What slicks do you use?

[DanElam]

Are any of you guys using slicks? If so, what brands? Thanks!

-Dan

[RACER X #99]

Dan,
Yes. Goodyear bias ply Winston West stock car 26.5x800x15 front, 26.5x1000x15 rear. Real sticky, realitevly cheap $100.00 ea.
I get mine from Goodyear Racing tire East in Reading PA.

Cranky

[Double Venom]

Dan,
Hey stranger.

By the way MT, MT, MT, and Mickey Thompson! The best, stickiest, longest lasting, fastest tires we ever put on a Double Venom, and most importantly:

THEY SPONSOR one of the DV cars!

In all honesty, they are the fastest tires we have used.

DV

[Hank Dondero]

Hoosier R3S03, 275/40ZR17 all around. They ain't slicks when you get em, but they are soon enough.

Hank
FFR 1776-II

[Randy Rosenberg]

Originally posted by RACER X #99


Dan,
Yes. Goodyear bias ply Winston West stock car 26.5x800x15 front, 26.5x1000x15 rear. Real sticky, realitevly cheap $100.00 ea.
I get mine from Goodyear Racing tire East in Reading PA.

Cranky

Ditto - same here...

Get'em from Roger Kraus: http://www.rogerkrausracing.com/

Have Fun,
Randy R...

[Tom T.]

Dos amigos,

Are you running the "standard" 15 inch Trigo wheels front and back, without clearance issues? I can't remember for sure, but are the rear wheels 9 1/2 inches wide, and the fronts 7 1/2 inches? I've thought about trying the Goodyears.

Thanks for any info.,

Tom T.

[RACER X #99]

Tom,
I remove the Trigos for track use and use aluminum bolt on wheels 10x15 in back 8x15 in front. Last year I never mounted the Trigos.
I also have a complete spare set up for the track. Just in case.

Cranky

[Pete C]

Same slicks as Randy, from Roger Kraus. They are terrific! I know Cranky will not like this and he is right but I have mine mounted on a second set of Trigos. I check spinner and give em a whack or two after each session.

Cheers, Pete C

[RACER X #99]

Pete,
Nothing wrong with running the Trigos on the track. I just didn't want to spring for two more sets of wheels.
I almost sold my Trigos last fall but my boss (wife) convinced me that maybe someday I may want a street car again.
Cranky

[Todd Hedges]

Originally posted by RACER X #99


Tom,
I remove the Trigos for track use and use aluminum bolt on wheels 10x15 in back 8x15 in front. Last year I never mounted the Trigos.
I also have a complete spare set up for the track. Just in case.

Cranky

Hey Mr. 99,
The bolt-ons wheels, how difficult is the change over from the Trigos?
I haven't tried it but is it worth it v.s. a second set of rims?

Sorry for the dumb question, but I just bough a set of Goodyears and was considering selling the street tires, but if the changeover is easy, maybe I'll buy a second set of bolt on wheels.

thanks

[Doug Axelrod]

Cranky,

You mean you were screaming around VIR on 15s??!!

Sheesh. Must be something to this liveware as limiting factor stuff...

We're not worthy.

[Clois Harlan]

Same as Cranky except mine are mounted on a set of Nascar type Bassett wheels (mine are made locally and called Marsh Racing Wheels). Great tires but whoa down if it starts to rain while you're running around. I also ran a set of Yokohama's last year that were very nice and sticky.

Clois

[RACER X #99]

Todd,
It's a real pain in the ass. That's why I don't change them very often. In the early spring I have the street tires on for some low speed road tests. I put the slicks on for the first event in May and if I don't blow up my engine in October then the Trigos go back on.
BTW The slicks are still on.

BTW II Don Durner ERA bolt on w/ slicks

Paul Formanack ERA bolt on w/ slicks

Cranky

[Tom T.]

I kill me, really, I do.

TT

[Excaliber]

I ran the Yokohamas DOT race series tires. Short life, soft rubber, I ran them on the street and the track. BIG dollars, $160-$180 or so....but you got to pay if you want to play. I had a second set of bolt on wheels with "old" tires I would use for "burn outs" and "drift sessions" (l love to just SMOKEM once in a while)!

After I ran DOT race tires on the car I could NEVER go back to "street" tires. The difference is night and day!

Ernie

[Randy Rosenberg]

Originally posted by Pete C


Same slicks as Randy, from Roger Kraus. They are terrific! I know Cranky will not like this and he is right but I have mine mounted on a second set of Trigos. I check spinner and give em a whack or two after each session.

Cheers, Pete C

Ditto. I've got'em on a second set of Trigos.

I thought of the cost vs. convenience of going either a second set of Trigos vs. R/R the adapter (and using bolt-on wheels). And considering that I attend 3 to 6 track events per year, it just made sense to get a second set of Trigos (also, this was before the tech-bubble burst ).

I'm not 100% sure that I'm running the exact same size that Cranky posted. My wheels are in storage for the winter, so I won't see them for another month or two to check the exact size.

Hope this helps,
Randy R...

[Pete C]

Randy and Dan, This is what I use and love.

C 26.5X8.0-15 GOODYEAR N 26.2 8.00 10.9 on 8.0 10 0 7.0 - 9.5 112.50
C 26.5X10.0-15 GOODYEAR N 26.7 10.00 11.9 on 10.0 10 0 8.5 - 11.0 124.50

Original size Cobra tires in SLICK tread design for serious track use only. Customer Satisfaction 10.

See "Cobra tires on this site: http://www.rogerkrausracing.com/

For the street, I use the tires in group B and they are damn near as sticky as the slicks!

Cheers, Pete

[crillyiv]

Anybody use the Hoosier Street TDs? I haven't but I know they are very popular with some of the vintage racing guys around here. They are a street legal track tire. Bias ply I think. I have been told the slip angle curve is more forgiving than radials. Translation: When you reach the point of slipping, the don't let go RIGHT NOW. The break away to a slide is more gradual.

[RACER X #99]

Jim.
Joe Rodomista- ERA FIA runs the Hoosiers and so does Don FEz Durner- ERA BB and also Bill Connelly- Upstates Daytona coupe. Hopefully all three will be at Beaverun June 20.

Cranky

BTW Joe usually finds the correct amount of slip angle on the first lap.

[Tom T.]

Fellas,

I've been through a couple of sets of Hoosier Road Race Radials (also DOT approved), after having gone through several sets of Hoosier Street TDs. Because the Road Race Radials have a lower profile, they actually lower the car some. They do not fill up the wheel wells as well as the Street TDs, but they still look very good to me. While I thought the TDs were good track tires, I didn't like the way they made the car "hunt" on the street when encountering surface irregularities. The Road Race Radials are very good on the street, but even better, they wear better, on the track and the street. (I know some of you have extra sets of wheels/tires, etc., but I currently make do with using the same set of tires on the track as on the street.) The Road Race Radials have even less "pretend tread" on them than the TDs, so they should never be used in the wet, IMHO. Anyway, as to slip angle, my experience has been that once the Road Race Radials are warmed up, that they're close to as predictable and forgiving (of my mediocre driving skills) as the TDs. I'm going to try the Goodyear slicks next time and have Roger Kraus hand groove them just a bit. Former Contemporary distributor Lewis Downs goes this route with his car, and has been very pleased.

Took the old girl (the Contemporary, not the wife) out for a blast yesterday, since by some mistake the sun decided to appear for the day. Waaaahoooo.

TT