Hoosier radial drag slick
 

Running a 30x9R15. How many passes are the slicks
good for? Do they just start dropping 60ft ?
Have problem of hooking for 3 or 4 passes then out of
The blue the car will just blow the tires off at the hit.

Thanks.
David

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I run a 30.0-10.5/15 Hoosier, and I have found the sidewall will go away before the tread surface is gone. I had a set at 45 runs that would not hook off the line, just spun. Mounted a new set and the car was fine. The set I have on now has about 60 runs on, and last time out the 60 ft. was very consistent in some very bad air. I rotate them side to side at 25 runs. The car is 3150 lbs. and I hit the tires pretty hard, so I guess they don't last as long.

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how many passes do you have on them ?

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We have run the 9 inch Hoosier for the last 6-7 years. We get 75-80 runs out of a set. Other folks claim to get 150 runs. We have tried very short burnouts, but that did not change the tire life for us.

Our 60 foot times remain the same throughout the life of the tire. On one set of tires we ran them a bit too long. After a pass there was a one inch wide stripe of cord showing in the middle of the tire. OOPS! 60 foot time on that run was same as before.

For reference our car runs 11.0s with mid 1.40 60 foot times.

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On my dakota, same stocker tire, I tend to keep them on for 125 or so runs. Now if you run them till the end, right before they get to the cords, they will be there fastest.

Dragpak when it had the auto, I think I got it up to 75-80 runs, took a set or two to learn to do a 1-2-3 done burnout.

Re the 3-4 then blow tires loose, well it did it, but it was leaking water from a hose clamp.

Good luck

Don't know how heavy your car is, but if you are on the edge with a lot of tire pressure, that could be an issue with your blowing them loose issue as well. On the truck I run 21.5 which is a soft setting for it. I have run as high as 25.5, but have spun at the pressure as well, have never spun at 21.5, unless track was wet.

Eric

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Less than 40 passes

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The car is a A/SA 3650 lbs
we run 21 psi
On the burn out I do just 1-2 no 3rd

Thanks for all the feedback
David

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Are they the CO6 or CO7 compound?

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C06 coumpound

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Light weight or standard radial?

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They are the lightweight radials

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On an A/SA car c06 wont last as long as c07 , but an A car gets less tire life in general compaired to my E car , I do 2 to 3RD gear burn out count to 5 and drive out , 20psi . What rear shocks and settings and do you hit a wheelie bar like most A/SA cars ?

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I run the C07 tire at 17 psi on a 10" rim and get at least 150 passes. I don't use the line lock at all on the burnout. 1-2 and out. Car is 3600 lbs, 1.41 - 10.20.

I experimented with Goodyears for a bit but I've generally run this same combination on Hoosier radials since 1995.

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You should be using more than 15 lbs air pressure

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we run 20.5 psi
never tried going up or down from there
always heard 17 to 21 without much
different to 60 ft time

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I've run 16-26 and the car runs the same. I've gone lower on psi trying to get them to wear evenly, but I still wear the centers out first. I usually only check them before the first and second runs of the day because it really doesn't seem to matter.

A couple times I have waited too long to replace them and when these tires are done, they are DONE and will not hook at all.

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My bad wrong thread

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Willy If you are getting close to 40 passes on a set of lightweights you have done well. You are running A/SA with a big block Chevy not only will it eat tires but it also likes the taste of money. Not sure why you put a set of lightweights on. Buy the regular ones and you will get 50 plus runs on them. BP

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I think you're addressing the wrong guy. I've never run the lightweights specifically because I'm trying to maximize the life on my heavy, small-tire BBC bracket/Super Street car. I wouldn't run anything other than radials though.