Help me pick tires for my new drag wheels/gears!!
02-13-2003, 04:01 PM
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Help me pick tires for my new drag wheels/gears!! Well, here is my debate. I'm getting 15" wheels up front and in back for the track. The back wheels are 15x10's I believe.
That being the case, what size ET drag should I get?
I'm thinking a combo of 4.30 gears, and a 28x10.5x15 or 28x11.5x15 tire will be perfect.
This will allow me to cross the traps at around 120mph, 300-400rpms shy of my peak power which is 6400rpms.
When I decide to throw a power adder on there, I'll still have room to go as fast as 138 or so.
What do you guys think? Too much tire?
I'm looking to pick up .3-.4/3-4mph with the addtion of the 4.30 gears, skinnies and lighter 15" wheels in the back over my current setup and think I should be crossing the traps around 120mph.
<small>[ February 13, 2003, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: verbs ]</small>
That being the case, what size ET drag should I get?
I'm thinking a combo of 4.30 gears, and a 28x10.5x15 or 28x11.5x15 tire will be perfect.
This will allow me to cross the traps at around 120mph, 300-400rpms shy of my peak power which is 6400rpms.
When I decide to throw a power adder on there, I'll still have room to go as fast as 138 or so.
What do you guys think? Too much tire?
I'm looking to pick up .3-.4/3-4mph with the addtion of the 4.30 gears, skinnies and lighter 15" wheels in the back over my current setup and think I should be crossing the traps around 120mph.
<small>[ February 13, 2003, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: verbs ]</small>
02-13-2003, 05:07 PM
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Re: Help me pick tires for my new drag wheels/gears!! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by verbs:
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What do you guys think? Too much tire?
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think that's too much tire for a N/A setup with 4.30 gears. I'd put a 26 inch tall tire on the 4.30's, but that's just me. <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
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What do you guys think? Too much tire?
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think that's too much tire for a N/A setup with 4.30 gears. I'd put a 26 inch tall tire on the 4.30's, but that's just me. <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" />
02-13-2003, 05:39 PM
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Re: Help me pick tires for my new drag wheels/gears!! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Mike Hoffpauir:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by verbs:
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What do you guys think? Too much tire?
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think that's too much tire for a N/A setup with 4.30 gears. I'd put a 26 inch tall tire on the 4.30's, but that's just me. <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">26" tires would put me right at peak power at 6400rpms crossing the traps. I guess when I add my power adder I should just switch tires.
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by verbs:
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What do you guys think? Too much tire?
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think that's too much tire for a N/A setup with 4.30 gears. I'd put a 26 inch tall tire on the 4.30's, but that's just me. <img border="0" alt="[bomb]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bomb.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">26" tires would put me right at peak power at 6400rpms crossing the traps. I guess when I add my power adder I should just switch tires.
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Re: Help me pick tires for my new drag wheels/gears!! I got 3.73's and a 3500 stall, and I have the Hoosier 27x11.5x15 QTP, I'm going to see how they do with the new addition of the supercharger...
But they are damn good tires... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
But they are damn good tires... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
