Slicks vs. drag radials on lower classed car?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

Art,

The DR's I bought are the M/T P205/50R14's. They are listed as 22" tall. For now, I'm looking at these more to lower the final gear ratio. No more power than I anticipate this current engine making. It has 120K on it. The DR's should be a passable alternative.

I saw the listings for the shorter 15" tires. I need to look around and find a list of the 5 x 100 wheels. My concern at present, would the car make enough power to utilise a set of slicks? I've used slicks on cars that didn't have a lot of motor, we countered that usually with deep gears. This FWD automatic car doesn't have a lot of gear.

Try to get hold of Ray Golonka. They ran a Quad 4 in stock.
Most of the FWD cars don't have much gear. I'm running a 3.90 final drive ratio in my superstocker. I run a 20" tall tire Tried a 22" tire recently and the short time was almost the same (but the 14"tires were shot). The car lost 3 mph and 2 tenths though.
I've got one new set of 14 x 8 x 20" slicks, Going to use them this fall. Against the 22" tires