Last minute tire fitting - a few pics...
 

I decided to get the reciprocating saw out and make a little more room behind the tire...

It takes some doing to fit a 30" tire on one of these cars. I wonder if I can fit a 31" tire? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

I'll go back later when I have some time and repair the bumper and make it look close to factory again...

<img src="http://www.coffeyracing.com/images/misc/tires1.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.coffeyracing.com/images/misc/tires2.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.coffeyracing.com/images/misc/tires3.jpg" alt=" - " />

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Now that is a lot of tire! Why did you decide to go to the 29's? I will probably do some extra clearancing and stick with the 28 w's.

Nice Job!

Tom

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so i guess the 1.34 wasnt getin it dun? lol <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" /> i think my 28" drags look big! dang! tire looks crazy big but your trim work looks pretty clean too. good luck! <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by FSTR-THANU:
<strong> Now that is a lot of tire! Why did you decide to go to the 29's? I will probably do some extra clearancing and stick with the 28 w's.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">More contact patch with the bigger tire should = better more consistent traction, and I was trying to kill a little bit of gear. The new tire should effectively cut my 4.33 gear down to a ~4.11 or so...

<small>[ April 05, 2003, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: GeorgeC ]</small>

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I can only imagine how those tires are going to make your car 60'....it will be a ride.
Phillip

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Good lord those are huge!

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George,
You will do a 1.20 60' I can see it in your future.. I called the siteless hot line...
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

Good luck George I hope you do it.....

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Looks great George, I've been contemplating doing the same thing.. Doesn't look like too painful of a project.. I went ahead and lightened up the pics so I could see them better and they turned out pretty good, so here they are again.

<img src="http://www.turbocharged.net/tires1" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.turbocharged.net/tires2" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.turbocharged.net/tires3" alt=" - " />

<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

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George c how big a tire did you have before.I clear 28/10.5w/15s and would like to get bigger meats when they wear out.Keep us posted after you get some passes with the big rubber.Looks very cool <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

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Looks awesome George. Any fitment issues on the inside? Looks like 7.5" backspacing. Is it? Looks great man.
Tom

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those are some huge bitches! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

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Man, I WANT that!

Looks good amigo!

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The previous tires on the car were M/T 28x10.5 stiff sidewall ET Drags.

I didn't think I had any clearance issues inside the fender, but I did have some rubbing on the passenger side when I drove the car around last night to warm it up. The back of the tire was hitting the spare tire compartment. Some quick track-side engineering with a hammer solved that.

I made 6 passes last night, and they don't rub anywhere now, except for one tiny spot on the rear bumper (where I didn't trim it). It's hard to say if traction was any better, since my old tires were shot. I didn't touch the shocks before the first pass, and the car nearly got on the back bumper. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> After that I stiffened up the front a bit, and it calmed down. My 60' times stayed in the 1.38 range all night (for some strange reason, my 60' times slowed down when I eliminated the wheelstands...).

All in all, I'm really happy with the "monster truck" tires... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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Here's a quick video, just for a reference. If you've seen any of my videos from last year, you'll see this is a drastic change from the nasty wheelstands.

Right click here, save as...

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I liked the nasty wheel stand's <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> What track do you run at? I'm stuck down here at orlando speed world <img border="0" alt="[cry]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> need to give a different track a try..moroso or something <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> ...Look's very sweet BTW your car is freakin' monsterous!

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by GeorgeC:
<strong> (for some strange reason, my 60' times slowed down when I eliminated the wheelstands...).

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Would it have anything to do with your changing the gear ratio?

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 99taws6:
<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 GeorgeC:
<strong> (for some strange reason, my 60' times slowed down when I eliminated the wheelstands...).

</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Would it have anything to do with your changing the gear ratio? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That may have had something to do with it... My first pass last night with the new tires was a 1.36, and I'm 99% sure it was with the rear tires... Then, I stiffened up the front shocks (a lot), which calmed the car down a great deal. Then the car started going 1.38.

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Those are some large boots...

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good lord!!! thanks for the pics!

I'm just happy i have a red Z as well, cause i can then just imagine that it's my car:)

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George, do you have adjustable LCA's, and if so, did you pull the tires back an inch or two? I don't mind cutting the rear bumper at all but I would rather not modify the front sheetmetal.

I am gonna do 29's the next time I get tires! Only think I might do over Xmas is narrow the rearend and minitub the car so the tires get tucked in more.