I wanna buy 16 or 15 rims, along with cheater slicks. I want to know what cheater slicks were recommend on the first because link only goes the summtinracing.com

 

I'm drag racing on Tarmac.

 

what do you mean tarmac... most people (british) refer to any racing surface as tarmac. either way the only difference in tires you'll see will be between trying to road race with a drag slick, and trying to make a pass down the track on a road slick. every drag strip is going to be sprayed and prepped(even if terribly) so its not gonna be like driving on straight cement or asphault. the tires themselves though do have variations in hard or soft compound, being a fwd i would try and stay on the softer side

 

I use tarmac as asphalt. Water is use to prepped the surface for the burnout?

 

Yes, but you should only drive through the water if you have slicks, not radials with tread.

 

Ok, I want the cheater slicks 16 from summit racing but link from the 1st post doesn't work, it just takes you to summitracing.com. What are the sizes and brand, including the rims so I look for it?

 

que?

 

Which is the proper sizing on cheaters slicks and rims?

 

What you really want to do is grind your calipers a bit and run a 15 Inch M&H Racemaster Full Slick

 

How much is a "bit"? It wouldn't affect the brake performance? Do you have link to the full slick tire, there are a lot of options out there and what is drag radial instead it is not and slicks are also slicks depending on what compound is made of.

 

ok so i'm thinking about getting a cheap set of like hhr 16" rims, i think they are 7" wide. can find them for like 50 bucks on craigslist so idgaf about looks

the important part i guess is size of the slick. anyone have good suggestions? wanna run like an mt sick probly. just need to know a good size, like 24.5" tall but idk how wide

thanks!

 

you're not going to find a 24.5" for a 16" wheel.

grind the calipers a hair and run 15"s. then get a real slick.

 

i'm not doing that i'm not trying to break records or anything... just wanna run a decent times and hook up for what a 16" rim can do

 

well then you can go with the 225/50/16 hoosier drag radial or a 245/50/16 nitto 555r. i wouldn't go with anything else. 16"s and 17"s really only have tires to offer that are too tall for our cars. we don't need anything bigger than a 24.5". and the tall tires make the gearing way too long.

 

hoosier it is! thanks a lot man!

 

Do you know if base model cobalt/hhr/g5 wheels are 7" wide?

 

they're probably 6.5" or 7". but either will work with the hoosier radials. the nittos i wouldn't go below a 7". but i think those wheels are a 7"

 

ok awesome. i just found a set of (apparently) new hoosier 225/50/16's on craigslist. kinda local. so **** yeah guy will let them go for 200 done deal!

 

hell there ya go.

that'll be $20 for the consulting.

 

gimme ur paypal

 

Thanks. Was looking into some of these. Made the search a whole lot easier.

 

Has anyone thought about motorcycle slicks ? It wont be such a big sidewall, But iam sure they have then in 17in sizes. I hurd of a few SRT4 guys running them