Need some advice on my planning here, any help is appreciated! I'm trying to get a combo of street and strip tires together for the Wagon. The car is a weekender, driven on the street a lot but taken to the track every Friday night. I'd like to retain handling ont he street, but hook up well at the track. I can pretty easily change the rear wheels at the track having 2 sets of rims. Should I use 1 set of slicks and 1 set of street tires or just go with a good drag radial and drop in slicks later? It's a coin toss in my mind right now. Here's the driveline details: A sleeper 455 Wagon (Regal frame) Upgraded front suspension/brakes. 480hp/560tq 455, SP-400 + 4000 stall, 3.42 8.5 rear. 2 sets 15" wheels for the rear The largest rear tire I can fit is a 275/60/15 Fronts are a 205/55/15 I've looked at the M/T drag radials, M/T slicks, and a set of firehawk 275/60/15's. any ideas on what I'm missing? o No:
Your handling will suffer a bit with those 205/55's on the front. I have em on my 70 and it do plow a tad:laugh: I like your project should be much fun!
Thanks Glen, good advice. Typo there, they're actually 45's on the front, nice and low. I killed most of the understeer with new tubular upper control arms and lowered spindles. Makes an unbelievable difference.
With the low end torque engine combo you have combined with a 4000 SP convertor and the frequency of the visits you make to the track, you won't regret buying the slicks now. Why wait for later on slicks if you're going that way someday. That 4000 SP is truly the best of street / strip. I ve been running one for years in my 71 stgd car. Always slicks at the track
i would run two sets. my friend mike runs the BFG drag radials and gets good hook but has to replace them alot more often than he likes. Thanks Dustin
I would get slicks for the track and drag radials for the street. Its not like you are going to put 30,000 miles a year on her anyway. Who wants to say its run x at the track and then get your butt handed to you on the street to something that is way slower because it won't hook. Drag radials won't hook on the street like the slicks on the track but they won't keep spinning into oblivion like regular radials either. Much safer and more fun on the street with something that makes mondo torque.
