Looking for slicks
The car I'm building is a striped down 1970 Cuda (The car was built Pro Stock in the 70s) I'm looking for a slick for a 2900 lb Modified drag car running approx 1200 horse. The car can fit a 32x14 inch slick. Phoenix measures favorably on the section width (16.5") which is close to the max the Cuda's wheelwells will allow. From this 16.5" sidewall width Phoenix makes a tire with a 14.2" tread width. This is the widest tread width inside a 16.5" overall width I've seen (including Good Year, Hoosier, Mickey Thompson and MMH Racemasters) Can Phoenix hold up in a sub 9 second car?
At the Phoenix website, Phoenix says they has dealt with all manufacturing problems that they had in the past (I'm wondering if they are referring to Firestone's problems)
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Cory Johnson