i just bought a set of wheels of this guy and we got chatting and it turns out he owns an ex touring car integra type r that he races (lucky git)
and he said he has 8 part worn slicks that i can have for nothing and i was wondering if these would be any good for drag racing

 

the sidewalls are different. On road racing type tires that look like "slicks" on the contact patch, the sidewalls are like road tires. Its stiff and does not have the flex like drag racing tires have. You may have a decent compund that would stick better than a regular street tire, but its a waste of time using a track tire for drag racing.
Get a drag slick.

 

but would they be better than street tyres
and they are free so cant be all bad and i will get drah slicks after ive had more practise racing

 

i wouldnt say its any better. it may have a softer compound than street tires, but the sidewalls are usually low profile and hard which doesnt make it good.

 

ah well they were free so i will give em a go anyway till i get some proper slcks
cheers for the info though

 

I have a set of pirelli pzero road slick and they work a lot better than street tires. you just have to burnout on them to get them sticky