Originally Posted by
slow2v
o rly?
slicks lower your mph
et is how QUICK you are, mph is how FAST you are.....
a car that runs an
11.8@126 on DRs and then runs an
11.6@123 on slicks was faster on the drag radials
Slicks CAN lower your MPH compared to a DR. It depends on the set up and the amount of tire pressure.
I trapped 3 mph less on a set of 26x10x15 ET drag slicks then a set of 275/50/15 MT DRs on the same day.
BUT, some of that was due to tire pressure, the DR's were at around 16 psi, where the slicks were only at 9 (lower then I needed them to be).
And you are correct, the
11.8@126 is faster then
11.6@123 , just as
11.6@123 is quicker then
11.8@126