Pontiaker

Anyone ever tried it? I have two seasoned Nitto DR's that are now the proper size for the front of my C6 Z06, should I try them on the AutoX? Road course?, No way? They should be ok, just soft sidewalls, maybe run the pressures a little higher than normal hot AutoX pressures? I dont really care if they get torn up and any use I get out of them is a plus.
Thanks
Matt

froggy47

I think it'll be really bad no matter the pressure, but I have never tried it. Try it & let us know.

0Paul Ruggeri

I think the car is going to have some strange handling with DRs on the front and different tires on the back. I once autocrossed my 86 with worn R888s on the front and new ones on the back and it understeered real bad.

spdislife

Kubs

I think it will be a disaster. Youre better off on street tires. The DR construction is made with a soft sidewall for launching the car. It will have adverse effects to an autox car.

shakedown067

Joy of 6

well, it doesn't cost you anything to try it out Maybe you'll set a course record!!

davidfarmer

I don't think they can handle side loading.....but it's up to you. I bet an A6 would be much better

Jason

No.

Pontiaker

Most of your comments are pretty much what I was thinking but did you see the big like 74 GM A body the Hot Rod built as an AutoX car? They ran four DR's on it and it worked ok. I might have the put on for now just to see whats its like until my new tires get here.

Thanks for your posts.
Matt

VetteDrmr

Heck, it's an experiment, what have you got to lose? Not knowing what you've got on the back end makes it a total crapshoot from our perspective, but still, try it!

I can't tell you how many times I've been lectured on the impending disaster of running 275s up front and 305s and 315s rear on my wagon wheels.

Never had any problems.

I agree with your premise of running more pressure than normal, just use the old chalk method to keep the sidewalls from grinding away.

Let us know how things work out!
Mike

John Shiels

200 psi if you have a guage to go that high

RacePro Engineering

Well, we once purchased a very nice roadrace car from an individual, and it came with three sets of wheels: two sets had Hoosier R3S03s and 04s mounted on them, and the third set had Hoosier stock car dirt track tires. Now VERY curious, I inquired as to why. The former owner said, almost bursting with pride, "Those are for the rain."

Ed LoPresti

GS651

They are branded 'Dirt Stockers'. They are VERY soft and move water very well. The sidewalls aren't THAT soft but are indeed designed for roadracing. They have been replaced by the 'road racing wet' and 'radial wet' from Hoosier.

Drag Radials on the front of a solo car could be bad. What if you blew a bead and killed a rim?

- Andy

RacePro Engineering

Andy,

Are we to understand that a Hoosier oval dirt track tire was
[1] "designed for roadracing", AND it
[2] has "been replaced by the 'road racing wet' and 'radial wet' "?

Does Hoosier know about this? I am certain we would all like to hear more.

Ed

GS651

The constuction went from a non-DOT to a DOT late in the life of the Dirt Stocker. When it was discontinued, the Radial Wet and Road Racing Wet were introduced.

They were indeed listed under the 'road racing' section of the Hoosier site. It's weird nomenclature for sure.

Unfortunatly, they were only available late in their life in smaller sizes whil ethey were being phased out as the Wets ramped up and are now totally unavailable now that the DOT and non-DOT are available.

redtopz

Nitto DR's are designed for combo street/drag use. I'm pretty sure you won't have any disasters on the auto-x course, although they won't be the best tire for that application. I used to have DR's on my gto for street use and never had a problem taking sharp turns in a 3800 lb car. What size are the wheels/tires? The less sidewall the better and like you said, keep the pressures up a little. Just think, you'll be able to stop on a dime .