Drag Slick Questions....

I have heard that you can run Mickey Thompson E/T Drag Slicks W/O inner Tubes, is this true? And what are the reasons, if any? Thank you in advance.

I am going to take delivery of M/T E/T Drags 26x10x15 mounted on 15x8 US rims.

Anyone?

Lotta people run without tubes. There's pros and cons. I use 'em (and rim screws) figuring it's cheap "insurance" against deflation. A 4,000lb car running over 135mph on tires with 12.5psi (where they work best for me) makes me a bit nervous.

Rich Krause

thanks.

Anyone else?

On my 97 I use M/T ET Streets, in a 26x10.5x16 on a 16x8 rim. I wanted the shortest slicks that I could put on my TA. The ET streets are recommended to run with tubes, but the majority of people I know run without. But there’s one downfall, you have to watch your air pressure very carefully as goes with any slick, but esp. the M/T's. I run around 12 pounds in mine and they hook very well for having well over 350HP with a 3600 Stall. Any other questions..... Email me! :D
jess.hardessen@redkatz.com

thanks for the info. Anyone Else?

At the 500HP level, I ran 26" ET Streets without tubes. At the 625HP level, I ran 28" Hoosier QTP's without tubes, with rim screws. At the 800HP level, I just switched to 28" "W" ET Drags, and I added tubes, along with the rim screws I already had.

A friend of mine did pretty much the same thing, sticking with the tubes all the way to a 9.04@155mph in a 3,900# convertible.

With the Streets where you able to JAB it out of the whole or did you have to walk it out. I had BFG DR's and I could never get it to come out of the whole without having to walk it out and I know I can go quicker if I could just step on it. What where you 60-foot times on the E/T Streets? thanks.

There's more to traction than the tire. But even with a "road race" type suspension I was getting low 1.6-high 1.5sec 60' times with the 26x16x11.5 ET Street. You could hit them pretty hard out of the hole if the track prep is good.

One thing to mention: MT, for some reason, recommends a "light haze" for the burnout. I found that especially the first run needs a good hard burnout to get them to hook.

Rich Krause

I plan on going to the drag strip this weekend. And I was thinking about putting a slick on my car for a few passes. What are the chances of breaking something with an A4??

I run the ET Street Radials which do not require a tube. I love them. I bought them over the origional ET Streets for this reason.

JAG05:

This is a very old thread about using tubes in slicks, that for some reason has been resurrected and your new topic added asking if something will break from running slicks. Not the best way to get a new topic answered, since as you can see from above, people are answering the original 3 year old post, and not reading your new question. I'm going to suggest that you repost your question as a new topic in the "Driveline" forum.

In the meantime, this will be moved to "Wheels and Tires" where it belongs.... we didn't even have that forum in 2003.

Is there a "full slick" tire that will fit a stock rim?? I've got my DR's mounted on some spare rims for when I go to the track and with my new motor I would like to see how a true slick would do if I could get away with putting on my stock rims.

Most 16" slicks are huge, intended for "Pro Stock" class. Hoosier makes a 28x10-16 full slick. That's the smallest diameter I've seen. It requires 10" wide wheel though.