26" tire vs 28" tire for mild combo

[Blazer406]

Was going to put this in the other forum... but thought it might get a better response over here.....

I am in a tire delima.... need some hookage! I really want to go to 10" wheels and maybe a 275/60/15 MT Drag Radial... but common sense tells me that the 28" tire for my very mild combo is overkill.... see combo in sig.....

On a 12 sec... to maybe as quick as mid to low 11's..... what is the consensus..... 28" or 26"..... I hope there are some people here that have run both... and directly compared....

Other option is the 275/50/15 MT Drag radial... either on an 8" or a 10" wheel. I would rather it on the 10" wheel... cause at some point... I know I will need some 28x10.5 slicks....and really don't want to buy wheels twice.....

Any opinions?

 

[wbrophy]

You can run 10.5 wide slicks on 8" wide rims if you want but 10's are ok too.

PS: I have run 28.5 tall by 10.5" wide slicks on 7" rims before on another car and put down low 1.4's 60 fts. but I would not recommend this to you......

The specs. for a tire will usually give a rim width range that the tire will work on, but there are rules of thumb.

I think 28's will only help if the car is 12.0 and quicker. The more the car is into the 11's (more powerful) the more 28's will help, IMO.