I'm looking to change my setup.I have 26" drag radials on 17X8 Alloy wheels right now.I'm getting a set of Weld Pro Stars 3.5's up front and 15X8's in the rear.I want to run a 275/60/15 dr in the rear,which is approx.27.8" tire.The big question is: Am I going to run lower or higher et/60's?

I have a Yank SS3600 stall,and 373 gears and can only muster an 1.9 60' with my current set up.Trying to get some opinions on the set up before I fork over a lot of cash. Thanks,Mike

 

probably slower, unless your times are due to tire slip...

 

are you spinning with your current 26" tires? theres no reason that you should be cutting 1.5 60' times on 28" tires with your combo. i would go ahead and get the 28. it will look better and give you room to grow.

 

I agree your truck should be pulling 1.6 60 foots no problem. If your not spinning something is off. But id go with the 28in tire cause once you get the bugs worked out you will need the tire. You have any speedo vids or close up track vids so we can see what its doing?

 

I dont have any vids to show.And yes I thought I should be pulling a 1.6 60 too.With the nitto drag radials I have now I'm not spinning out of the hole just cant do better than a 1.9 60' Guess I need more track time,I would love to run high 11's on gas and high 10's with a 100 shot.I know its very possible just not now with all this damn heat!Thanks for the comments guys I'll just keep plucking at it and keep yall posted.Mike

 

Nittos aren't a very good tire and anything radial is going to be hard to make work. If you are dead set on radials then M+H radials seem to offer the most bias type advantages from a radial tire.


Approximately 1.7" difference isn't going to effect your track times much at all. It technically should slow your 60(.001 maybe).

Edit: To clarify I mean from a 100% traction comparison. It should drop your current 60 because it should hook much better.

 

Have you ever watched to see were your rpm flashs to when you take off? And do you do your own tuning? I had a big 60 foot problem as well on mine and noticed my 4000 stall was only going to 3500, some tuners like to pull timing out around the 3500 to 4500 rpm range and theres no need for that on your engine setup. My timing was low and it was pulling 10 degrees from iat, once I got the full 28 degrees timing and af dialed in again I could flash it to 3800. went from a 2.0 to a 1.87 60 foot, then got rid of my edge stall and went to a yank ss 4000 and that dropped me to a 1.70. Just a few things you might watch for next time out..

 

Thats a good idea jake99.I've been want to take my truck back to chuck to get a nitrous tune and I'll find out if its pulling timing or not.I can only foot break it to about 2k rpm.Dont know if thats the problem or not.I have a Yank SST3600 stall figured I could stall it to 3k but I cant.Thanks for the info guys.I appreciate it.Mike

 

I don't know how much you drive your truck but if you dont mind a looser converter the ss 4000 would make it come alive! I didnt mind it to much in mine and its a heavyer truck. It flashs hi and grabs hard.

 

Its my daily.My truck only weighs 3200lbs.I think a bigger stall might be too much.The 1st time I get some cooler weather i'm hittin the track.Sometimes it gets in the low 70's at nite so we'll see.