Shakey's

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Apr 02, 07 11:50 am

BEST I HAVE RUN IN MY 440 6 RUNNER STREET TYRES 4 SPEED 13.40 106MPH in november at the pod

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Apr 02, 07 12:09 pm

Went to Shakey on Saturday with Mad Dawg but got rained off at 2.30. Still had the place to ourselves though.

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Mon Apr 02, 07 5:30 pm

13.4 on street tyres would do me Dunc.

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Mon Apr 02, 07 10:05 pm

I used to shift my 340 4 spd to 12.8@ 104 and would still be using the 4 sp with the BB if i had a Dana instead of an 8/3/4.
Did you run your car Nick
Mick

NaughtyAlan · Post by **NaughtyAlan** » Mon Apr 02, 07 10:14 pm

Hoosier Quicktimes are the dogs for street and strip if you dont av a spair set ov Rims

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Apr 03, 07 12:20 am

best i found mick was to bounce it off the line with no guts at all get out about 60-100 foot and the gun it, it was terrible at hookin up but i did have it set up real stiff for circuit racin

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Tue Apr 03, 07 7:24 pm

Must admit Dunc I tried to do that but it's difficult not to slam your foot down.
Adam, been looking at those street legal drag tyres and I don't think it's what I'm after. They need to be deflated to take full advantage of them at the strip so you might as well fit slicks. Useful if you're racing in a class that requires street legal tyres I surpose. I find those Coopers dangerous in the wet, I'm just after a tyre with more grip.

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Tue Apr 03, 07 8:50 pm

Mick
You can run 18 psi in a drag radial but they do wear quickly.
Mick

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 03, 07 9:17 pm

Hows about the Mickey Thomsons Mick, there a good road tyre & not hbad on the strip.

Trouble is , the BF goodrich , Coopers...........are to hard , with no grip whatsoever.

RayC · Post by **RayC** » Tue Apr 03, 07 11:53 pm

Adam68 wrote: Trouble is , the BF goodrich , Coopers...........are to hard , with no grip whatsoever.

your not wrong there Adam I managed a 14.something sec on coopers,

They are made from wood. Although cheap enough street tyres mine cost me £200 for a brand new set so can`t really moan at that.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Apr 03, 07 11:59 pm

I'm feelin like the bad guy here , posted about coopers in a few threads, turns out most of you guys are runnin Coopers.

I'm saying nothing.

RayC · Post by **RayC** » Wed Apr 04, 07 12:05 am

You Bad Man Adam

the only reason i bought em was on price ( BF Goodrich were more than double that) like i said £200 for a set, i thought that was for nothin really for a new set of rubber ( or wood

)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 04, 07 12:08 am

As they say Ray

, YOU GETS WHAT YER PAY FOR.

BTW , you can all lynch me at the nats.

I'll be the one on coopers.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Apr 04, 07 12:11 am

I had Hoosier QuickTimes on me 'Cab and they were the dog's danglies. Lasted a good season and a half with no major hoonage on the Street. Fantastic grip at the track. But my car's lighter than yours and does about 1000 miles a year. Finally killed them in a Taxi rank in Sarfend

Another MB member got through his QTs in under a month, you could see the tubes through the tyres

(Ain't that right Dave McB!

Big B-Body though) We had a debate at the time whether the QTs come in different flavours of softness.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Apr 04, 07 12:12 am

Adam68 wrote:As they say Ray , YOU GETS WHAT YER PAY FOR.

BTW , you can all lynch me at the nats.

I'll be the one on coopers.

We'll need a strong old rope!