Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials

KennyAnderson · 01-13-2021, 09:29 AM

Morning all. Anyone done any real world testing of Mickey Thompson Pro Bracket Radials VS Hoosier Radials? When I bought my shaggin wagon it had Hoosiers on it. Worked GREAT! Anyhow couple weekends ago at a big bracket race my kids noticed a few cords showing so I went in search for a set of tires.... Thank You to Marion Stephenson for having some MT bias tires in his trailer. As expected they were slower by a ton! I figured to be .05 slower but it was AT LEAST a dime..... Needless to say they ain't staying on there.We have previous experience with the PBR's on 2 other cars and they are great and last a ton. I'm also not disappointed with less rollout offered by the PBR's as I could use a tiny lil more gear ratio. My main concern is..... if the Hoosiers are faster I don't want to leave anything on the table. Anyone do any ABA testing or have any other experiences??? Thanks in advance!

PS. I have run Hoosiers on my TS car and although they were fast and the car really liked them, they were junk after 40-50 laps. SOOO I guess durability is another question. I have no idea how many laps were on the tires on shaggy but I imagine they had quite a few seasons on em. Still worked great...even with cords showing! LOL!

Adger Smith · 01-13-2021, 10:33 AM

Following:
I do Know Michael Beard is real high on the PBR's
Tells me they "Print" time slips.

KennyAnderson · 01-13-2021, 04:37 PM

They are a great tire and deadly. We have them on our old pure stocker/footbrake car and our S/St car. I did quite a bit of chassis work back in the day and if this tire was around back them I wouldn't have done nearly as many back half jobs! Our S/St car has an alky small block and runs the 29.5 x 10 PBR and it's STUPID how good that car is.

I'm just hoping to not leave any et on the table IF the Hoosier is faster.

Mike Pearson · 01-14-2021, 10:34 AM

I run Hoosier radials on my super stock car. They work great and last a full season. I have been told the Mickey's are faster but I personally have never back to backed them. I did try the mickeys at one time and I don't think they lasted like the Hoosiers.
Most stockers I see are running Hoosier.

Bias to radial on my car was 0.13 each time I made the switch.

Larry Hill · 01-14-2021, 05:46 PM

Goodyear makes a good long lasting and fast Stock radial. Dumbo went 1.24 60' the car weighs 3415.

GTX JOHN · 01-15-2021, 05:03 AM

We run Goodyear Radials on all our Stock and Superstock cars!

1700camaro · 01-16-2021, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KennyAnderson

Morning all. Anyone done any real world testing of Mickey Thompson Pro Bracket Radials VS Hoosier Radials? My main concern is..... if the Hoosiers are faster I don't want to leave anything on the table. Anyone do any ABA testing or have any other experiences???

We have 2 sets of radial tires M/T PBRs & Hoosiers. I would like to say they are both great tires. We have about 800-900 passes using Hoosiers & around 150 passes on the M/T's. The Hoosiers we get 150-200 runs out the tires (150 was the lightweights).The M/T's are our 1st set, but looks like we'll get an easy 200 runs.

As for performance, the tires are not identically set-up. The Hoosiers are 30x9 (92.5 RO), they have been run on 8" or 10" rims. The M/T's are 29.5x10.5 (94.2 RO) on a 9" rim. The M/T's are around 7 lbs. heavier per tire. Plain & simple the Hoosiers are .02-.03 quicker, but all around I like the M/T's slightly more.

These are run on a 1980 Camaro bracket car. It weighs 3050 with driver, 434 sbc & runs high 9s.

Kenney Kelley · 01-16-2021, 11:49 AM

Kenney you have a PM.

Kenney Kelley

KennyAnderson · 01-17-2021, 08:41 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was unaware they don't make a 9" x 29.5" PBR, only 28.5". I just assumed since they made a bias 9" x 29.5" they made the same in the PBR. Looks like Hoosier is the way to go. I am VERY pleased with how the car worked on the Hoosier so I'll stick with them. CO6 compound on it in the past........Thoughts??

boxmotorsports · 01-18-2021, 11:58 AM

I have have been running the Hoosier 94 Lightweights for years and can usually get a season out of them (well over 100 runs) and then put them on my Daughter's K/SA wagon. My car is a AA/SA 427 Camaro. The biggest thing I see is people putting in too much heat , Too large a Burn out.

01-13-2021, 09:29 AM	#1
KennyAnderson Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 289 Likes: 38 Liked 354 Times in 118 Posts	Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials Morning all. Anyone done any real world testing of Mickey Thompson Pro Bracket Radials VS Hoosier Radials? When I bought my shaggin wagon it had Hoosiers on it. Worked GREAT! Anyhow couple weekends ago at a big bracket race my kids noticed a few cords showing so I went in search for a set of tires.... Thank You to Marion Stephenson for having some MT bias tires in his trailer. As expected they were slower by a ton! I figured to be .05 slower but it was AT LEAST a dime..... Needless to say they ain't staying on there.We have previous experience with the PBR's on 2 other cars and they are great and last a ton. I'm also not disappointed with less rollout offered by the PBR's as I could use a tiny lil more gear ratio. My main concern is..... if the Hoosiers are faster I don't want to leave anything on the table. Anyone do any ABA testing or have any other experiences??? Thanks in advance! PS. I have run Hoosiers on my TS car and although they were fast and the car really liked them, they were junk after 40-50 laps. SOOO I guess durability is another question. I have no idea how many laps were on the tires on shaggy but I imagine they had quite a few seasons on em. Still worked great...even with cords showing! LOL!

01-13-2021, 10:33 AM	#2
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials Following: I do Know Michael Beard is real high on the PBR's Tells me they "Print" time slips. __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)

01-13-2021, 04:37 PM	#3
KennyAnderson Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 289 Likes: 38 Liked 354 Times in 118 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials They are a great tire and deadly. We have them on our old pure stocker/footbrake car and our S/St car. I did quite a bit of chassis work back in the day and if this tire was around back them I wouldn't have done nearly as many back half jobs! Our S/St car has an alky small block and runs the 29.5 x 10 PBR and it's STUPID how good that car is. I'm just hoping to not leave any et on the table IF the Hoosier is faster.

01-14-2021, 10:34 AM	#4
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,443 Likes: 613 Liked 1,916 Times in 574 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials I run Hoosier radials on my super stock car. They work great and last a full season. I have been told the Mickey's are faster but I personally have never back to backed them. I did try the mickeys at one time and I don't think they lasted like the Hoosiers. Most stockers I see are running Hoosier. Bias to radial on my car was 0.13 each time I made the switch. __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS

01-14-2021, 05:46 PM	#5
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,629 Likes: 1,919 Liked 10,680 Times in 2,222 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials Goodyear makes a good long lasting and fast Stock radial. Dumbo went 1.24 60' the car weighs 3415. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

01-15-2021, 05:03 AM	#6
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,729 Likes: 2,785 Liked 2,463 Times in 695 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials We run Goodyear Radials on all our Stock and Superstock cars! __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock

01-16-2021, 11:49 AM	#8
Kenney Kelley Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 205 Likes: 178 Liked 72 Times in 36 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials Kenney you have a PM. Kenney Kelley

01-17-2021, 08:41 PM	#9
KennyAnderson Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 289 Likes: 38 Liked 354 Times in 118 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials Thanks for the feedback guys. I was unaware they don't make a 9" x 29.5" PBR, only 28.5". I just assumed since they made a bias 9" x 29.5" they made the same in the PBR. Looks like Hoosier is the way to go. I am VERY pleased with how the car worked on the Hoosier so I'll stick with them. CO6 compound on it in the past........Thoughts??

01-18-2021, 11:58 AM	#10
boxmotorsports Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 87 Likes: 3 Liked 58 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Mickey PBR's VS Hoosier Radials I have have been running the Hoosier 94 Lightweights for years and can usually get a season out of them (well over 100 runs) and then put them on my Daughter's K/SA wagon. My car is a AA/SA 427 Camaro. The biggest thing I see is people putting in too much heat , Too large a Burn out.