Best Dirt Drag Tire Setup For Hard Packed Dirt?

[cheater13]

I been having the biggest problem lately choosing a good rear tire setup for my 400ex strictly for drag racing. I haven't decided on a front sprocket either. I think mine is a 15t so if it is, i'll drop it to a 14t probably. And i'll probably run stock 9 inch rims until i get the money to get 9 inch blue labels...

Well, i been told ohtsus, 4 snows, pro wedges, zippers, sandsnakes(would have to run an 8 inch wheel), and turf tamers.. The only problem with some of them are, i can't find who sells pro wedges and zippers. I can get 4 snows for 72 shipped apiece but i keep hearing good and bad about them. I hear that the track has to be just right or they fold and just spin?

I got a pair of ohtsus but they only have about 30-40% tread left so i don't know how they will do.

I had around 80-90% tread on my maxxis razrs the last race and they spun so bad. Even after i lowered the pressure to 1psi, they still spun some.

Here's my setup i ran last drag race and i didn't do the best. I think my best time was around 5.4 at 52mph but i spun so much so i was loosing time:

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/cheater13_photos/ed24c799.jpg

Sorry for the picture editing. It's alittle too bright.
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/cheater13_photos/ca3d9936.jpg

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/cheater13_photos/a0ded5e9.jpg

This girl beat me by 0.008th of a second on her built 450r. I still feel ashamed that a girl beat me. :rolleyes:
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/cheater13_photos/a6a7c2ee.jpg


All help is greatly appreciated. I know John been helpin me through alot of this because he drag races. He referred me to the 4 snows so i might just end up getting them. I just want everyone elses opinions also. I have a drag race in less than 5 weeks so i need to get a pair ordered asap.

[JOHNDOE83]

Were gonna need to see some time slips before we believe you went 5.4

5.4 is a goodtime, I just dont see how with all your extra weight and regular tires you ran that.

Anything is possible and that would be awesome, but you have to prove it....lol.

Are you sure thats a true 300ft track?

[cheater13]

Originally posted by JOHNDOE83
Were gonna need to see some time slips before we believe you went 5.4

5.4 is a goodtime, I just dont see how with all your extra weight and regular tires you ran that.

Anything is possible and that would be awesome, but you have to prove it....lol.

Are you sure thats a true 300ft track?
I ran between 5.4 to 5.8s. 5.5s mainly. I just had sucky starts sometime. And nah, it isn't a true one. I think I heard it was around 270-280ft when they measured it last.

[cheater13]

Bump.

[TacicalRedneck]

Every quad i've seen on craigslist set up for drag racing has had a set of these right here.

http://www.farmandsandtoys.com/images/productimages/P1010127.JPG


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[cheater13]

Yeah I would love to find a pair of those pro wedge IIs but the closest thing to them are the maxxis 4 snows.

[KKiowaTJ]

When I tried to drag my banshee years ago the best rear combo I found to work and hook in anything with correct psi was a set of holeshots that I cut every other lug strip out. Close to a paddle tire and always passed inspection. That or a set of realtors cut the same and run backwards. I'm sure there are a lot better choices nowadays but they were cheap and didn't have too much of a choice. Good luck either way

[JOHNDOE83]

^^ ya those work good to

[cheater13]

KKiowaTJ: Yeah I have some holeshots but they don't have too much tread so their just sittin in my garage and I also heard about them realtors. But thanks man, I appreciate it.



John: You won't believe what I found....

One set of 4 snows with steel rims ( He said the rims were wide so they didn't expand awhole lot)

One set of pro wedge IIs with 1 rim.

4 snows - $50
Pro wedge IIs - $30

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp47/cheater13_photos/3275c5cc.jpg



What you think? He used them two times and he said they are pretty much new. He also had some balloon tires with studs but they were 25 in height! I never heard of them "wider rims" though that he has on the 4 snows. The guy is only two states away which is about 3 hours. I think it's kinda worth it though. :D

[Pittsburgh400ex]

Whats the track conditions exactly? Title says hard packed dirt..i think of tight clay when i read that. Like flattrack/TT. Think about running a set of american racers? Made to powerslide the corners and accelerate on the straights. If its that hard packed...might be worth trying.

[cheater13]

It's not clay, it's packed dirt. They don't plow it or nothing. They just flatten it and where we start, they just take it cause ruts form.

You might be able to tell in my pictures.

[Pittsburgh400ex]

Ok well that looks pretty loose to me. It's alot of personal preference and your experiance on your quad. Though we may all have the same atv in this forum...they are not all the same. That said..if it were me and didnt mind dropping the big money on weak sidewall/plyed tires...id use the stock radial ohtsu's. I've never had a tire that grabbed and hooked up like those things. And ill take that to the grave man lol. I could never keep a sidewall let alone air in them.

[cheater13]

Yeah I know what you mean man. But i did get some ohtsus but they only have about 40% tread so I doubt they would hook up.

[cheater13]

Up.

[cheater13]

Bump.

[TacicalRedneck]

So for a soft pack, you want a soft compound tire?

And for hard pack, you want a hard compound tire?

Is that the way it goes??


How about a normal 20x10x9 goldspeed sx in hard compund??? Or do the drag racers want somthing bigger than a 20??

How would itp mudlites do???

[JOHNDOE83]

http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/81/165/723/3011/17494/Duro-HF245-Sport-ATV-Tire

These are designed for hard pack flat track racing.

[cheater13]

Originally posted by JOHNDOE83
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/43/81/165/723/3011/17494/Duro-HF245-Sport-ATV-Tire

These are designed for hard pack flat track racing.
Yeah, my friend had them on his predator but he got rid of it awhile ago.


But what do you think I should do between them pro wedge and 4 snow tires that I posted the question about?

[cheater13]

Bump.

[Pittsburgh400ex]

Go buy brand new otshu radials. If you dont like em ill buy them off you to do burnouts with.

[2001400exrida]

I think it's funny that the stock ohtsu's that come on the 400ex's are such a great dirt drag tire. They look like any old average stock quad tire, yet they hook up like crazy! I've seen guys running them and assumed they were beginners until i saw how well they were hooking up.