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Old 05-19-2009   #12
Matt D.
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Re: Help Choosing Tires

I agree with everything Kracka said. You will not get more noticable traction unless you drop to a sub-200 treadwear tire, or go with a drag radial. Even then, you will not get nearly as much straight line traction with a high performance street tire as you would with a drag radial because the sidewalls are very stiff to help increase lateral traction.

My suggestion is look into some cheap wheels and get some drag radials for them and swap them out at the strip, and keep rocking tires like the HTRZIIIs unless you decide you want to start cornering better.
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