slicks or street slicks?

DARE YA · #1 04-06-2005, 03:34 PM

Im going to buy some slicks but im not sure how street slicks compare to slicks... I have no drag strip in town but can drive to one about an hour and a half away. Here in town there are races on old highways, backroads things like that slightly out of town. Does a street slick grab anything like a slick? If so what ones do? Or would I be just as good putting some nitto 555 dr on my stock and getting slicks? I have never rode in anything with any of the three tires iv talked about. Thanks for any help.

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RED 92 · #2 04-06-2005, 04:16 PM

At your power level the "street slicks" will perform equally to slicks at the track and its possible that the slicks could slow you down a bit .

Plus the added benifit of using them on the "street" I would get DR's

DARE YA · #3 04-06-2005, 04:20 PM

Red. What do you mean by DR's? Nitto 555 DR's? Or are nitto 555 DR's street slicks?

wydopnthrtl · #4 04-06-2005, 07:10 PM

DARE YA,

There are basicly 3 types of drag racing tires as far as a Gen 2 lightning goes.

1) "Drag radial": A regular radial tire with a shallow tread depth and a soft compound. It's basicly a sneeky way to look stock but yet the tire will bite more than a stock F1.

2) "cheater slick": Most use a Mickey Thompson ET street (me included). It's a bias ply tire that is pretty much a "racing slick" except it's *a little* stiffer, has a DOT approved tread (yeah.. right!), and the compound is soft but not too soft. They are street legal but you would'nt want to get caught in the rain or drive it more than to/from the track.

3) "slick": A bias ply tire with no tread and a very soft compound. Made for straight line acceleration only.

Rich

lightningkylej · #5 04-06-2005, 11:58 PM

I run the Mickey Thompson ET Street 28x12.50x16 and love them.

Pump them up to 22-25 psi and they ride fairly well, let them down to 14-15 psi and they wrinkle like a real slick (on the street)

they are legal to drive on the street with

comparable price to nitto 555 DR's (I paid a quite abit less)

the coolness factor on the white M/T on the side.

just my 2cents