FAST getting faster

[Chevy454]

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I wonder if you turned the traction control 'off' and bolted a set of 11 inch slicks on these cars...would..could they run any faster without any other tuning????

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I'm gonna say *yes*...while their 60' times on the Polyglass tires are nothing short of AMAZING (I heard a 1.61 @ Etown last week!), you're still talking about channelling well over 600hp in most cases through a mere 6" wide tread. With a set of slicks they could dial in more HP right from the start, instead of moving it to a more managable point down track...

I wanna say when they had the 3 car "FAST on Slicks" shootout in the middle of Drag Week a couple years ago, they picked up a few tenths & mph by going to the stickies. Just figure they gain 2 tenths in the 60', that's 3 tenths at the other end...