import slayer

I picked up my M/T drag slicks tonight!!
The sticker on them says they are "tube type". Do I have to have inner tubes installed or is that what they recommend?

luckythirteen13

i think you have to get a tube.....ive wondered the same thing

roundman

I would recommend you get the tubes, see this for the tube part numbers. http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.html

import slayer

Interesting....so far this board has told me to get the tubes and another message board has told me I can run without them.

fast83gt

This board agrees with the tire manufacturer. Hmmm.... I wonder who is right, the people who make the tires or the other board on the internet.

They also sell tubeless ones, but if you bought the ones that you are supposed to have tubes for, you should get tubes

import slayer

Yeah, I know but I asked if I MUST use the tubes. There were several other people on the other board that run the same exact slicls as I do without tubes and without problems.
Between both boards, it's like 50/50 for yes and no.
It's not a question of who's right or who's wrong, it a question of if it's manditory or not.
Apparently, I guess, it's ok to run without them....which is all I wanted to know.

mdvaldosta

short answer... no

you dont need tubes really unless you run rim screws, I've got the same tires and I don't run tubes or screws. now it may be recommended to do so, but needing to and recommending are different things.

vfast

well I would be safe and do it.....give this some thought.....a flat tire at 100 mph... not a slow leak ..like a blow out is what happens if the bread break..you can run them with no tube though.....also you don't need the screws for street stuff but should be used at the track to keep the tire from spinning on the rim