Gary's Hemi
Senior Member
Except for me & 1 or 2 others. Lol We need to change that up & livin the forum up a bit more than muffler & intakes. Here is my latest:
I have been sticking with 32" street tires up until now due to the rc 2wd 8 speed driveshaft having issues. After a few yrs of the street tire struggle, a BUNCH of passes ranging from 12.54 in the middle of the winter through 12.9's-low 13's in the middle of the summer I finally am throwing in the towel & giving up on the 22" street tires.
I bought some 20" Sport rims a few weeks ago with the intention of putting 305/50's on them to help with trying to stop the spin I have on the 1-2 shift on the track but found a damn good deal on some used 20" dr's so I put together an el cheapo 20" drag radial set up. I like 1/4 mile racing & want to continue w/ that so I'm also moving on to 3.55's from the 3.92's to save the ds & still run the full 1/4 mile. I ordered some from Matt at Moes & will be having then installed. So instead of the expensive DSS ds & rim/tire route I took the poor mans route. At the end I will have just over what the DSS alone cost in my whole set up.
We will see how it works, which the 3.55's should do well as it will stretch the 1-2 shift out further & keep me out of 6th gear at the end of the track. Suprisingly the 20" Sport rims w/ the 275/40 drag radial only weighs 61 lbs which is still heavy but I have read the 17" set ups are like 56 lbs so my set up isnt too far off the norm. I'm just loosing the extra sidewall give is all. Now once the 3.55's go in I will be good for 145 mph on 32" street tires which is stupid & I would never do, & 130 mph on the 28.8" drag radials before I hit the critical ds rpm of 5350. With the current 3.92's those critical rpm numbers are 130 on street tires & 116 mph on the dr's. I still wouldnt hit that magic 116 mph number on the 3.92's but I want the 3.55's for extra insurance as several people have had their ds break under those rpms. Swapping from 3.92's to 3.55's have benefited several others that 1/4 mile race so I dont expect to loose any et w/ the swap. Ultimately I would like to see high 7.8's in the 1/8 mile & low 12.3's in the 1/4 mile from these changes.
The 3.55's get installed in the next week. I'm ready. I might go run 1/8 mile & see what it does on the 3.92's if I get a chance this weekend. Its about time after 3 yrs that I stepped it up & got away from street tires. Lol The R/T & Sport rims match pretty good. Thats why I wanted them in the 1st place. I didnt have any plans of putting dr's on them but I like the way they look w/ dr's. As you can tell, my 4 yr old approves of this message. Lol
I have been sticking with 32" street tires up until now due to the rc 2wd 8 speed driveshaft having issues. After a few yrs of the street tire struggle, a BUNCH of passes ranging from 12.54 in the middle of the winter through 12.9's-low 13's in the middle of the summer I finally am throwing in the towel & giving up on the 22" street tires.
I bought some 20" Sport rims a few weeks ago with the intention of putting 305/50's on them to help with trying to stop the spin I have on the 1-2 shift on the track but found a damn good deal on some used 20" dr's so I put together an el cheapo 20" drag radial set up. I like 1/4 mile racing & want to continue w/ that so I'm also moving on to 3.55's from the 3.92's to save the ds & still run the full 1/4 mile. I ordered some from Matt at Moes & will be having then installed. So instead of the expensive DSS ds & rim/tire route I took the poor mans route. At the end I will have just over what the DSS alone cost in my whole set up.
We will see how it works, which the 3.55's should do well as it will stretch the 1-2 shift out further & keep me out of 6th gear at the end of the track. Suprisingly the 20" Sport rims w/ the 275/40 drag radial only weighs 61 lbs which is still heavy but I have read the 17" set ups are like 56 lbs so my set up isnt too far off the norm. I'm just loosing the extra sidewall give is all. Now once the 3.55's go in I will be good for 145 mph on 32" street tires which is stupid & I would never do, & 130 mph on the 28.8" drag radials before I hit the critical ds rpm of 5350. With the current 3.92's those critical rpm numbers are 130 on street tires & 116 mph on the dr's. I still wouldnt hit that magic 116 mph number on the 3.92's but I want the 3.55's for extra insurance as several people have had their ds break under those rpms. Swapping from 3.92's to 3.55's have benefited several others that 1/4 mile race so I dont expect to loose any et w/ the swap. Ultimately I would like to see high 7.8's in the 1/8 mile & low 12.3's in the 1/4 mile from these changes.
The 3.55's get installed in the next week. I'm ready. I might go run 1/8 mile & see what it does on the 3.92's if I get a chance this weekend. Its about time after 3 yrs that I stepped it up & got away from street tires. Lol The R/T & Sport rims match pretty good. Thats why I wanted them in the 1st place. I didnt have any plans of putting dr's on them but I like the way they look w/ dr's. As you can tell, my 4 yr old approves of this message. Lol