Sticky Tires????

[wickedcobra]

I just picked up some MT ET streets. I am running a pre 99 rear end and didnt put the 3.5" tuds in it when I built the rear. I currently run a 3/4" Hubcentric spacer to fit my street tires (bolts to rear the wheels bolt to the spacer). Instead of pulling the axles out and putting in the long studs, Can I just bolt the new wheels up to the current spacer or do I need long studs?

[BurnTire]

Are that 28's and what rims are they going on?

[wickedcobra]

26 tall and they are the 15" Diamond racings wheels

[wickedcobra]

I couldnt wait so I put them on this morning after I got off work. How do the stud lengths look? This is with no spacer and they fit fine, 15s with no caliper rubbing :woot1: Tires are MT ET streets, 26" tall 10.5 LT.
at 15 psi a little loose in the rear. Tried 20psi seems alot better. And I was being easy, couldnt wait so I tried them on the street.
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[BurnTire]

Looks good. No spacer is the best way. I wouldn't want to launch them at the track on spacers.

[wickedcobra]

Yeah I didnt want to leave a wheel on the start line. Wouldnt do whell for the paint job :icon_cool:

[AZSonicSnake]

lookin good man! no matter what without tubes you will see a little sway on the road with those. i run mine with about 20-26lbs on the street, and run them at about 14 at the track. they are a good tire and will definetly help your 60'!

[fazm]

when u going to the track with em? i wanna be there

[wickedcobra]

when u going to the track with em? i wanna be there


You just wanna see me break something :sticktonge:

Im thinking of going this Friday.

Will these sway back and forth down the track?

[fazm]

the lower the pressure the more it will sway, its not bad though u get use to it.

friday its suppose to rain :)

[wickedcobra]

Then the following Friday

[AZSonicSnake]

yeah, you get a little sway, but its not that bad. it will surprise you the first time, but you quickly get use to it.

[chewbaccajones]

Whoah! What speed does the sway stop? You're not still swaying at 110mph are you?

[BurnTire]

If you have radials on the front and bias ply on the rear it is going to sway the entire run.

If you have bias ply on the front and back like me you don't get massive sway.

Sway is not bad, it just takes a few runs to get the hang of the rear end floating around.

[AZSonicSnake]

roger that. i run a radial out front because i have not found a dot legal front tire that is bias ply. and i run in a class that requires dot tires. and luckily et streets are dot legal. :woot1:

but as for sway, the main time i notice it is between shifts. otherwise, its nothing horrible. and jeff is 100% right, it does it the full length of the track. i love it when i shift 3-4, thats good stuff!! the traction you get though, far outweighs that slingt annoyance.

[wickedcobra]

Thats gonna be fun rolling at the end of the 1320 at 125+ YEEE HAW

[fazm]

ya the worste part of the sway for me was letting off the throttle after the 1320' and getting onto the brakes. going down the track didnt bug me at all, just finishing lol.

i dont get the sway until i go under 23psi in the slicks (which ive only done a couple times, and resulted in broken parts lol)

[BurnTire]

I run 9-10 psi on the slicks.

14.5 worked well on the 26" ET Streets.

[AZSonicSnake]

same here for slicks 9-11 dependin on the track. and et streets tend to love anything in the 14 range...

[wickedcobra]

I will start out higher then work my way down just to get the feel for it.....

[fazm]

so if it doesnt rain friday ur going right? if so ill make it out even on the bad trans. weather should be nice :) (low 70s for the high)

[wickedcobra]

as long as my SF connectors are in by friday and it doesnt rain then yes. If not for sure the following friday. And I will put race gas in it

[AZSonicSnake]

crossing finger for no rain here... i wanna go play!

[fazm]

just saw on the news, expecting from from 1am to late at night.

but they are wrong lots, lets hope this is one of those times lol

[BurnTire]

Damn I am getting tempted to go break something.

[wickedcobra]

So are we officially planning to go tear shit up? :bouncy:

[ASUSMC]

I wanna go to the track again... The IRS is leaking so that means no passes for me.

[fazm]

im willing to race. maybe just get the launching down, and see if the trans is up for shifting lol

[wickedcobra]

Im gonna see if I can break the input shaft.......or????? :/

[fazm]

i vote rear end

[wickedcobra]

On that one I hope your wrong :yes: Been there done that if it happens I could be WICKEDBENTCOBRA:biglaugh:

I running the stock input shaft so that I am concerned about.

[4Jenna]

LOL :yes:

[fazm]

On that one I hope your wrong :yes: Been there done that if it happens I could be WICKEDBENTCOBRA:biglaugh:

I running the stock input shaft so that I am concerned about.


I meant mine LOL

[fazm]

so next week right

[wickedcobra]

yeah next friday it is.