Hoosier DO6 compound slick

Purpleheart wrote: Has anyone on here used Hoosier DO6 compound slicks . Do they hook good and what were your ET's , 60fts and weight of the cars that they were used on ? I just bought a set of 29/11/15 Hoosier slicks with the DO6 compound and they don't seem to be as soft as my old 28/11.5/15 M/T slicks and the sidewall is also stiffer . I'm beginning to worry if they will hook like my old M/T's. Paul

HI PAUL I have a 79 Spirit Chassis car runs in s/g. 331 cu SBC.car weight is 2500 lbs I run 29.5/ 11.5w/15 Hoosers with D06 compound, my 60 ft times are 1.22 to 1.29, 5.85 t0 6.0, 108 to 110mph1/8 mile.

Edited by flboatman1 - Jan/26/2015 at 4:50pm

Paul if you have any problem with air lose in the slicks put the tubes back in, the reason I say this is in Nov. 2013 I was running a set of MT slicks on my s/gas 67 nova chassis car no tubes in tires, at the 300 ft mark at the track 1/8 mile. I had the left rear tire go flat car took a hard left hit the wall, went in air, landed backwards and went across track and hit other wall, I repaired car and sold it got the Spirit as partial trade for car. I will never run without tubes again. all drag slicks are tub type tires. here is a couple pic's of my nova, and 1 of Spirit. I put the engine and trans from Nova in Spirit. you should be good with Hoosers.

If that Spirit in the pic can hook with the Hoosier DO6 compound , my 71 AMX should hook . BTW , that Chevy II Nova looks wicked !

Paul

I am running 29.5x10.5W D06 Hoosiers, 60' times with cal-tracs is 1.51 to 1.55 depending on track conditions. It has hooked to a 1.48 but was an ideal night. They are a bit prone to tire shake if you let too much pressure out with cal tracs. This is a 3000 lb car without driver, making between 450 and 500 HP.

Start around 9 to 9.5 lbs and work down until they shake.. I run 8.0 lbs but if the track really hooks they can shake below 8.5, and it affects my 60' by a tenth or so.