October 14, 2018, 02:09 PM
ccm39927" Front Tire and .500 Pro-Tree
HI Guys,
Long time looker first time poster. Lots of good information on here. Thank you all.
So I *used* to have a full chassis Trans Am bracket car back in the late '90s through early 2000s. She ran 8.9s but I only bracket raced it. I have been mostly out of the drag racing game since 2002.
I am getting back into racing and building a 4th gen Camaro for bracket racing and some 10.90 class racing. It is going to be a 8.50 cert stock floor mintubbed car.
Shooting for 3100 with me in it (hopefully less than 3200 for sure). 1.76 ratio glide with dual dump JW pro brake and a 5.14 rear gear with a 28" tall tire.
So here is the dilemma, I am wanting keep the car stock looking on the outside. I have the stock wheels widened to 10" for the rear and the front narrowed to 4-3/4. But it turns out only M&H makes 16" front runners and they are 27" in diameter.
I have no doubt I can get the car to react with the adjustability I will have in the suspension. I've done some digging on front tire size on here and it seems for .500 tree racing 27" should be OK but I wanted to throw the question out there.
Thanks for your time.
Chris
October 14, 2018, 02:26 PM
ccm399I forgot to mention the M&H tires are going to set me back almost $350 bucks.
There is a set of Weld Alumastars with M/T 26/4.5 tires on CL for $500. This has me thinking that investing 350 into 16" tires for a certain "look" is likely foolish. The Alumastars are surely lighter and the 15" wheel gives me more options for sizes down the road. I could always upgrade to new rear wheels when my 16" slicks are worn out.
October 14, 2018, 02:27 PM
WooleyI think you can make it work. Maybe not as easy as with a shorter tire, but still doable I think.
October 14, 2018, 02:28 PM
WooleyWatch your brake caliper clearance.
October 14, 2018, 02:55 PM
ccm399quote:
Originally posted by Wooley:
Watch your brake caliper clearance.
Great point. I'll have to do some measuring on that first!
Thanks for the feed back.
October 15, 2018, 07:11 AM
Lenny5160My Nova is a 10.20-30 car wide open and weighs 3600 lbs. 1.80 glide, 4.30 rear, 28" fronts.
When I run Super Street I launch at 3800 RPM and carry about .050 delay in the box. You should have no worries.
October 15, 2018, 09:45 AM
Iforgotquote:
Originally posted by Lenny5160:
My Nova is a 10.20-30 car wide open and weighs 3600 lbs. 1.80 glide, 4.30 rear, 28" fronts.
When I run Super Street I launch at 3800 RPM and carry about .050 delay in the box. You should have no worries.
Mines 3700, 10.60 car w 1.76 glide, 488, 26.5" fronts, and a metric crap ton of front end travel and it'll go .480's on a 4/10 tree.
You'll have no problems on a 5/10 tree..
October 19, 2018, 03:19 PM
ccm399Thanks everyone. Work has been crazy lately sorry for not checking back sooner!
Chris