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11-01-2011, 05:51 PM
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Car is a xa falcon with 500hp clevo, auto, 4500stall full weight street car.
I want to go 28" high on a 15x8 steel rim. Use to run 275/60-15's so a 28" tyre should fit. What size slicks are recomended? What brands are recomended? Are the radial slicks anygood, or are the crossplys better?
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11-01-2011, 08:41 PM
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28's will just fit but you may need to roll the lip a little and the rim offset needs to be spot the dog. I put them on mine and lost et so i went back to 26' MICKEY TEES .
28's were hoosiers if my brain members proper?? |
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14-01-2011, 07:29 PM
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It seems in the US in there is a catagory of racing that limits the tyres to 275 drag radials and alot of them are running under 10's on them. I've narrowed my search to the mick's or the hoosiers in the 275/60-15 drag radials. I do like the hoosier as there is almost no tread patern compared to the micky's. Many people favour the hoosier in the US, I'm not sure why we don't here much about them in Aus. Quote:
Hoosiers  micky's 
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14-01-2011, 07:32 PM
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14-01-2011, 11:39 PM
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14-01-2011, 02:16 PM
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Red Eye Racing
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Location: Looking for a drag strip
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What gears are you running?
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14-01-2011, 04:04 PM
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Mickey Thompson definitely the way to go.
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14-01-2011, 09:30 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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ones I had years ago were Mickey T 28/9,5/15 from memory, had the wheels made to suit the XC and didnt have to touch the lips. Guy I sold them to put them under an XA but no idea if the lips had been done on it or not
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14-01-2011, 09:41 PM
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15-01-2011, 08:56 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Aye go the MT's ... Hoosiers just dont hold up as well .
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what slicks for xa
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