275 tires

Anybody got any experience with the 275's. I'm not looking to run any radial classes but have heard they take alot more hits than a 28 10.5 slick. I imagine they are harder to hook as well.

your gonna have to backhalf it now lol.

richter69 wrote:your gonna have to backhalf it now lol.

gay...

soupbean wrote:Anybody got any experience with the 275's. I'm not looking to run any radial classes but have heard they take alot more hits than a 28 10.5 slick. I imagine they are harder to hook as well.

As with a slick, it all depends on the amount of power you are putting down and how hard the car hits the tires. They will last longer (if comparing the 2 and being equal) than a slick...

That being said, harder to hook is relative to what you know about SS stuff and how the car is working now. Getting a car to work well on a DR will require a different setup that a slick. Do some searches with my name and youll get a bunch of info

lots of guys that have 29.5 x 10.5 / 28 's that go to that 275 slick can throw more power at her from the start and love them , more stability on the back half of the run ..... some tracks have a marginal setup/prep even slicks have issues

bruno wrote:lots of guys that have 29.5 x 10.5 / 28 's that go to that 275 slick can throw more power at her from the start and love them , more stability on the back half of the run ..... some tracks have a marginal setup/prep even slicks have issues

True story ^^^^^

I've never driven a back-half car though so I can't tell ya how that feels

yellowhorse7 wrote:

bruno wrote:lots of guys that have 29.5 x 10.5 / 28 's that go to that 275 slick can throw more power at her from the start and love them , more stability on the back half of the run ..... some tracks have a marginal setup/prep even slicks have issues

True story ^^^^^

I've never driven a back-half car though so I can't tell ya how that feels

No back half here nor will this car ever be. SS and plain jane was always and this is the plan. I do love the look of the 275's and have heard from MT reps that alot of slick guys were switching over. Just thought it was MT bs but the double life part caught my attention. Better top end stability does make sence too. The hooking part was what I was worried about after what I went through last year with the 3055s.

soupbean wrote:

yellowhorse7 wrote:

bruno wrote:lots of guys that have 29.5 x 10.5 / 28 's that go to that 275 slick can throw more power at her from the start and love them , more stability on the back half of the run ..... some tracks have a marginal setup/prep even slicks have issues

True story ^^^^^

I've never driven a back-half car though so I can't tell ya how that feels

No back half here nor will this car ever be. SS and plain jane was always and this is the plan. I do love the look of the 275's and have heard from MT reps that alot of slick guys were switching over. Just thought it was MT bs but the double life part caught my attention. Better top end stability does make sence too. The hooking part was what I was worried about after what I went through last year with the 3055s.

Don't be so quick to blame the 3055s.....I can go 1.teens all day on that tire. Just takes work and testing...

yellowhorse7 wrote:

soupbean wrote:

yellowhorse7 wrote:

bruno wrote:lots of guys that have 29.5 x 10.5 / 28 's that go to that 275 slick can throw more power at her from the start and love them , more stability on the back half of the run ..... some tracks have a marginal setup/prep even slicks have issues

True story ^^^^^

I've never driven a back-half car though so I can't tell ya how that feels

No back half here nor will this car ever be. SS and plain jane was always and this is the plan. I do love the look of the 275's and have heard from MT reps that alot of slick guys were switching over. Just thought it was MT bs but the double life part caught my attention. Better top end stability does make sence too. The hooking part was what I was worried about after what I went through last year with the 3055s.

Don't be so quick to blame the 3055s.....I can go 1.teens all day on that tire. Just takes work and testing...

That's my point. Had a lot of trouble with the 3055s @800hp. With the new 1000hp deal I know I have a season full of tuning. Not even going to bother with points racing, just focus on getting the car happy. I'm interested I. The 275 tire. Being a tuning year anyway, I guess I'm asking if its worth the hassle to go to a 275 that I have I now experience with or stick with the 3055s, get that down, then start the 275 battle.

iPhone ain't working with me but I think you see what I'm saying. 275 off the rip or stick with what we have been doing, get it down, then switch to 275

soupbean wrote:iPhone ain't working with me but I think you see what I'm saying. 275 off the rip or stick with what we have been doing, get it down, then switch to 275

Well if its going to be a testing year anyway, I'd put a radial on it. In the long run you'll like it better. As stated before though, it will take testing. It will also make it easier if you have a some tunable parts I.e. DA shocks in the rear, possibly limiters in the front (may not be needed), a few springs of different rates on hand and a good video person. I think last year you started to get some good video but that will help a bunch when your looking for help online

yellowhorse7 wrote:

soupbean wrote:iPhone ain't working with me but I think you see what I'm saying. 275 off the rip or stick with what we have been doing, get it down, then switch to 275

Well if its going to be a testing year anyway, I'd put a radial on it. In the long run you'll like it better. As stated before though, it will take testing. It will also make it easier if you have a some tunable parts I.e. DA shocks in the rear, possibly limiters in the front (may not be needed), a few springs of different rates on hand and a good video person. I think last year you started to get some good video but that will help a bunch when your looking for help online

x2 plus adding ballast in the right places ......

Why limit your self to a 275? You can go much larger with drag radials.

Jess

Mustang-junky wrote:Why limit your self to a 275? You can go much larger with drag radials.

Jess

Because I admire getting power down on a small tire. I love that "sleeper" appeal...

yellowhorse7 wrote:

soupbean wrote:iPhone ain't working with me but I think you see what I'm saying. 275 off the rip or stick with what we have been doing, get it down, then switch to 275

Well if its going to be a testing year anyway, I'd put a radial on it. In the long run you'll like it better. As stated before though, it will take testing. It will also make it easier if you have a some tunable parts I.e. DA shocks in the rear, possibly limiters in the front (may not be needed), a few springs of different rates on hand and a good video person. I think last year you started to get some good video but that will help a bunch when your looking for help online

We video every pass and will have a data logger this year. I have the parts (DA's, several spring rate packages, within 20 lbs side to side bias, limiters, decent CG and IC, although an unhelping front/rear bias of around 57/43) but have to learn to use the information to make it all work together. Could use some help. Gonna be at SGMP in Feb?

soupbean wrote:

yellowhorse7 wrote:

soupbean wrote:iPhone ain't working with me but I think you see what I'm saying. 275 off the rip or stick with what we have been doing, get it down, then switch to 275

Well if its going to be a testing year anyway, I'd put a radial on it. In the long run you'll like it better. As stated before though, it will take testing. It will also make it easier if you have a some tunable parts I.e. DA shocks in the rear, possibly limiters in the front (may not be needed), a few springs of different rates on hand and a good video person. I think last year you started to get some good video but that will help a bunch when your looking for help online

We video every pass and will have a data logger this year. I have the parts (DA's, several spring rate packages, within 20 lbs side to side bias, limiters, decent CG and IC, although an unhelping front/rear bias of around 57/43) but have to learn to use the information to make it all work together. Could use some help. Gonna be at SGMP in Feb?

Sounds like your already ahead of the game. Just remember that small changes make huge differences.

I have both 275 /60 /15 mt pro and reg. Pro is 100% better. Also have 29.5/10.50 mt slick. Slick will break loose sometimes about 100mph, moves around a lot even with 12# . On a 2000 mustang 521 bbf

v-twin wrote:I have both 275 /60 /15 mt pro and reg. Pro is 100% better. Also have 29.5/10.50 mt slick. Slick will break loose sometimes about 100mph, moves around a lot even with 12# . On a 2000 mustang 521 bbf

How would you compare the radial to the slick if the pro wasn't in the pictue?

I ran the Old M.T. 275 when they 1st came out, have had 2 sets of the Hoosier 275 since and now have been running the 275Pro. If I could have hooked up on a poor track surface all the time, I would have stayed with the 1st gen MT, as it lasted a long time and was very stable at speed. At my power level I can't say I have seen much difference in performance between the Hoosier and the new M.T.-the new MT is a little larger and has a greater circumference and growth at speed. A co worker recently switched from his 275Pro which were about done and went to 3055s slick because he thought it would work better in the Summer Heat. Car run's 5.50's, and haven't seen any improvement with low 1.20's in the 60ft.

Matt Jewell wrote:I ran the Old M.T. 275 when they 1st came out, have had 2 sets of the Hoosier 275 since and now have been running the 275Pro. If I could have hooked up on a poor track surface all the time, I would have stayed with the 1st gen MT, as it lasted a long time and was very stable at speed. At my power level I can't say I have seen much difference in performance between the Hoosier and the new M.T.-the new MT is a little larger and has a greater circumference and growth at speed. A co worker recently switched from his 275Pro which were about done and went to 3055s slick because he thought it would work better in the Summer Heat. Car run's 5.50's, and haven't seen any improvement with low 1.20's in the 60ft.

Thanks for the feedback Matt!

We switched from a slick to the 275 pro and will never go back to a slick. Car weights 3250# SB 118mm turbo been 5.0s with 1.26 60'. We're going to run PSCA XDR stuff so we put on 315s and so far we can't get them to work as good as the 275 pro.

3754r 275 tire. What kind of air pressure does this tire like?

yellowhorse7... whatbumper... anybody???

I am running the 3754x tire and run them at 17.6lbs

Sorry. Been trying to get ready for x275 race at Denton this weekend. Have a couple of customers taking cars out. How we set up cars the air pressure depends on multiple factors. On the old tire we run between 15-20 and the new tire its between 17-19. I know that seems broad but every car is different. What's your car weigh again? I know you've cut a lot out.