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Old 05-24-2006, 01:03 AM
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I have some 20's on my truck i bought some stock tires. My question is would i see a gain in my 1/4 time from going from a 285 to a 235, and weighing 10 lbs difference each?
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the gain woul dbe in the shorter tire, that would look stupid with a 20inch 235 though. You could however get some stock chevy 17inch wheel maybe 16's and throw some rubber on them and that should give you a decent reduction.
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my bad, there are stock 16 rims w/ the 235, the 285 are on the 20's
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Originally Posted by 6.0caddy
my bad, there are stock 16 rims w/ the 235, the 285 are on the 20's
if you have any decent amount of mods you wont have a chance of catching any traction with the 235's. if you baby it out of the hole you might cut a little time.
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235 will give you a cross section with of 9.25". So figure about 1 in for edge of tire. That would give you a contact patch of 8.25".
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well i lanch in 4wheel drive. I went to the track and pick up 2 mph and my 60' where .05 better, and .1 in the quater mile, not bad for 80 bucks.
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