slicks - Honda Prelude Forum

gold67 · 05-10-2006, 01:45 PM

Anyone know of a Good drag tire? I am looking at the Kumho line of pro track/ drag tires, but I have no idea what to get. Any ideas?

JP Page · 05-10-2006, 02:26 PM

mickey thompson. I'll look into sizes when i go back to work.

JP Page · 05-10-2006, 02:36 PM

i just checked online and it looks like the ET Drag in a 22.0/8.0-15 would work great. Shouls fit fine on on 15x7's. Not sure on the price.

gold67 · 05-10-2006, 04:16 PM

what about on the stock 5th gen 16x6.5?

JP Page · 05-10-2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by gold67

what about on the stock 5th gen 16x6.5?

probably not much out there. I don't think anything from a high performance drag slick will fit. Maybe a street drag tire.

2 15's wouldn't cost all that much.

Also, where did u find info about kumho drag slicks? I didn't even know they made drag tires.

JP Page · 05-11-2006, 05:48 AM

Ok, I did some searching and didn't find anything to fit the stock size. Not even a street drag from BFG or Nitto.

gold67 · 05-11-2006, 07:08 AM

tire rack shows that kumho has these tires

ECSTA R700

ECSTA V700

ECSTA V710

VictoRacer V700

here is the page on em,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/kumho/kumho.jsp

JP Page · 05-11-2006, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gold67

tire rack shows that kumho has these tires

ECSTA R700

ECSTA V700

ECSTA V710

VictoRacer V700

here is the page on em,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/kumho/kumho.jsp

Those are all track/auto-x tires. they would work for drag but you will get much better performance out of a drag slick.

You may also want to think about an LSD so if you do get some slicks you can get them both heated up with a burn out.

gold67 · 05-11-2006, 05:47 PM

well a 1k lsd is a little more than what I wanted to do this summer. I might have to wait till the new motor is built

aklucsarits · 05-19-2006, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gold67

tire rack shows that kumho has these tires

ECSTA R700

ECSTA V700

ECSTA V710

VictoRacer V700

here is the page on em,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/kumho/kumho.jsp

Those Kumhos are all roadrace/autoX tires. They are going to suck for drag racing because they have really stiff sidwalls to maximize the tire contact patch for LATERAL traction. But In drag racing you want a softer sidewall to maximize the tire contact patch for FORWARD traction. Your average street tire will probably be better for drag race than any of the Kuhmo R-compounds.

Either use street tires, a drag radial, or drag slicks for drag racing; but don't waste your money on the Kumho R-compounds you listed.

Andrew