What are slicks?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Well, some of the car people here have mentioned 'slicks' in their posts. What are they and what do they do?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Well, some of the car people here have mentioned 'slicks' in their posts. What are they and what do they do?

They are tires.



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[rubenswm]

yup, people run em on the drag strip. they're not street legal.

 

[sohcrates]

yes, they basically have no tread, but are quite sticky

 

[Fausto]

No tread = bigger contact patch, no tread block "squirming" and better traction in dry conditions.

 

[beer]

If you drove em in the rain, you'd be slick, relative to the ground. hence the name.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Slicks are a dry weather racing tire that is used because the space between treadblocks give no traction on dry pavement. Often they have a softer compound that can be sticky when hot. These are not street legal because they offer virtually no wet traction, resistance to hydroplaning, or traction on loose surfaces. That is why there are "cheater slicks", or tires with the absolute minimum tread depth and tread pattern. Typically 3 or 4/32nds. (2/32nds is the DOT minimum, after that, your tires can't be on the road)

 

[WhiteKnight77]

Originally posted by: rubenswm
yup, people run em on the drag strip. they're not street legal.

They are used in more than just drag racing. Last I looked NASCAR, F1, CART and IRL all used racing slicks too.


More Slicks

 

[Chunkee]

they are boogers that dont stick to your finger when you flick them

 

[Salvador]

Tyres with no tread pattern. Great in the dry, lousy in the wet.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: WhiteKnight77

Originally posted by: rubenswm
yup, people run em on the drag strip. they're not street legal.

They are used in more than just drag racing. Last I looked NASCAR, F1, CART and IRL all used racing slicks too.


More Slicks

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
they are boogers that dont stick to your finger when you flick them

hahahaha