200tw tires have made a huge impact in autocross, track days and road racing, but what about using them for drag racing?
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Yeah, I guess that's why I see so many narrow rear wheels at the drag strip...
stonebreaker said:Yeah, I guess that's why I see so many narrow rear wheels at the drag strip...
Consider the height/width ratio. Look at a top fuel dragster and notice how tall the rear tires are compared to their width. And then look at an F1 car. Much shorter tires compared to width.
For a Tesla Plaid, I would think any modern 200tw autocross tire would be more than happy to help it launch like a scalded cat. AWD is quite the thing.
thatsnowinnebago said:stonebreaker said:Yeah, I guess that's why I see so many narrow rear wheels at the drag strip...
Consider the height/width ratio. Look at a top fuel dragster and notice how tall the rear tires are compared to their width. And then look at an F1 car. Much shorter tires compared to width.
Right, that's why the F1 front tires, the ones handling steering, are so narrow compared to the rears, the ones handling ALL of the acceleration...
Interesting about the Yoko being the choice, it does seem a lot of the drag racing/straightline guys in the Honda scene when they drive their cars on the street their tire of choice seems to be the Toyo R888R. A lot of the guys seem to love them, which compared to a lot of autocross and track guys I know locally are always seem to place the R888/R888 as "the Firestone Indy 500 for people who think is a faster tire"
the R888R is what i see quite a bit as well but its a 100tw rating so not in the list of possibilities when talking 200tw.
i ended up ordering some Falken RT660s to try on the plaid. ill post up how it goes.
I'll be curious about this. If I make it to the challenge this year, one set of tires would be my preference.
At least FWD the r888 does pretty well even compared to a drag radial or bias DOT cheater like the M&H
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