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Originally Posted by SJT97GTS
Manny,
Glad you're happy with them (sorta)! I had them on my car for a week and couldn't stand it. I felt like I had no control over the car. At the track, they were sweet! I'm glad they hook up for you, now let us know what kinda times you get with the different setups. I'm interested to see what kind of difference in times each type of tires make.
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You had the sport cups on for street use and couldn't stand them? If so, that is amazing. I have yet to put regular pilots on my S/C car, but this car feels more stable than my other car with the pilots -- but then again, the other car is a Gen I. As for drag times, my sport cups would not hook up for squat at the track. I got 3 runs in with them -- the first I went easy as I didn't have the appropriate safety gear to run any faster than 12 seconds, and with 500 cars at the track, they were eager to boot people out who violated safety issues, so I rolled off the line easy, shifted into 2nd easy, then punched it, got a little spin and clicked off a 12.1 @ 129. The 2nd run which was about 4 hours later I decided might be my last, so I was going to go all out, but I bogged the car bad -- similar time and trap. I did manage to get in a 3rd and final run, but by this time it was getting real cold, there was a head wind, and I went through the water and did a rolling burnout. D'uh! Tires were wet. I spun 1st through 3rd gear half way down the track -- similar et and trap as before. So, that is my 1/4 mile track experience with sport cups. Don't use them at the drags -- mount drag radials if you have them. But then again, you have guys here in this forum that are clicking off 10 second ET's with stock tires. GAWD!
When you say you felt like you had no control over the car on the street, what do you mean by that? I notice no pulling or dragging from the tires. When I had the Drag Radials mounted on the rear, the tires wanted to pull me into every little groove in the road, and the car just felt slippery. I run my sport cups at about 28 PSI for street use. I ran the drag radials on the street at 25 PSI and 30 PSI -- both felt uncomfortable.