Best Wheel/Tire setup for track?

[Jaybone]

Right now im running 225/45/18's, and i know that is killing my 1/4mi time.. what is the best size setup for the track...
i plan to buy 2 cheep wheels for the front, with slicks.. what size should i get...

when i was at the track last time i saw a stock looking Jetta with these WIDE tires easily past his fenders, looked like a 15 or 16 inch wheel.. he pulled off a 11.9 if i remember correctly.. with minimal wheel spin.. (he had some turbo in there)

 

[NDgsx]

Look at M&H slicks, extreme has them. They come in a 24.5" tall size.

 

[Luke@tirerack]

"Right now im running 225/45/18's"

Are you sure? because, that tire is 26" tall and the proper size for your Eclipse is 25" tall (225/40-18). If you can run a 26" tall tire you may want to get some16" steel wheels and run a 255/50-16 ... although it is not the best diameter for the car your wheel spin issues will be resolved .... if you can find a 25" diameter drag radial like a 245/45-16 that would even be better. We carry the BFG Drag radials and they do not offer that size. I do not think that you can get a 15" wheel that will clear the brakes on a GST model.

 

[Jaybone]

i'll double check on my tire size tonight...
but a 16inch steel wheel is the right way to go? what width? 16x7.5?

 

[Luke@tirerack]

I would probably use a 16x7

 

[NDgsx]

Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
[BI do not think that you can get a 15" wheel that will clear the brakes on a GST model. [/B]

Luke, if you get a wheel with a tight radius on the inside of the spokes, and a pretty low offset (37-40mm if I remember right) 15" wheels will clear. A few local GST owners have 15" wheels.
15" wheels came stock on the GVR4 which had the 10.8" rotors and 2 piston calipers that came on the 2G AWDs. The GST only has a 10" rotor. So *some* 15" wheels will fit.

 

[BrnOutKing]

Luke@tirerack.

What size "Slick" type tires can I get for my 96 GS-T Stock Rims....

Nitto's, BF, Hoosier. etc....


What's the cost?

My work computer blocks tireracks site so I can't look things up.

-brian

 

[Luke@tirerack]

The only "drag slick" we carry is the BFG Drag Radial and they do not offer a size suitable for the OE wheel on a GST. Sorry,

 

[LASERLX]

Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
The only "drag slick" we carry is the BFG Drag Radial and they do not offer a size suitable for the OE wheel on a GST. Sorry,

...when did a bfg drag radial become a drag slick