Sorry I never noticed your message here. I think the best thing you can do is to try and keep your car level when at the track. My car has a rake to it where the rear is taller since my drag radials are 28" tall and my fronts are the stock 17" pirelli's which are 27". I think that hurts my launch traction. The M&H's have worked well for me. Now when you are saying staggered, do you mean just wider in the rear? If that's the case then it would be fine. You need to decide if you want slicks, bias ply's or drag radials. I'm still trying to decide if I want bias ply tires or new drag radials for next year. With the drag radials you can drive on the street easily, but with bias ply's the car will be very sloppy on the road. I'm not the best person to ask about tires since this is my first car I've ever taken to the drag strip so I'm not very experienced.