Les

Once a year I get to drag race at the nearby airport in my region. There, I get to play in both my avatar car and the '69 Vette. This year I may also take a buddy up on his offer to trailer the '69 Vette to the nearest drag strip, which is 2 hours away. The crew I race against at the airport gets more serious every year- I love it! But what this means is that I need to do what I can to stay in the game. Just about everybody has front skinnies, not to mention forced induction and hits of nitrous.

So, I've spent a fair part of the day trying to find a skinny 26" tall radial tire to put on the skinny wheels I want to buy. There are plenty of choices in bias ply tires but not many in radials. They're either short, as in 24", or too wide to really make a difference. I need radials because I'm running MT drag radials out back.

Does anybody know of a skinny 26" radial? I'm hoping someone has been through this, or knows someone who has, and has found a good option. Thanks!

C3 Stroker

MT makes them, available at Summit or Jeg's....https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mtt-6652

lars

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/d...et-front#sizes

427Hotrod

If you want the low rolling resistance of a drag tire...the bias will drive fine at the track. The racing tires are rounded like a motorcycle tire and have little rubber in contact. perfect for straightline stuff. I've got Mickey Thompsons on mine.

Otherwise some VW tires work OK...but aren't too tall.

JIM

ajrothm

cv67

I use these FT on a 5.5" rim and use the 8 ply. Its stiff, but sidewall makes it drive better. Cant let em sit too long or the flat stop but drive out quick.

Les

Thanks to all for the info.

Yessir, that's the one I've been eyeballing. It's almost 6" wide. I was hoping for less width but I think that's about as good as it'll get in a radial.
Thanks Jim. Another track guy mentioned the VW tires but I couldn't find anything much above about 25" tall. As for running bias tires, I'm a bit gun shy. A long time ago I used to run bias Sportsman Pros on the back of the '69 with radials on the front and from about half track on it was doing a wicked scary dance. I don't know if reversing the mix would eliminate the problem.
Thanks Alan. That last part is definitely something I'll look into.

GUSTO14

Les, Chevrolet made a 5" X 15" rally wheel back in the 60's that was used on some of the sedans that were ordered with disc brakes. They look and fit the Corvette disc brakes just like the normal Corvette rally wheel. They do use a narrower trim ring but accept the standard center caps.

I stumbled across a pair back in 1970 that I planned to use on my '63 when I was drag racing it, but never got around to it. They're not easy to find, but they are out there.

I just noticed that Coker is offering them in 5"X15" now.

Good luck... GUSTO

427Hotrod

Be careful...you'll end up with a similar pile of tires for various events like I have. LOL

JIM

Les

LOL, I've seen tire stores with less inventory than that!

Les

Awesome, thanks. I'll check it out.