Hi, I'd like to get your opinions/numbers about 25'' and 24.5'' slicks.

Those would be 25x8.7x13 M&H, 24.5x9x13 MT and 25x9x15 Toyos.

Anybody tried testing back to back runs?

Thanks a lot

Chris

 

The MT 24.5 is an awesome tire. I had 30 passes on mine running single stage boost (roasting them off the line) and they didn't drop off much at all. I just rotated them every pass or so.

It lays out A LOT more than the other tires, has a very awesome sidewall, and grips for days

I'd be hard pressed to ever put a different brand on my car.

 

Thanks a lot for the feedback.

Anyone else want to share their opinion/data?

Chris

 

MT 24.5" will give you a tenth at least all day long against the M&H 25"

my $.02

 

my car at the same boost was actually quicker and ran way smoother on the 24.5 vs the 25 and these were both mh brand. now i got some mt 24.5 on the way.

 

i dont like the MT 24.5s so much. They seem to start getting "peeled" back and look like ground beef. Im actually switching to 25 or 24.5x8x13 M&H this year, last year i had 24.5x8x15 MTs. Im hoping the extra side was helps with my 60fts.

A buddy of mine, did a little testing one night, and actually was cutting almost .1 faster 60ft times with 23 M&H slicks vs 24.5 MTs.

 

i have ran the 24.5 x 8.5 x 15 and the 25 x 8.7 x 13 m and h. both with great success, but i am now spinning the m and h more than id like.

you cannot go wrong with john's customer service. and he is not the reason i am trying the mickey t 24.5 x 9 x 13. i just need to know and find out for myself.

if it were strictly based on customer service, hands down john from m and h gets the nod.

 

I tested my 23inch M&H vs their new 25 inch.
Late last year i was finishing up in the top of 4th with the 23 and wanted to run the 24.5inch x 13 but they were all sold out. John at m&h talked me into a 25inch x 13. All i can say is that i love 25 inch slick. i picked up an avg of 5mph through the 1/8th and 4 tenths in the 1/4 with no changes to boost. I had the slicks balanced and car went straight as an arrow. I cut 1.6xx-1.7xx 60 fts with it as well @ 6.5 psi in them.
Tested on my 2500lb vw hooptie... 02 cents.

 

I used to run the 25" M&H until about two years ago when i bought a used set of 24.5" M/T from Joe Simpson. I used them for the rest of that season. I thought the tires were done so i purchased a new set. ShawnR ended up with my old set last year and ran them. First time out cut 1.6 60fts and went 6.5's in the 1/8. M/T has my vote.

 

Kevin Van Natten on M&H 25s. I believe he's doing 9.20s or around that range with the 25s M&H. M/Ts work well too. Its preference.

 

How old were those tires compared to one another?

Also, the ground beef look is normal as the tires scrub in like that. Were you rotating them often?

 

the tires getting all knarled up (ground beef looking perhaps from what someone else commented on) is from beating the hell out of the tires -- not good -- turn the power down and watch the car go quicker -- once the tires get all knarled up like that they lose some of their effectiveness from what I have seen -- ideally your tires will be nice a smooth after a pass -- that shows good traction down the entire track

look at the top dogs sport compact drag racing -- MT is on the majority of cars -- that speaks volumes about what works.

john at M&H is killer on the customer service, I know this, just ordered a set of tires for a customer of mine from them this past week, great to deal with -- but when racing can potentially come down to tenths for a win light or a loss -- i will have MT on my car

(trust me, if i could find a good reason to run M&H on my car vs MT i would be all over them for John's and the M&H Team's customer service alone and MT pisses me off daily by not allowing anyone to make money on their product -- from a business perspective M&H has my vote -- but at an event my car will have MT's on it for the time being)

 

I made the swtich to MT 24.5x9x13's from my MH 24.5x8x13's....so we'll see

 

Thanks a lot for the info.

I'll probably go with the MTs.

Others are invited to post their idea as well.

Thanks!

 

uh, the MT were only a few weeks old, and the M&Hs were almost a year and a half old. even M&Hs 25s on the street, with me on "kill mode" (30psi) didnt get ate up like the MTs do after about 5 passes at the track.

james, i dont think im making enough power to "over power" the slicks. i dont remember the exact numbers, but i think it was around 450ish whp on 18-20psi. i launch right in that boost range. i know you pro guys are leaving with way more power. idk, maybe its just the way they prep the local track, but most of the guys around here have had better luck on M&H slicks...

 

I'm still running these old Toyo 25X9's, best slick I've ever used.

 

Power? 60 foots? How many passes so far?

 

The tires are at least 3 years old, I've owned them for a year and a half. I'm guessing
about 20 pass's on them so far.

Last time out they gave me 9 sub 1.6 sixtys best being a 1.54.

The sidewalls are kinda stiff for a manual trans though, they break parts I'm told.

 

what kinda of difference do u guys think you would see if your are running 24.5x9x13 and 24.5x9x15? anybody have any experience with this setup?

 

I run the Toyo slicks, and have for about 3 years now. They hook up like crazy, but the breaking parts thing is such a rumor. The new K0 compound is soooooo sick.

The sidewall is soft enough to absorb shock, and stiff enough to keep my car straight (I was never fond of that top end "drift" with other brands due to the super soft sidewall).

Many of the factory teams run the Toyo brand slicks including Scion and Toyota.

 

15" rim = driveline killer. The more sidewall the better, if you can run a 13" rim, that would be the way to go. IMO the MTs will hold power quite a few more passes more than the MHs do. The MT also has footprint about 3/4" wider.