New drag shoes...
10-25-2010, 06:34 PM
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New drag shoes...
Well truck looks a little funny but boy what a difference! I met up with Chevythunder06 this weekend and since he has a dmax now he sold me these wheels and tires. I got a great deal on them so I couldnt pass them up. The GMC wheels are going on my Sierra so I needed a set of wheels and tires in the mean time. All my other wheels and tires are about 4 hours away at my buddies house so this will work for a week or two.
M&H Drag radials 28"x10" and the front are 27" tall.
Truck feels really lite on its feet. I went up the road and heated them a little bit and I revved it to about 3k and let the clutch out and just about stalled the truck!
Tried 4k and she spun a little, grabbed 2nd and she set right down and started to eat! It feels really good not to just broil the tires! My GMC wheels and tires weighed about ~82lbs where these wheels and tires weight ~60lbs so 88lbs and shorter height really made a difference. I already feel bad for my LS7 clutch so I gotta try to take it easy. 
Yes again Ill say it too it does look really dopey with the little tires but they will have to stay on for a few weeks.
M&H Drag radials 28"x10" and the front are 27" tall.
Truck feels really lite on its feet. I went up the road and heated them a little bit and I revved it to about 3k and let the clutch out and just about stalled the truck!
Tried 4k and she spun a little, grabbed 2nd and she set right down and started to eat! It feels really good not to just broil the tires! My GMC wheels and tires weighed about ~82lbs where these wheels and tires weight ~60lbs so 88lbs and shorter height really made a difference. I already feel bad for my LS7 clutch so I gotta try to take it easy. Yes again Ill say it too it does look really dopey with the little tires but they will have to stay on for a few weeks.
10-25-2010, 06:42 PM
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I would if it wasnt so damn dark!
I have never used anything like a drag radial. Never had anything that needed a sticky tire but wow, really impressed! Usually 1st is spinning so I shift into 2nd, then it bogs cuz I shifted too soon, turbo spools and then roasts the tires again, chirps 3rd and 4th.
Now in 1st the truck still spins a little and goes sideways a little but I shift at around 5500 or so, then hit 2nd and she just hooks and goes where before it would just spin. It work chip at all anymore. Feels much faster! I can only imagine what it would be like at a prep'd track. Im defiantly going to have to get a much bigger clutch thats for sure!
I have never used anything like a drag radial. Never had anything that needed a sticky tire but wow, really impressed! Usually 1st is spinning so I shift into 2nd, then it bogs cuz I shifted too soon, turbo spools and then roasts the tires again, chirps 3rd and 4th.
Now in 1st the truck still spins a little and goes sideways a little but I shift at around 5500 or so, then hit 2nd and she just hooks and goes where before it would just spin. It work chip at all anymore. Feels much faster! I can only imagine what it would be like at a prep'd track. Im defiantly going to have to get a much bigger clutch thats for sure!
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10-25-2010, 07:53 PM
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Ya it really only used to set you in the seat big time in 3rd, 4th and 5th gear. Now second really hooks and lugs the turbo down so it sets ya back in 2nd even too!
10-25-2010, 08:33 PM
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Does look funny but function over fation in this case! Did you guy the wheels or borrow them? If you bought them why not get something much lighter!?!?! I have steel 16s with slicks and they weight like 55 or so. If I buy wheels they will be aluminum and be in the 40-45 lbs. range. Just curious why you went with fairly heavy wheel if you bought them.
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Does look funny but function over fation in this case! Did you guy the wheels or borrow them? If you bought them why not get something much lighter!?!?! I have steel 16s with slicks and they weight like 55 or so. If I buy wheels they will be aluminum and be in the 40-45 lbs. range. Just curious why you went with fairly heavy wheel if you bought them.
10-26-2010, 10:01 AM
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Damn Pete,
The wheels/ tires do look tiny on the truck, they looked much more proportional on my 4/6 drop.
But you got what you wanted... traction! When you left the other day with the street tires I knew you'd benefit from the DR's.
Your truck definitely hauls some ***! I think we turned a few heads leaving Riverhead that day.
The wheels/ tires do look tiny on the truck, they looked much more proportional on my 4/6 drop.
But you got what you wanted... traction! When you left the other day with the street tires I knew you'd benefit from the DR's.
Your truck definitely hauls some ***! I think we turned a few heads leaving Riverhead that day.
10-26-2010, 11:27 AM
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Damn Pete,
The wheels/ tires do look tiny on the truck, they looked much more proportional on my 4/6 drop.
But you got what you wanted... traction! When you left the other day with the street tires I knew you'd benefit from the DR's.
Your truck definitely hauls some ***! I think we turned a few heads leaving Riverhead that day.
The wheels/ tires do look tiny on the truck, they looked much more proportional on my 4/6 drop.
But you got what you wanted... traction! When you left the other day with the street tires I knew you'd benefit from the DR's.
Your truck definitely hauls some ***! I think we turned a few heads leaving Riverhead that day.
Just one question, how the hell did you keep your quarter panels so damn clean?! haha these things throw up everything
