Cheater slicks, who has had?

[Shmirgin44]

I am doing some brainstorming for next year's setup. I want to continue to run my CCW's on the street next year but looking for more traction. I currently have 305/35/18 MT DR's on the car now and like them. Car never sees rain so I was thinking of running cheater slicks. Hoosier makes a 315/30/18 DOT DR that I was thinking of running. https://www.hoosiertire.com/Drtire.htm

Thoughts? Kill stories? Horror stories? Please share...

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[Aron]

Honestly, for the street I would just stick with drag radials. You're not going to get much better traction on the street with a "cheater slick" like ET Street, but driving manners are compromised, not to mention that they will wear out much faster.

 

[stunuts]

yeah plus a little spin means the tires will heat up and hook for the 2nd gear bang!

 

[Ear Rak]

That hoosier is a drag radial. PM Andy aka cobravenom39 about them, he used to run those tires on his cobra.

 

[batman]

That hoosier is a drag radial. PM Andy aka cobravenom39 about them, he used to run those tires on his cobra.

+1 huge mo fo's

 

[batman]

 

[batman]

 

[1badass96gt]

I'd stick to the D/R. I used to have E.T. streets (not the d/r) and was caught in the rain once. Scary was an understatement. Made it home but spun out just driving straight down the road at one point.

 

[Shmirgin44]

OOH, me likey!!!:cool2:

EDIT: I like how the LP is blurred out in 1 pic but not the other lol.

 

[Shmirgin44]

Since the hoosiers are DR's, they will not be too bad on the street, correct? Other than in the rain obviously. Looks like they will get better traction than my MT DR's and are less expensive to boot!

 

[Ear Rak]

Since the hoosiers are DR's, they will not be too bad on the street, correct? Other than in the rain obviously. Looks like they will get better traction than my MT DR's and are less expensive to boot!

i heard mileage isnt that great. Think andy said he'd get anywhere from 1500 to 3000 miles out of them depending on how you drive.

That just means they're really sticky:dancenana:

 

[Shmirgin44]

i heard mileage isnt that great. Think andy said he'd get anywhere from 1500 to 3000 miles out of them depending on how you drive.

That just means they're really sticky:dancenana:

That's exactly what I was gonna say...I doubt I'd get much more than 5K out of the MT's anyway the way I drive.

 

[stunuts]

you has the hurp what?

 

[Shmirgin44]

you has the hurp what?

:alcoholic?

 

[SONICobra]

im going back to hoosier 335's this year. ray (painter) said he had some issues with his hoosiers "shredding" on the street and he would have to clean them off doing a burnout but i talked to another guy on modfords and he said hes gotten 5k street miles out of his no problem. i had them on my car for about 200 miles before i had to swap them out for a smaller tire because my quarter lips werent rolled yet. i figure for the power i (and you) are going to be running, hoosiers are the way to go IMO. now if you go with the hoosiers you just have to be worried about getting pulled over for not having street legal tires (even thought it has a DOT number on the side wall)

EDIT: he got 5k not 15k on the hoosiers WHOOPS!

 

[Ear Rak]

im going back to hoosier 335's this year. ray (painter) said he had some issues with his hoosiers "shredding" on the street and he would have to clean them off doing a burnout but i talked to another guy on modfords and he said hes gotten 15k street miles out of his no problem. i had them on my car for about 200 miles before i had to swap them out for a smaller tire because my quarter lips werent rolled yet. i figure for the power i (and you) are going to be running, hoosiers are the way to go IMO. now if you go with the hoosiers you just have to be worried about getting pulled over for not having street legal tires (even thought it has a DOT number on the side wall)

Keep a tread depth gauge on you so when you get pulled over, you can personally show them its legal depth

 

[skyhighsd]

You should look at the M&H's they came out with a set of 18's now. Dont know the size off hand. But I dont think that they are that wide, overall hands down some of the best tires on the market. You dont need such a wide tire if they hook like a mo fo. If you like MT's you will love the M&H's.

 

[PearlBlue L]

i had them on my L when i lived in VA beach 4 years ago. i loved them as far as traction goes. on the L i had a higher side wall then you will have with the cobra, not very fun switching lanes on the highway with them on. also like said, rain is a no-no or a death sentence, which ever comes first. they do wear out quick though.

 

[SONICobra]

You should look at the M&H's they came out with a set of 18's now. Dont know the size off hand. But I dont think that they are that wide, overall hands down some of the best tires on the market. You dont need such a wide tire if they hook like a mo fo. If you like MT's you will love the M&H's.

i remember what you said about the m/h's too, i looked into those but the only ones they had for my car (17's) are 28" tires that run really narrow and have mixed ratings from people who used them

 

[Shmirgin44]

I hope the 315's will fit on my rims...the 305's fit easy, don't know the exact width of the rear rims though.

 

[about2bite]

They hook -- 315's

AFS 10.5" wheels and 3/8" spacers

 

[Shmirgin44]

Those pics really make me want them! Makes the car look mean as hell. I think I will be giving them a try this spring!