getting sticky, yet road trippy

well, if you're reading this, you've probably come across my previous thread "project nova: baselining..."

right now, i'm looking for tires that would fit where a 255/60r15 would fit. i don't really know how to read the slick dimensions when they talk "L60-15" or "26-10.5-15"... well, i kinda know how, but what is the 'L' for? and 10.5 - is that the maximum cross-section width? what would a 26-10.5-15 be in metric sizes?

i want something that can get sticky after a short burnout, yet still be hard enough for long road trips.

up at LACR, the favorites seem to be MT's sportsman pro's, but some are pointing me torwards MT indy profile s/s tires, as well as the bfg drag radials...

any opinions? thanks!

if i'm able to get new tires, i should be making a burnout video wasting the "old" two ;)

A 275/50R-15 would be about the same as those 26x10.5-15's.

My best advice for you is to keep your street tires and buy another set of rims for some full-boogie slicks. I prefer the MT ET Drags, myself. They require little or no burnout and seem to last a long time. It seems like Camaro rims are plentiful at the junkyards.

If you try to get the best of both worlds, you're going to get screwed either at the track trying to hook up, or getting a lot of highway miles out of them.

oh yeah...that "L" in the L60 tires is referring to the tread compound. the 10.5 in the tire sizes is supposed to be the width across the tread of the tire.

Good luck on the Nova!

How well do they prep your local track? If they put down alot of VHT then you should be able to hook on some well heated Nitto or BFG drag radials (I've cut 1.60 60' times on Nittos).. But if they half ass prep the track then its hit or miss.. So I agree with VETTKLR that it would probably be best to get some ET streets or ET drags mounted on spare rims and just swap them at the track.

problem is, i'm always at the track by myself, i'm already weighed down enough by the tools i lug along. besides, i'd rather have a car that i can drive to the strip, run, and go home in without having to change anything (except removing the mufflers, coz it's worth it ;)) i'll think about it though, i'm not putting out any real power just yet... maybe i can chain my street tires to a lamp post or something while i race, lol...

as for the track, i don't know what track i'll be seeing in north jersey. this was my last time at LACR, which is definitely half assed. it's a difficult track to race on - they never use any vht, there's usually a 20-25 mph crosswind or headwind, and water all over the place, not to mention it's high 3800 foot altitude.

vettklr - so if 'L' refers to the tread compound, how is it different than 'G' or 'F'? harder? softer? or?

one more question - if a 26*10.5 is like a 275, am i correct in assuming that a 26*9.5 would be like a 255? i'm pretty sure that would fit if i'm able to find cheap rims with that extra inch of offset. i keep hitting the yards, but with no luck yet :(

Judging by your mph and ET I personally think that Drag radials would get you better times, wrinkle walls such as slicks or ET streets will actually hurt your times with a stock converter and high gears. When I had a stock geared and stock convetered L-98 with bolt ons I ran worse on wrinkle walls, I switched to BFG Dr's and gaind about 2 mph and dropped a tenth in the 1/4!

vettklr - so if 'L' refers to the tread compound, how is it different than 'G' or 'F'? harder? softer? or?

Tell me what kinda tire you got the letter off of and I'll do some research on all the types I can find.