Radial Tire question...

[1320racer]

I've made more passes on radial slicks than most running stock eliminator. A tenth is the number you usually hear on small block cars but you won't see that on big block cars.

[Michael Beard]

You can find the M/T tire guide info here: http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...m=ETDragRadial

They have two different 30x9 radials, one taller, one wider. I always ran the 3066R (shorter 93", but wider, true 9" tire). 110 passes like clockwork, prints tickets, and was .12-.13 faster than the bias plys. Won a Bracket Finals, World Footbrake Challenge, and a Stock World Championship on these tires.

Only ran the 29.5x9's through one set. Also a good tire, but the 3066R's just fit my gearing better, and liked the extra tread width insurance.

[brent flynn]

My car does consistent 1.48 60fts with an overcammed bracket
engine. My tires don't rub, down track, just around corners, forward or backward. I thought I'd give the 29.5 Mickey's a try, because they would give me a gear between. 4.56 and 4.88...and figured they would hook just fine,as long a track was good. I bought bias, last year, before my front suspension was redone, with global west stuff. I figured radials wouldn't work too well, with factory stuff. My car seems to work pretty good,,and I think it'll work even better, with more converter and gear.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

You can find the M/T tire guide info here: http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...m=ETDragRadial

They have two different 30x9 radials, one taller, one wider. I always ran the 3066R (shorter 93", but wider, true 9" tire). 110 passes like clockwork, prints tickets, and was .12-.13 faster than the bias plys. Won a Bracket Finals, World Footbrake Challenge, and a Stock World Championship on these tires.

Only ran the 29.5x9's through one set. Also a good tire, but the 3066R's just fit my gearing better, and liked the extra tread width insurance.

I agree. One of the best moves I made was to MTs. Tried bias tires also for the local bracket track prep. Didn't hook as well as radials. I think the "bias better on junk tracks" story is out of date. Other SS cars around here found the same thing. They just use them to slow down.

Another was to Santuff shocks.

[Jim Kaekel]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

I've made more passes on radial slicks than most running stock eliminator. A tenth is the number you usually hear on small block cars but you won't see that on big block cars.

I've got a big block Stocker and had two sets of slicks, one bias ply and the other radial. I picked up .10-.12 every time I backed-to-back them, and that was nearly 20 years ago.

[1320racer]

radials slicks back in '93, I don't think so! Maybe you were a tenth quicker with a slow "big block" olds back when it was running in the 12's but NOT with a real big block launching a nearly 2 ton ride...

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

radials slicks back in '93, I don't think so! Maybe you were a tenth quicker with a slow "big block" olds back when it was running in the 12's but NOT with a real big block launching a nearly 2 ton ride...

Don't be so quick to reply. You can race a long time and not know everything. Why you would doubt Jim Kaekel is a mystery to anyone that has seen him race for decades in division 3 with a stocker. I get it; your old bracket car was cool! I had a poster of it. It does not make Jim wrong.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

Don't be so quick to reply. You can race a long time and not know everything. Why you would doubt Jim Kaekel is a mystery to anyone that has seen him race for decades in division 3 with a stocker. I get it; your old bracket car was cool! I had a poster of it. It does not make Jim wrong.

And, he does wheel stands the rest of us can't do. He even has pictures of them! lamo!!

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Comparing your bracket car to an actual STOCKER is meaningless...... I've never used the "small tire" however big or small block on a big tire it's .08 to .12 in almost every case. This may or may not be due to the physical size of the tire I don't know. Oh and James he does indeed know everything just ask him.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

Comparing your bracket car to an actual STOCKER is meaningless...... I've never used the "small tire" however big or small block on a big tire it's .08 to .12 in almost every case. This may or may not be due to the physical size of the tire I don't know. Oh and James he does indeed know everything just ask him.

I was told long ago by a guy at ATI, the bracket cars don't get the same converters we do. Those don't "hit" as hard due to the poorer track conditions they often encounter.
Ditto the "10.5" shoot out" cars. Apples & oranges.

With my little 3240 lb, 350" SS car, radials were usually almost two 10ths quicker before I had it back-halved. 10.5" tires back then. have not tried bigger bias tires yet. Can't spin these suckers.