These cars work best with slicks at the track, especially at his power level. DRs won't do enough for him.
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All cars work better with slicks at the track...
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09-26-2013, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by GunsUp
All cars work better with slicks at the track...
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Obviously. I'm speaking for stick cars. Didn't exactly mean 5.0s.
Depending on the power level. IIRC, wbt broke the rear end in one of his cars doing a hard launch in an auto at the track, on slicks. You need to beef the hell out of everything in the driveline to do slicks on an auto in order to do a full hard hit at higher power levels.
Last edited by DirtyD; 09-26-2013 at 01:03 PM.
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09-26-2013, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyD
These cars work best with slicks at the track, especially at his power level. DRs won't do enough for him.
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You realize that statement is complete nonsense, right?
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09-26-2013, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT
You realize that statement is complete nonsense, right?
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See above.
Every here has said he needs slicks to get full potential at the track because the DRs aren't working.
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09-26-2013, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyD
These cars work best with slicks at the track, especially at his power level. DRs won't do enough for him.
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Originally Posted by DirtyD
See above.
Every here has said he needs slicks to get full potential at the track because the DRs aren't working.
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The DR's aren't working because of the tires. It's user error and not getting the suspension dialed in properly yet.
There is a whole class of cars (275 class) that manage to put well over 1100hp to the tires on a 275 radial dipping into the high 4 second 1/8th mile times.
Slicks are NOT needed to go fast. I've said it a million times, it's about a proper set up.
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09-26-2013, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT
The DR's aren't working because of the tires. It's user error and not getting the suspension dialed in properly yet.
There is a whole class of cars (275 class) that manage to put well over 1100hp to the tires on a 275 radial dipping into the high 4 second 1/8th mile times.
Slicks are NOT needed to go fast. I've said it a million times, it's about a proper set up.
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Those guys in the 275 class are driving manuals at that power level? I can probably cut 1.7-1.9 with better shocks and struts with DR but with slicks I can cut 1.3-1.5 which is a big difference.
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Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT
I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.
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09-26-2013, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT
The DR's aren't working because of the tires. It's user error and not getting the suspension dialed in properly yet.
There is a whole class of cars (275 class) that manage to put well over 1100hp to the tires on a 275 radial dipping into the high 4 second 1/8th mile times.
Slicks are NOT needed to go fast. I've said it a million times, it's about a proper set up.
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You act like I don't know this, and I've never heard of the 275 class. Lord. Unless you have the resources and want to install a fully track capable suspension on the car, slicks are the easier route to go. Jeff wants his car to be both street and strip, street majority. Using slicks at the track would eliminate a lot of the suspension hassle from the equation to give him a quick, effective solution to hooking at the track. His car is not a purpose built race car that he wants to run 8s in every weekend. Therefore doing a full suspension for him outside of shocks/struts and springs would be a waste of money on his end.
There are many routes you can go for a "proper" setup.
Last edited by DirtyD; 09-26-2013 at 01:12 PM.
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