Continuation of Thread: Drag race - Kirkham 65 side-oiler vs Ferrari 458 Italia

[Excaliber]

Ah,,, there it is, they are G7's (I'm pretty sure?).

Yup, factory treaded, but just barely. They really are a "race" tire cleverly disquised as a street tire. Their almost as good as the full blown road race yellow letter slicks. An excellent choice for a high horse power street driven Cobra. For some reason they are not a very common choice among Cobra owners, which I think has led to some confusion. They are a BIG tire and present clearance issues on some Cobra's.

They are BIGGER than the yellow letter slicks which just barely clear on my car! I don't think I could run G7's. Kirkhams have great clearance, early ERA's, not so much.

Well done Dan. You know when you posted some of your early 1/4 mile ET's in the 13 range, I thought you were going down in flames man. It was a dark moment and certainly added to the suspense.

[tin-man]

[quote=Excaliber;1115656]Ah,,, there it is, they are G7's (I'm pretty sure?).

Yup, factory treaded, but just barely. They really are a "race" tire cleverly disquised as a street tire. Their almost as good as the full blown road race yellow letter slicks. An excellent choice for a high horse power street driven Cobra.

Excaliber, I have sent you a PM.

Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man, Zhuhai P.R.C.

[blitzforce]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Ah,,, there it is, they are G7's (I'm pretty sure?).

Yup, factory treaded, but just barely. They really are a "race" tire cleverly disquised as a street tire. Their almost as good as the full blown road race yellow letter slicks. An excellent choice for a high horse power street driven Cobra. For some reason they are not a very common choice among Cobra owners, which I think has led to some confusion. They are a BIG tire and present clearance issues on some Cobra's.

They are BIGGER than the yellow letter slicks which just barely clear on my car! I don't think I could run G7's. Kirkhams have great clearance, early ERA's, not so much.

Well done Dan. You know when you posted some of your early 1/4 mile ET's in the 13 range, I thought you were going down in flames man. It was a dark moment and certainly added to the suspense.

You have the wrong tire again, they easily fit in the wheel well, however they arn't disguised as a street tire at all, they say right on the tire not legal for highway use. They are an inch smaller than the billboards height wise, I just googled it and this is a picture http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Goody...esQQxZ31QQyZ10

[OZCOBRA]

Kudos Dan.....For me you were always going to win at least one if in not more!!!
.....as you posted re; the 2nd bet I reckon you played it with some real smarts!!!.... would have been real easy for the untrained gambler to get caught up in the emotion of such a prize to be had !!!....still a good bluff !!!

It was also great to see both of you get down the 1/4 safe and fast.

Finally you have both contributed to an awesome thread here and thanks for persisting with all the early negativity and rewarding those that embraced your postings and really look forward seeing the future events you guys host!!!

OZ

[Stentor]

Originally Posted by blitzforce

however they arn't disguised as a street tire at all, they say right on the tire not legal for highway use.

The Goodyear Billboards have the same/similar verbiage on them, Blitz.

[DMXF]

Originally Posted by blitzforce

You have the wrong tire again, they easily fit in the wheel well, however they arn't disguised as a street tire at all, they say right on the tire not legal for highway use. They are an inch smaller than the billboards height wise, I just googled it and this is a picture http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Goody...esQQxZ31QQyZ10

Dan - Ernie and others are having a hard time figuring out what you ran because no one else really refers to those tires as "grooved slicks". They are G7 vintage treaded road race tires, which don't use the most modern compounds and construction attributes - it's quite surprising you did as well as you did in the drag race with them. Look at the sizes on the sidewall, are they marked 6.00x15 front and 8.00x15 rear?

Before you go on a road course again I strongly recommend you put a set of real grooved slicks on, listed on Roger Kraus' web site as "C-2" under "Cobra tires": http://rogerkrausracing.com/pages/pricing.html Those who have run these on road courses say they are night and day better than the tires you currently have, not only in grip (seconds a lap faster) but general balance/feel. I like the "Historic Old" tread pattern over the standard pattern Kraus uses (his choice is less time consuming for him): but it's just a personal aesthetic preference. Note that even these slicks are not as good as the most modern 18"-20" rim race slicks.