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Well I don't know a lot about DOT slicks (MT Street ET's or similar?), but going that route is expensive, and expensive. If you're going to spend the $$ on DOT slicks, I'd just go ahead and get full-on drag slicks. Why screw around.
A good, light weight setup is 13" Bogart wheels with M&H slicks. The wheels are $3-500, and the slicks are a little over $100 each, plus tubes ($40 each). Plan on spending $6-700 easy. There are 14", and 15" slicks, but then you have to find wheels for them, and sizes are limited. You want between a 22" and 26" slick and at least an 8" wheel. Every combo I've looked at ends up costing about the same. If you do find a combo, then you'll have to worry about snapping axles.
A much cheaper alternative is Drag Radials. BFG DR's are $275 for 17", and I've run 2.1 60' times on a set of 14" DR's. With some more practice, 2.0's would be no problem, and I think 1.9's should be do-able.
Bottom line is if you want sub 1.9 60' times go with slicks (and upgraded axles), if ~2.0 60' times are enough, I'd go with DR's. Personally, I will probably be starting out the year with DR's, but I'll get some slicks before the shootout when I'll need to be running low 12's.
Greg
'19 Genesis G70 3.3t AWD
'88 Chrysler Conquest TSI
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