johnnyriviera
Well Known Member
The thing I found with radials is that they don't recover. Bias slick you get that 1/2 -1 turn out of the hole and then go. In my experience (and other peoples I've talked to) radials like to dead hook, and if they don't, they just keep spinning. Yes the big time drag radial guys make them work, but they often have a shock package that rivals the cost of a lot of peoples engines! And to your point A LOT of time on clutch setup that often needs adjustment throughout race day to keep up with the track. I rarely need to adjust base pressure, and when I do need to compensate for track conditions I usually do it with launch RPM.Good shocks go a long way. Stick cars and radials are definitely becoming more popular and people are getting them to work as good and sometimes better. The clutch, shocks, and power management are key. I don’t have the desire to spend a season trying to make radials work. I’ll stick with bias ply. Plus radials aren’t forgiving on a mediocre surface.
That said, I went quite a ways with QA1 double adjustables. Once I dropped into the 9's I went with Menscer shocks and have been very happy.