Need some Slick size "et street" size advice with a 4.10 gear!
 

I am going to order the Centerline convo series 15 X 8 1/2 rims shortly and also the 15 X 4 for the fronts. I am debating a MT slick but if not a slick I am going with the MT "et street". Not the drag radial.

The Mickey Thompson site lists lots of sizes like 26, 28 and 30 tall but I do not understand what affect it has on the car and the gear. I know 26 is inches tall etc..

I have also heard of having to much tire for a car and that is why I am asking for advice as I am seeking the best tire for my application size and performance.

I have a 4.10 gear in the car and I am not adding a power adder.

What size "slick" would be the ideal match for what I have mentioned above?

What size "et street" would be the idea match for what I have mentioned above?

I know if I go to a drag radial like I have now in 17inch I would need a 275/50/15 to stay within what is ideal for speedo and gearing?

I really appreciate the info and yes I could go to the speed shop to find out but I thought I would ask here as I know a lot of you are running similar set ups.

Hoosier, GoodYear, Mickey Thompsons are they all prety much the same when running a slick?

I see that Hoosier makes a "et street" like tire also, they call it a quick time pro. Anyone using it?

I also realise about the axles and slicks/et streets, I have hardened 28 Spline Mosers that should do the trick. If not guess I will go with a 31 set up sometime.

Thanks

Hey, are you guys done racing at St Thomas for the year? Side note, quit beating up your car-that's an order soldier :laughhard

lol, got another 3 weeks left I think. :tup

So is there organized racing for the next 3 Saturdays :tup What time do they race? :tup

You thinking of showing up again??? I 'll get you racing that stang one way or another. lol I know it is put away,but once you get the racin gbug watch out.:)

This Saturday is a big one. i will be racing in the Garage top class (street)
non points. Here is a link.

http://www.stthomasdragway.com/ The other race dates are listed in schedules. This weekend will be a good one.

Saturday & Sunday, October 8 & 9, 2005

Reminiscent of the battles in the 60's between Big John Mazmanian and Stones,Woods & Cook, St Thomas Dragway presents
" THE BATTLE OF THE BROS."
The brother rivalry that has been festering for years is now a full scale war. Dan Bilyk and his small block chevy powered 40 Willy's"Chilly Willy" plans to annihilate his brother Nelson and his hemi powered 40 Willy's "Gone Berserk".
Nelson has no plans to let that happen.
Last fast blast of the season....BE THERE!.

October 27, 2005

IHRA Iron Man Classic

The popular IHRA Iron Man Classic returns Saturday and Sunday, October 8
& 9. Saturday will feature a non-points bracket race for the Ultimate
Garage Top, Performance Parts Plus Mod, Essential Speed Street and
Lightning Power Sports Bike/Sled classes as well as one qualifying
session for the Pro Comp class that will be run on Sunday only.

Following the bracket races a special ‘Racer’s Appreciation’ supper will
be sponsored by Jamie Tupper of J&S Collision in Tillsonburg. All racers
buying a tech card for Saturday will be given a free ticket for the
meal. Additional tickets will be available for $5 each for all others.
Sunday will see the winners of Pro Comp (running 1/4 mile), Top, Mod and
Bike/Sled run off for $1,000 and an Iron Man trophy. In addition, the
winners of the Nostalgia Hot Rod, Nostalgia Super Stock and Nostalgia
Gasser classes will run off for an Iron Man Trophy as well.

Two match races will also take place Sunday. ‘The Battle of the Bros’
will feature the Bilyk brothers in their 1940 Willys coupes doing
battle. Dan Bilyk will be running the ‘Chilly Willy’ small block car
while brother Nelson will be running his Hemi-powered ‘Gone Berserk’
Street Legal car. In the battle of the ‘Falcon’s’, Ev Rowse driving the
legendary Rankin Ford ‘Wild Child’ 1965 427 SOHC A/FX Falcon will face
his son Steve in his 1966 small block Falcon. As well a special ‘Pocket
Bike’ race will be featured Sunday.

Gates open Saturday at 10 A.M., time trials at 11, eliminations at 2 and
Pro Comp qualifying round one at 4. Saturday night will feature ‘Run
What Ya Brung’ with gates opening at 6 and racing 6.30 to 10. It is no
charge for all racers buying two-day tech cards. Sunday the gates open
at 11 A.M., time trials at 1, Pro Comp qualifying at 1.30 and 2.30 and
eliminations to follow along with the two match races. General admission
Saturday is $10, Saturday night $10 and Sunday $15 or all three events
ticket at $25. Children 12 and under are no charge.

If I can talk Bear into going I may attend the afternoon and evening races :tup, with the small car of coarse :laughhard

Right on, should be a good day and the weather looks good. if you do come down bring a jacket high is only supose to be 10 or 12. Keep me informed on the progress. :tup

Kind of got you off the subject, sorry. After Wainwright (middle of winter) and -40C I'm not to worried about 12C :biggrin:

But were not hard core anymore bud.lol We do not have to walk 10 k's in - 30 weather at zero dark thirty in the morning. We than do not have to dig with a f ning spade a hole (trench) in the frozen tundra. Once the L trench was dug you would have to go help the machine gunners out with their trench. Once you get all that done we no longer have to look at each other and wonder what the are we standing out in a hole looking for enemies that never show up and than once they do you challenge them and the stupid forgot the pass word and you fire on him. that in turn wakes up the whole company and we are back at 100 % stand to once again. When that is over after 1 hour, we than fill in our trenches and move 5 kms down the road or around the mountian and do it all over again. I left out a ot but I think the troops here will get the hint. Probably do not believe what I wrote but will get the hint.

Hey we don't have to play war anymore Paul! So god damn it bring a jacket to the races!!!! :) And sit on a bench and drink coffee or what ever. lol Leave the shovel at home.

Damn that brings back memories. Oh and sometimes the treanch-cover it up boys and it was less than an hour :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Bear is spending time with the misses Sat. Are you staying for the evening races?

Yea, I will be there til 21:00 or so that day. At 5 they are having some grub for 5 dollars unitl the track opens again at 6pm.

I should hit the track at least once this year with the Mustang.. I know there's a lot of people from Windsor going out on the 8th to St. Thomas... Anyone have a V8 or some nitrous I can borrow? :LOL: Too bad with anything extra I still can't hit over 85mph without getting a chip to fix my limiter. :(

I'll see you there :tup

You going? I will leave Windsor at 7:30 am :tup

Right on. :tup

People are awake at 7:30am? :LOL:
I'm trying to see if my brother will go. If he's working and wants to go we would be there for the evening one most likely.

And if anyone can burn SCT chips I'll buy a tune that gets rid of my limiter and adds some timing at the track. :LOL:

Now then back to the tire question :laughhard :chacha: :biggrin: :LOL:

lol, I am not buying them for another month so I guess it is no rush. Just curious what ones I should get. :confused:

Would the same tires out there now be a little cheaper next spring? I would wait since this year is almost over eh! :bleh: More for you racers as mine has been away for 3 weeks. :tup

Not really sure if the price would change or not.

Paul , really keep an ey on the weather in fact it is supose to be a high of 8 tomorrow and 40% chance of rain. I will update this later tonight if it changes.

London is supposed to be 13 and partly cloudy. They will still race yes. Bear is bringing 3 other people up so there will be 5 of us :biggrin: Just checked the Sparta site only a 20% chance of rain and 13-14C :tup I am tempted to bring the 05 but nah :laughhard

Brother thinks he's having some issues with his supercharger so I'm not sure if we'll be going. It's supposed to be the quiet vortech but it sounds like one off an 03/04 Cobra.

Right on, was just giving ya the heads up in case it does rain. Make sure you guys hunt me down.

Literally or are you just playing on words. Bang :laughhard :laughhard Hey on that note what did you use as a daily piece. C7 or FNC1. Loved the FN :tup

C1 and as I was a track driver always had a smg. but like you, I liked the C1. powerful, you knew you were shooting with something.:)

Nice seeing you guys again. Pretty good day of racing. A little cold but other than that a good day.Thanks for coming down. :tup

Hey no problem. I wanted to stay but the left shoulder and lower back were KILLING ME. I was back home by 7:45 and believe it or not I did not pass anyone coming home. Kept it at 100 kmph and the round trip used 22 liters of gas (400kms):tup We will come out next year when it warms up. The wife and her crushed fingers can't handle any cool to cold weather. Geez this morning I cleaned the little crap box and there were bugs all over the front. That's why I don't drive the Gt on the highway :banghead: :laughhard We will keep in touch and good luck the rest of the season. :tup

Here is ashot from Saturday. You all look cold. lol :laughhard

Nice shot. Notice how we are all watching your run intently :tup My legs where nice and warm :laughhard

Right on, someone should check into the guy or gal sitting up from you to the right. They have no face in the shot. :eek: :confused: Maybe the saw the video tape " The Ring" :No: lol

The cold people in the shot are Bear, his wife and sister in law. The pants go on me once it hits -30C not one degree warmer. :laughhard Let me know next year when it warms up and the same type of day occurs(the wide variety of cars), I will bring the misses :tup

Right on, sounds good.