Ran my first 10!!

[markone2]

Try just sitting at idle and flashing the convertor.
You have more power and weigh less than our LS3 Monaro, yet it 60's in the the low to mid 1.5's on both Mickey Thompson 265/40/18 and M&H 275/45/18 radials.

Excellent advice , I run regular 1.4’s ( LOW ) on MT DR’s …revert to slicks and its 1.6 sixty footers all day long…( 368rwkw ) at 1700KG plus....forget the handbrake and stall etc , use the tC as it was built to be used...any doubters ? post your dyno sheet then time slip

ps . begin with time proven MT DR's 235x60x15 ...then work your way up.........doing damn well so far given climate imho.


Edit . hold with that FE2.......worth its weight in Gold imho , have gone 1.39 with same on MT DR's
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[rustige213]

I'm just wondering how could just changing from the radial to a slIck make the 60 footer slower. If its not spinning off the line how can it accelerate quicker.
Cheers Russell

[markone2]

I'm just wondering how could just changing from the radial to a slIck make the 60 footer slower. If its not spinning off the line how can it accelerate quicker.
Cheers Russell

Put simply, a little tyre spin works wonders ( so long as your in control of it ! ) . The odd thing about tyre slip that those with a few hundred passes under their belts are aware of, is the extra mph also gained at the top end of the track ....The humble 1/4 mile can play some awful tricks on the laws of physics imho.

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[rustige213]

So are radials better to use than slicks for lower powered vehicles.

[fletch86]

Thanks for all the tips, I have only just put the car together and been out of the seat for a little while, so will begin to test a few things in the coming meets. I have some old 235/60r15 mt et streets are they worth a test? Might look into the mt dr's or might just get some more slicks. What size can I run on a vt?

[fletch86]

Excellent advice , I run regular 1.4’s ( LOW ) on MT DR’s …revert to slicks and its 1.6 sixty footers all day long…( 368rwkw ) at 1700KG plus....forget the handbrake and stall etc , use the tC as it was built to be used...any doubters ? post your dyno sheet then time slip

ps . begin with time proven MT DR's 235x60x15 ...then work your way up.........doing damn well so far given climate imho.


Edit . hold with that FE2.......worth its weight in Gold imho , have gone 1.39 with same on MT DR's
.

Do you have a suggested part number of radial I should try out? as I am in the market for my new tyres.

[markone2]

*So are radials better to use than slicks for lower powered vehicles.*

100% imho

[markone2]

Do you have a suggested part number of radial I should try out? as I am in the market for my new tyres.

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[fletch86]

A pic from the other night off the line, this was the 10.97