Radial Tire question...

[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.

[1320racer]

now the self proclaimed all knowing stock/super stock experts have now entered this thread spewing bad and inaccurate info!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

now the self proclaimed all knowing stock/super stock experts have now entered this thread spewing bad and inaccurate info!

I think the only all knowing self proclaimed expert would be you?

Might ask ATI if you have the same converter they would sell you for a Stock or Super Stock?
They do make a lot of bracket converters too.

[1320racer]

I'm not impressed! I was running those times in the mid 90's at over 4000 lbs., with a Q-Jet and driving my car to and from the track every weekend!

Meanwhile, I only offer advice and reply about what I KNOW and I KNOW radial slicks, get over it!

[Jim Kaekel]

And I was just getting ready to ask you for your address so I could send you my "hero card"....

[442OLDS]

I am not really sure what the arguing is about in this thread,but we race two Olds 442 Stockers and have been running radials for awhile now.They are worth about .07-.08 on our cars.No way a tenth.

We have tried them all at one time or another also.Right now,Hoosier really has their ***** together.I made four runs over the weekend,and 3 of 4 were the same 60 ft right to the thousandth.I was only running 1.531,which is a little slower than I would like,but I ran the car for the first time at 4,080 pounds.Over two tons of fun.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

we race two Olds 442 Stockers and have been running radials for awhile now.They are worth about .07-.08 on our cars.No way a tenth.

Thank you for replying and stating your 1st hand results! They were worth less than that on my Chevelle.

[Jim Kaekel]

You're results may vary....different brands, circumferences, etc.

[Michael Beard]

I've done the back to back to back and never ran close to a tenth quicker with BBC power under the hood

Might've been running out of rpm with the radial vs the bias.

I've back-to-backed M/T's 30" radial vs 28" bias, and the radial was still notably quicker even in the 1/8th mile, despite the taller tire.