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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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Over in the tire section the thought is that a 27" tall tire is too much for a stock geared M6, what are yalls thoughts being that this car is going to be run on the bottle? I dont think they are takin that into account over there. What size tires are the nitrous guys runnin? I've got LCA Relo brackets that are goin in too.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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I run a stock 26" tire on my motor and when I go to spray I use 28" rear tires. I alos have 3.89's in the rear.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by newtoLS1s
Over in the tire section the thought is that a 27" tall tire is too much for a stock geared M6, what are yalls thoughts being that this car is going to be run on the bottle? I dont think they are takin that into account over there. What size tires are the nitrous guys runnin? I've got LCA Relo brackets that are goin in too.
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3.42 here i run a mt et street 275/40/17 i spray a 175dp kit no traction issues in first
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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28x10.50s here but I also have 4.30 gears.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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I'm running a 275/50/15 M/T drag radial on my h/c/n20 car. The one time I went to the track my 60ft was a 1.50 and that was spraying after launching the car on motor.
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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27 mt streets in first with 4:56 gears and no problem with my traction and nitrous h/c car
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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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I'm running 3.89s and a 26x11.50-16 ET Street, shifting at 6600.

N/A I'm trapping about 120. On the bottle, I'll find out this weekend. Should be somewhere in the mid 130's, which will put me right around 6600-6800 in 4th (PERFECT!)

Next year I plan on stepping up to a 28" full slick.
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27x11.5s were not enough to come out of the hole on a 200 shot for me

Just went to a MADMAN suspenion and 325x50 DRs
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I felt the 26's were just about right when I ran 1/4 mile on a 150 with 3.42's.
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Thanks so much guys, I really appreciate all of the responses, im in the process of getting some 15x10s and MT-ET-Streets so we'll see what I come out with.
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You should be ok. Don't try and run an 11.5" tire on anything under a 10 inch rim. I did and they bow out, don't wrinkle the side wall and are unstable on the big end. The 27 will drop your gear ratio, but that's ok on spray. I think I'm running a 27 right now. I have a .4 sec delay on the launch before the N2O hits. The car will usually dead hook. I run around 16-18 psi in them depending on the track. If the car is unstable on the big end add a pound or two.
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