Leaking Slicks

[jeremy341a]

I've been told that a car will have quicker reacts with the tubes due to the sideway being stiffer.

[sg3526]

But with tire technology as it is now sidewalls and tires are made to react. You go to any race and walk through the staging lanes and you can count the amount of cars that are running tubes on one hand. It kills your 60' because you have more mass to get moving. Case in point, when I had tubes in my old Vega the 60's were always 1.35-1.36, take the tubes out 1.30-1.31. I haven't ran tubes since.

[Ron Evans]

new guy here. i spent many years working for Firestone Racing. that liquid soap deal is real, but we got it from NASCAR people that did it many years ago. drag slicks are built without innerliner material, that's the stuff in a street tire that lets it be tubeless so the air tends to go through the sidewall. can't answer why the soap does what it does, just that it works. we were taught to use 2 coats and let it dry between coats. hope this helps.

[RimDog]

So. . . next time, I'll use "two" coats, instead of one. . . ..

And I'll let them "dry". . . in between coats. . . . Thank You Sir !!!