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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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Question 275/50r17

Did anyone ever try a 17 inch 50 series tire for the
drag strip? Some Performance Mfrs make them for Trucks.
Stock is 275/40R17. I want to keep the stock rims.
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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i know your speedo will be off amd it will **** up the abs.
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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how will it mess with the abs ?
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Tire too tall..need to stay within an inch or so height all the way around...
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Yeah, its like when you dyno. Rears moving and fronts dont. Causes an ABS issue for a few min.
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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it should fit. as long as it isnt too wide for its height. i have 235/60/16s which are ~.5" shorter in height than 275/50/17s. my fronts are 235/55/16s and you can tell the difference, but no ABS problems. you might have to use 275/45 in the front so yuor ABS doesnt act a fool...
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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I have Nitto street tire 275/50 r17. They are 28" tall and will screw up your ABS/ traction control features. Mine were not functional anyway so that was OK. They look great and are alot wider than the 275/40's i had. M&H also makes a drag radial in this size. Mine are on 17x9.5 z06's.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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Thank for the replys. I was thinking of doing this for track only tires. (oe spair rims)
So Abs is not a factor plus I may be going with the 9inch so I would have to
get rid of it because I am 3 channel.
Plus if I go with the dana 60 the highest gear ratio is 3.56 I believe.
I may run out of gear when I go with Forged internals with my procharger.
The only way would to get a taller tire.
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I never heard of MandH tires. Just found their website.
They look really good (beefy). They have a vid on them.
How do they perform? Also how are the street nittos compared to the drag radials?
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The street nitto's suck for traction. mine doesn't stop spinning until about 55 in 2nd gear. But i do have 4.11's and th-400 with 3200 stall.
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