The Cal-look Lounge

Cal-look/High Performance => Pure racing => Topic started by: SPRasmussen on June 09, 2011, 12:29:03 pm



Title: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: SPRasmussen on June 09, 2011, 12:29:03 pm
I need a new set of drag tires on my race car, using the "normal 26/8,5-15" From M/T now, but I destroyed them on the dyno...

The traction is good on them but they need a lot of counter weight to get them straight, compaired to Goodyear. And I allways hated that... But the goodyear we have have no traction.

Is there any alternatives you guys know about ? Or should I just buy another set of M/T

Thanks


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: Jesus on June 09, 2011, 13:29:13 pm
http://www.mandhtires.com/

???

You get a 10% discount if your a member of the ultimate aircooled forum ;)


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: Jason Foster on June 09, 2011, 13:56:01 pm
  I agreee M&H


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: BeetleBug on June 09, 2011, 14:01:01 pm
A very well known racer told me that there is a reason why most of the fast cars run MT or Goodyear.



Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: SteveW on June 09, 2011, 17:55:49 pm
Well we ran M&H's on ours and were really happy with them but the sidewalls are really bulbous (sort of ballon out) so you gain 'unwanted' width. The M/T's however have a much better sidewall and stick out less. We are going to M/T's this time. I do know though that the V8 cars we crewed on for years ran M/T's :)


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: Airspeed on June 09, 2011, 18:29:04 pm
A very well known racer told me that there is a reason why most of the fast cars run MT or Goodyear.

That's not a good enough reason for me to buy/select stuff: just copy the 'fast' guys huh?

If you copy others, you are sure not ever to go faster then them now are you?  ::)


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: BeetleBug on June 09, 2011, 18:42:21 pm
A very well known racer told me that there is a reason why most of the fast cars run MT or Goodyear.

That's not a good enough reason for me to buy/select stuff: just copy the 'fast' guys huh?

If you copy others, you are sure not ever to go faster then them now are you?  ::)

True. But then again I`m using MH myselves but what do I know. On the other hand, not taking a note of what other fast (faster) cars use would be quite stupid don't you think? Almost like entering F1 and don't want to use Pirellis...  ::)


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: Udo on June 09, 2011, 19:19:24 pm
M/T and Hoosier work on every track . The goodyears we had last year had no traktion , we had D9 and i think D3 is what a beetle needs .
I  recommend hoosier , for those who need 6.0 MH ..

Udo


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: SPRasmussen on June 10, 2011, 08:29:53 am
M/T's it is then :-)

They have them at Dalhhems in sweden, so that easy...


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: dannyboy on June 14, 2011, 18:37:54 pm
i run mh cant tell you how well they are untill i have got the hang of racing :-[ :D
if hoosier did 6 inch slicks id use them purely for the writing on the sidewall  ;D ::) ;D


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: Udo on June 14, 2011, 20:04:01 pm
M/T's it is then :-)

They have them at Dalhhems in sweden, so that easy...

M/T is the savest choice

Udo


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: 181 on June 15, 2011, 18:47:05 pm
Where can you buy drag tires in our sizes preferably continental Europe?  ???


Title: Re: New Drag Tires, but what brand ?
Post by: dannyboy on June 15, 2011, 22:50:13 pm
look in for sale thread  ;)