Thread: Finally, I did something useful with my polished torque stars...

Put on a set of 26/9.50/16 Hoosier Quick Time Pros...












Hope to use them in a month or two...

so you used some skinny rims for slicks? come on, youre better than that.

Ummm, lots and lots of people use these same rims, same size, same tires on FWD GTPs for many years (longer than you've been around). Do some research before you speak Mr. Wannabe GP expert.

BTW, why do I need wide tires and wide rims? Not running a 10 sec RWD car. LOL....

cause you want to be able to slam the pedal to the ground and still not spin the tires?

And many can do that with this setup. Check it out, ClubGP is the place. Alot of info over there about the QTPs. Many have been running QTPs for YEARS on torque stars 26/9.50/16. Hell, Street Wolf has a set too and he had such good things to say about them, I saved up and got my own! LOL. I've always wanted a set of these, now I can't wait to use them. I built my tranny just to be able to run these bad boys.

I think they'll be just fine for me. Now if I shoot for 10s, maybe i'll need to think of something else (BTW, i'm never shooting for 10s, at least not in this car and this platform)....

Originally Posted by GINOSGTP

I have the same tires on the same rims and been using them with little to no spin ......and you can slam the pedal down right from the hop! Good choice in tires you wont be dissapointed

Nice! Thats what i've heard. It'll be alot better using these than street tires, not only wearing them out so fast but actully being able to hook instead of spinning through second will be nice change! LOL!

I got a few more tweaks and bugs to work out before I can finally use them, soon...

Originally Posted by matt5112

Just because people have been doing it for years, does not make it a good idea.

Means its been proven many times to work and work well. I suppose I could of went with something that wouldn't work.

Originally Posted by QwikGT

nice choice shawn! im waiting to pick up my set soon. except mine will be mounted on my black torque stars

Sweet! Look forward to seeing and hearing your results with them. I'm eagar to use them, there beside my car in my garage mocking me every day

I can try them out for ya

how many passes can you make on them before there junk? keeping the burn outs light of course. I know ill need some next year when i turn the boost up to 15psi+!

lets see some pics of them on the car. i think they look sick!

Depending on the burnouts and if you use them on the street at all, they can last a long time. Obviously most of use don't need to do a big time John Force burnout. Also I hear they drive real horrible on a FWD car. To make them last, I'll just use them at the track. I don't street race anymore, so there really no point in driving around with them on.

I'll get some pics of them on the car, probably at the track. I'm too lazy to slap them on for nothing! LOL

Why the flames people?? QTP's on Torque Stars or the crosslace rims - are really the way to go. how wide of a rim is "ideal" for GP's to run?? Who knows? Personally - it's more about track prep, tire pressure and ability to launch correctly...the slicks will do their job regardless of how "skinny" the rim is...unless of course you pull the rim off of your Schwinn...then you have a problem.

Check it out, ClubGP is the place.

Shawn - love ya man...but never again...mmmk?



-Swash

LOL, so true Swash.

I guess since the search over there doesn't work worth a damn anyway, probably couldn't find any of the good QTP threads over there! LOL.

Nice!
Now only if you had those when i had my car then i could make a real run down the track with out a 4+ second 60'

Originally Posted by Toofastgs

Nice!
Now only if you had those when i had my car then i could make a real run down the track with out a 4+ second 60'

Yeah, I figure it a waste to go to the track anymore, without a good pair of slicks....