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07-10-2023, 12:57 PM | #31 |
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Re: Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!
Anybody out there who wants to, go ahead and run the 7" lower HP guys might even pick up, but I doubt you will any takers. Hell, I say we should have 10" tires! Is it bedtime yet?
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Re: Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!
Umm, you DO realize that I started this thread about 4 months ago as an April fool's joke right?
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Re: Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!
Great Idea Billy....
That might stop the rush to make Stock into Super Stock...& equalize the old combos with the new factory cars. That is what we had when I started and somewhere along the way the high HP guys wanted 9". Would love to see a COPO on 7" tires...
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Re: Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!
I tried the 7" tires with no success, I know that the SS class of the Southeast Gasser Association mandates that the racers use the 7" tires. They only run the 1/8 mile and I know that some hook pretty well to allow them to run well into the 6,60 second range at 105 MPH.
I would try the 7" tires again, they were 5lbs lighter than the 9" tires which means more wheel speed. Casey Miles 248H Stock |
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1. The slicks that were on "Shark Bait" when I won the D7 LODRS divisional in October 2020, as well as the Arizona Stock/Super Stock Association combo race (both in 2022, and 2023), were 22×8×15. 2. If you "James" didn't put that laughing emoticon in your post, I would've thought you feel like many who might wish all FWD, and 4-6cyl Stockers would be banned from Stock (never mind the fact that several OEM car engine combos from the Muscle Car era, wouldn't run away and hide from my Z24 Cavalier that's still headerless)! Moreover, when Stock was really Stock, and not more like Super Stock from the '80 & '90's, even the slower V8 classes couldn't easily outperform my car! To those who still feel that way, I will say the same thing "The Grinch said to the Who's in Whoville, "BOO WHOOOOOOOO"!!!! 3. Because M/T stopped making those tires, I stopped doing burnouts. So you won't see me doing any front wheel burnouts with those tires again. Besides, another reason I don't do them is because the water patch is too big (what happened to a smaller patch and the racer doing a brief spin to wrap the water around his/her tires,, then pulling forward?)! I needed dry pavement for my parking brake to hold my rear tires in place while I did my burnouts (circa the Book "How to Drag Race, page 33 featuring my car starting a burnout that was far more massive than the picture indicated)!
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http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=85176
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10% throttle , 0 deg. timing..all in by 1000' mark. Maybe a few wagon combos could handle 7" tires W.A. Lee, 350 /2bbl, used the old Jr Stock Firestone dot 5's when 9 inchers were legal. He'd run them at about 30-35 psi, stand on the converter, WFO, and just let go of the brake. Won quite a bit that way.. I think my old R/Stock wagon is still around in PA. somewhere.. 7 " SEGA spec Hoosiers.. Hmmm I think it would work ;-)
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Yes, but does it matter. gives them something to bitch about
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Re: Group formed to rescind 1975 9" tire rule!
Dirk....7" Firestone Drag 500's and rule the world!
D3 or D5 compound. The D3 was in a white dot and the D5 was in a yellow dot. Or maybe it was the other way around? Anyway, with 7 lbs. in 'em, the car would....wiggle... a bit in the traps. Hope all is well. -Al
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