Keith
Stager is a perfect treason that drag Front Runners are a bad choice for 220
MPH rides. They were never designed for this abuse and if they don't chuck
the tread (as mine did) they are prone to stretch with use and change the
stager.
I tried an open rear once. It made absolutly no difference on the top end,
costs a bunch more money and cuts traction on the bottom end. But if you go
this way the QC really becomes the cost effective answer.
A better way to go is perhaps the Goodyear LSR tires or the M/T LSR tires.
Best of all tub the rear and use some real race tires like Gribs rain tires.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Tire Stagger/ Change
> I learned a ton this week about what NOT to do.... I hate to change
> something I know works.... the 28" tires we have ran for the last two
years
> have been perfect... Changing them for changes sake wasn't in my game
> plan....
>
> BUT.... first couple of passes I had to shut the car down simply because
it
> was one EVIL handling beast.... not a little bit evil..... but UGLY ...
> Dave can give you the exact specific's as we had an Edlebrock Data Acq
> system in the car which measures G's..... but I can tell you Simply that
the
> car wasn't going any faster with my nappy butt attached to it!!!....
>
> Dave asked me to humor him and check the tire stagger..... Opps... been a
> year since I did that.... and Low and behold.... Yeppers... the roll out
on
> one was more then an inch different then the other... Hmmm with a locked
> rear gear this ment that I was flat tracking most the time on the
course....
> and at over two bills.... well lets just say the Purple suit was fixin to
> get some new Darker colors....
>
> This was one of many simple faults Dave fixed along the way.... and
honestly
> his tune up's were as good as they could be.... when you have 7 perfect
> plug's it's hard to argue bout the tune up....
>
> K ( and No I most likely won't run a spool at Bonneville ever again!!! )
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