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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 93PONY: [QB] 28 x 10 x 15 Hoosier slicks are your best bet. LOTS of sidewall to absorb the shock of all that TQ....& plenty of 'bite' to keep it hookin'......as long as the suspenssion can handle it. Been running the MT DR's (275/50/16) on the wife's all-motor car as a street tire. Tried them at the dragstrip a few times. The difference was 2 tenths off the 60ft with full slicks vs the DR's. & that was with the 'Drew Mod'. Tires spin 2nd gear from a roll on the street no problem. Throw on the slicks & look out! It dead-hooks 2nd. Night & day difference from DR's to real slicks. The TT is the same way. Won't hook on the 275/50/17 (28" tall DR's) M&H's in 2nd gear at any speed (even 80+mph). 2nd gear with a TH400 & 2.73 gears whines the motor to 6K RPM at 100MPH. 3rd hooks just fine. Throw the Hoosiers on there & the car hooks 2nd around 40-50mph. M&H DR's are softer & hook better than MT's from my experience.....but still NOTHING compared to full slicks. The M&H's do 1.7's in the TT consistantly. The smaller Hoosiers (26 x 10 x 15) are consistantly in the low 1.6's. Not as drastic of a difference as the same slicks to MT's, but still translates to 2-3 tenths in the 1/4.....AND a few extra MPH on the top end as they allow a harder launch & full throttle sooner. A couple TNT's on the DR's & they really start to show some wear. 2 or 3 TNT's & the MT's were down to the wear bars due to the excessive burnouts needed to get these things to hook. The Hoosier slicks we run have well over 100 passes & have over 50% tread depth left. If you want to run a DR at the strip.....the suspenssion will be setup a little different than with a full slick. Clutch needs to be dialed in (Tinner has the correct clutch setup) & launch technic is much different....& much harder on the clutch. Don't get me wrong, those that run 1.4x 60fts on DR's are just plain BAD ASS...but they are not common. & given the choice between DR's & slicks at the dragstrip.....there's no question what I'd choose. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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