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Originally Posted by datatank
You think it will do sub 10 on street tires? Wow
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I have two sets of answers to this as I can't tell if you're talking about my car or his car.
Yes and no.
Yes because "technically speaking" a street tire is anything with a DOT number. Including anything from Kuhmo radials to Mickey Thompson ET Streets which have 3 little grooves in them to designate them as a "street approved tire."
No because do I think he's going to run 9s on a bias-ply hard compound radial? Nope. I very much doubt that. Not even if it's a steam roller style tire in the 33x18.50 range. There's just very little chance of that.
My car, on a "street tire" absolutely. I've seen plenty of small tire cars run great numbers (texas true 10.5 cars for example "TTT5"), there are a couple domestic cars that run in the 8s and 9s on a 17" drag radial/slick that is still legal to be driven on the street. I am basically planning to run a 335/40-45/17 (depending on what's available) on a widened rear wheel, and have the fronts narrowed to 4" with a suitable front runner. Am I saying that it's going to run 9s on a sumitomo or BFG radial?? Hell no. I doubt any amount of money or electronic gizmos could get it to hook on 600+ horsepower and hard tires.
But on a drag radial such as a MT ET Street, with the right suspension and the right amount of dialing in the nitrous system to leave soft and use a progressive nitrous controller to ramp up the HP so it's on the verge of breaking the tires loose, there's no reason the car can't run in the 9s on a "street tire." My car is about 25 dollars worth of parts (upgraded line from the solenoid to the nozzle and the right jets to spray 200) and a decent tune away from making over 600 to the wheels, which is plenty for a bottom 10 second / high 9 second pass.
I don't want to throw you for a loop and make your head explode, but I plan on doing all this on 91 octane too! :runs for cover: