what tire size with 2700 pound cam only car
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what tire size with 2700 pound cam only car
i have a quick question..i have a th 350 with a 305 first gear...trans brake..ati 5500 8 inch converter...my question is what tire do you think i will need...when my car was at 3160 pounds i was running a 26 et drag...i had 4.56's and the car would hook decent leaving off foot brake...now ill be leaving off the trans brake at wot and will be much lighter..im trying to figure out what size tired to run for max et...i run 1/8 mile tracks so keep that in mind.....im runing a t rex cam kooks 1 7/8 headers fast 90 90 and all supporting bolt ons
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Originally Posted by NX_CaGEdApE00
28 X 10.5 X 15 ET Drags would be ur best bet.. IMO
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Sounds like a very familiar setup.
The lighter your car is, the harder it will be to dead hook the car on a smaller tire.
28x10.5x15 was my tire choice for that setup and it worked well.
The lighter your car is, the harder it will be to dead hook the car on a smaller tire.
28x10.5x15 was my tire choice for that setup and it worked well.
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Originally Posted by Magnus
Sounds like a very familiar setup.
The lighter your car is, the harder it will be to dead hook the car on a smaller tire.
28x10.5x15 was my tire choice for that setup and it worked well.
The lighter your car is, the harder it will be to dead hook the car on a smaller tire.
28x10.5x15 was my tire choice for that setup and it worked well.
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Originally Posted by 6secNaLs1
yeah setups are pretty close..have you tried a 26..or can you not hook them at all..im almost certain im gonna need the 28...juss like to hear what you lighter guys are using..and plus i dont want to have a king of the hill tire on the car when there is no need for it..so a 28 is the max i wanna go..
I Think your going to have to go 28. But with doing so you may have ot up the gear a bit to recover some of the tire height since your running 1/8th
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Originally Posted by Carbed4thGen
I Think your going to have to go 28. But with doing so you may have ot up the gear a bit to recover some of the tire height since your running 1/8th
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It took heads on my car to stand it up.
I'm almost 100% positive you won't stand it up cam only. Neither 01-Z nor I could do it cam only, and we had G5X4 cams with extremely light cars.
I'm almost 100% positive you won't stand it up cam only. Neither 01-Z nor I could do it cam only, and we had G5X4 cams with extremely light cars.
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Originally Posted by BAIN
With a 4.56 gear you will need atleast 28" tires if not taller to make it through the 1/4 without spinning to 7500 rpm.
He only runs 1/8th miles. So in reality he would almost need a bit more gear
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Originally Posted by imslow
maybe 4.88's?
Maybe and if he's worried about runnin the quarter runn something like a 29.5 inch tall tire and the 4.88's! the car would ROCK then! I was talkin with a guy sellin a 12 bolt with that gear in it in the for sale section. Maybe something to think about specially if you dont already have a 12-bolt
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just a qestion about ya'lls converters... the cam only guys running th350's and 5500 converters and 4.56's and all that insane stuff..
how much time do you think you'd lose if u went to a 4500 and 4.10's but stayed at ur current rate, but could actually drive the car on the street? does anybody have a car like that..... i think it'd be awesome.. jw, thanks
how much time do you think you'd lose if u went to a 4500 and 4.10's but stayed at ur current rate, but could actually drive the car on the street? does anybody have a car like that..... i think it'd be awesome.. jw, thanks
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Having watched Magnus and Jugger over the years, I think 26's would have been a waste of time.
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Originally Posted by LS1_PNYTAMR
just a qestion about ya'lls converters... the cam only guys running th350's and 5500 converters and 4.56's and all that insane stuff..
how much time do you think you'd lose if u went to a 4500 and 4.10's but stayed at ur current rate, but could actually drive the car on the street? does anybody have a car like that..... i think it'd be awesome.. jw, thanks
how much time do you think you'd lose if u went to a 4500 and 4.10's but stayed at ur current rate, but could actually drive the car on the street? does anybody have a car like that..... i think it'd be awesome.. jw, thanks
i on the other had drive mine everyday (seeing as its my only car) and have a 5100 stall w/ 4.10s. And i won't be changing either when i throw a cam in it.
The converter isn't the downer everyone thinks it is. you can drive a 5500 stall just fine everyday, its the gear that gets ya. i had to put 31" truck tires on my car just to get a decent rpm on the highway.
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Sux, Jugger and Magnus were making around 415rwhp thru T400/T350 cam only... No way Magnus' car would have hooked on 26's even at a good track. At his raceweight and old power level, it was like he was making over 500rwhp compared to a full weight car.
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Sux, Jugger and Magnus were making around 415rwhp thru T400/T350 cam only... No way Magnus' car would have hooked on 26's even at a good track. At his raceweight and old power level, it was like he was making over 500rwhp compared to a full weight car.