Let me know if you think It will hook up on the street or track with the following set-up.

LT's, Catd-y, 228R @ 112, Dart 205's, 4.10s, UD pulley, pnp TB, ls6 intake, 10 bolt and stock tires. 6 spd. sfc's, sways, lca's, phr

Will it hook up from a 1800-2500 rpm launch? or will it hook up from a 15-25 mph roll? Would it just be spinning till 40+?

10" + traction = breakage

 

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I would imagine you are going to have a very hard time hooking up on stock street tires. The suspension mods you have may help A LITTLE but not enough to get a decent launch.

 

I had a hard time with stock motor. I got the cam(s) and heads throughout the years, and can melt the tires at any rate of speed practically. If you are worried about traction, get some of those new M/T ET Drag Radials. You just roll'em over a few times to knock the dirt off and they are way stickier IMO than a nitto has ever been.

 

And I almost forgot. IF you get a decent hook with H/C on that stock rear end...kiss it bye-bye!

 

Yep.... I have M/T DR's on my rims and they will not spin at any speed..

 

342's might hang for a while but 410s will be shot in no time. I went through that on an old LT1 that was putting down about 375 to the wheels. My brother has the car now and it is hanging in there w/ 373's and about 390 to the ground. He's not seriously launching the thing either. Mostly roll races where the nittos stick well enough but not completely. If you all out hook it will break after a bit. Your best bet is to run around on nittos and kinda halfway hook. Sounds silly but its what Ive found. Stock tires stand zero chance of traction with that combo. A tq arm and good dr's would be a minimum investment for traction.

 

Im just hoping not to break anything. Looks like I will hold off on the Darts.

So should the next direction be for me to go with a new rear and larger rims/tires. A new clutch and Trq arm?

Then look for heads and beyond?

Appreciate the feedback. The initial responses are confirming what I sort of felt. hard to stop wanting power for your $$, but I guess I wanted to know what the line was before the $$ went to make sure the car plants the power it has

thanks

 

Larger "rims" won't help you hook either. The lower profile tire will diminish any chance you had of hooking up.

 

Should I have said wider?

Like possibly 11" on the rear.. shrugs

 

If your looking for good traction, then I'd opt for the rear-end first, especially with a 6 sp. car. The power's nice but it doesn't do much good if you can't hook it up and then if you do you don't wanna blow the rear out. I can spin my tires through 50 and it sucks when I have to feather the pedal that long and can't put all of the power down until I'm almost to highway speeds. It's alright if you always drive at highway speeds but it town it blows. It looks like you have decent power and if you could hook it well it will help your low-end speed a lot.

 

Get some gears too....or the whole rear end. You want suspension and stickier tires.

 

build car right...soo it can support ur real power adders

a nice rear end with some gears will make u go faster and good suspensino with sticy tires helps ur cut ur times...H/C isnt the only way to go fast

 

Don't forget relo brackets. That is one of the simplest, cheapest way to get better traction off the line. Often overlooked in favor of trq arm etc....

 

Appreciate the tips.

Yeah opted to forgo the dart heads. stick to the rest of the mods. Ill have 4.10 gears in, but ont he stock rear. Will have to plan on the rear and tire change for next year.

As for proper launching etc ill save that for the track tech area