Skinny front tires
04-20-2005, 02:36 PM
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Skinny front tires
I Have a pair of 15''x4" racing wheels. What is best regular radial tires to use?. I want the car to level or little lower at the front.
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06-12-2005, 06:12 PM
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Car: 89 jaguar xjs convertable
Engine: 89 L98 5.7 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.23 dana 44
Make sure you stick with a radial tire. The tracking characteristics of a bias ply skinny (mickey thompson etc.) are awful. The radials track much straighter on the street.
06-13-2005, 05:08 PM
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Car: 95 E-150 & 07 Kawasaki ZX-6R
Engine: A slow one & a fast one
Transmission: A bad one & a good one
Axle/Gears: A weak one & a chained one
Just beware running street radials on a car that wheelstands...the tires aren't designed for the impact. My buddy has a 10.30 car and was running cheap Volkswagen tires on the front until he wheelstanded, as usual, and got to the 1/8th mile, and the tire exploded and ran him into the wall. He now buys special drag front tires, I believe M/T makes them, I'm sure Hoosier, etc. do also
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