For those who run slicks autocross/drag

[festivaWES]

Just taking a show of hands to who has ran the biggest (widest) tire.

i plan on getting some 22.5 x 7.5 x 13 hoosiers r25a if money permits

Woot....just scored a whole set for 195 shipped to my door!! YES, EBAY

[floydiancomplex]

I have a set of 20" x 9.5" x 13 hoosiers I got from a autoX buddy, look like they will fit if I
run a 13x7 wheel with 4" BS. I have trimmed off the original spring perches when I installed
my coilovers so i got an extra 1.25" of inner clearance. I think Kyle said he was running
215/50 x 13 and only had rubbing with 2 people in the car. since his are a little over 8" wide
your 7.5's should clear without to much trouble. His Latest pics show he left the perch intact. - Chris

[festivaWES]

sweet mine should be here before next friday, which is drag day down at perris,CA I'm gonna be running mine on those civic VX rims which are now painted red. I'm throwing to slicks on the vx's and 2 on the apachie's. I'll just run sumitomos for back tires.

[festivaWES]

are your r25a...the softest compound also??

[floydiancomplex]

yeah thats the compound. I still need to find a cheap set of wheels but Aero sold out of the overstock
they had.

[Silv3rBull3t]

Yeah, I'm running 215/50/13's on 13x8 Diamond Racing wheels... The actual tread width is 8.5" on a 7" wide wheel so I would imagine just a bit wider.. Congrats on getting the Hoosiers!!

Chris, you know running straight bias ply tires only permits you to run in a Prepared class at SCCA events right?? Either way it would be worth it, just that you probably would not have any competition.. -Kyle

[floydiancomplex]

My car is Prepared (actually I should be running XP which is basically an outlaw class). I had gutted
the car and tossed most of the interior before I got an SCCA rule book. I am currently running FSP
because the club I run with is not actually SCCA and when I showed at the first event they classed
me without ever looking at the car. I plan on switching to XP after the next event when I get booted
from the novice class. My car is completely illegal as far as Street Prepared is concerned its just that
nobody really cares in my club. The problem running XP is not lack of competition but that in a class
where the only thing you can't do is change driveline orientation (i.e FWD to RWD) I am completely
underpowered and overweight. I need another 75 horses and a 200 lb diet. Overall though I am more
worried about what a 9.5" slick will due to my driveline, with that much grip I can already hear
the shearing of metal inside my tranny. - Chris

[Silv3rBull3t]

Eh slicks aren't going to tear your tranny up, you don't have enough power to worry about any of that. Put 'em on and have fun!!! -Kyle