Drag Radials vs Slicks

Just my experience but I had zero luck with anything other than the mickey thompson drag radials on my lead sled 4k lb Pontiac with a 455/t400 and 3.42s, it would shred the bfg drag radials like vw tires. With slicks I had to air them down so much the dam thing wobbled like crazy at the big end- the joys of a torque monster heavy car. Once I put on mt et street radials the car went 1.6 60s with stock suspension and front and rear sway bars and made me a believer. The problem with a four speed and drag radials is not the initial launch but the shock of second gear etc. that they cant handle, they wont recover fast enough and just go up in smoke. A slick will deform and eat up the shock but that is what makes them a touch slower on a well setup radial car since the radial with a stiffer sidewall will transfer the power right to the ground.