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Semi Slicks For Drags, To Much For Factory Driveline

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Jayden.K

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i want to get some semi slicks for the drags so i can hammer it off the line with bugger all wheel spin, but i have had a few people say that they have to much grip and either you will break you driveline or wreck you clutch (3000 rpm launch i do). anyone had experience??

hd clutch and currently have 210rwkw but soon will have around 250rwkw +

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If you can't launch well with 250rwkw on street tyres, you are doing it wrong :P

Put it this way - I was doing 8200rpm launch limiter launches with 4x 275/17 Hossier Drag radials and 360rwkw in my GTR - I broke the front diff after about 30-40 of them in 2 days and put some wear wear on the clutch a $2000 Nismo Coppermix (which had already seen a good 200+ launches, and 3-4 years of work).

With 250rwkw and RWD you should be fine as long as the clutch is decent. If you have a cheap clutch and do some big RPM launches, then expect it to end badly.

Piggaz Grand Master

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Does your coppermix fade at all Ash? I got a single plate one, wondering how it'll like launching with drag radials and 330kw..

Nope... bog a launch and try again 5 seconds later and it still has no issues.

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lol... Almost...

Does your coppermix fade at all Ash? I got a single plate one, wondering how it'll like launching with drag radials and 330kw..

It did get a bit stinky if I did 2-3 runs back to back - and I'm talking full 8200rpm launches on radials. It was also near death so that wouldn't have been helping.

When doing normal launches on street tyres, it was a walk in the park - could do them back to back no drama.

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If you can't launch well with 250rwkw on street tyres, you are doing it wrong :P Put it this way - I was doing 8200rpm launch limiter launches with 4x 275/17 Hossier Drag radials and 360rwkw in my GTR - I broke the front diff after about 30-40 of them in 2 days and put some wear wear on the clutch a $2000 Nismo Coppermix (which had already seen a good 200+ launches, and 3-4 years of work). With 250rwkw and RWD you should be fine as long as the clutch is decent. If you have a cheap clutch and do some big RPM launches, then expect it to end badly.

+1

There's more to preventing wheel spin than just tyres though, you can have 300 wide slicks it'll be useless if you have stock suspension and 5 degrees negative camber.

~180rwkw, Exedy HD clutch, stock NA box, tailshaft, diff etc. Wanted to run sub 9 seconds (1/8th) in a %100 street trim/street-to-track car. Had big traction issues first time out due to old cheap worn tyres. Changed to a pair of Goodyear Eagle F1's, done minimum of 30 3-4000rpm launches and using the clutch to prevent the car bogging down, had no driveline issues thus far, clutch and gearbox feel fine. If you have the stock GTT box I doubt you'll have problems unless you drive like an idiot.

tl;dr

-Slicks shouldn't be required

-Suspension and alignment are

-Driveline should be fine if maintained and clutch is up to it

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