GMC SKI

I been considering dropping the truck and adding some new wheels i think i have decided on the 18" MKW9's rims with nitto 555r's 305 45 on the rear and 295-45 555's on the front
How will this tire combo look on a stock height Truck ?
i don't want it too look like a monster truck but can live with some space in the wheel well's
If i have to go with a drop kit the Hotchkis 2"4" drop is the one i'm thiking about ..
How does it hook up on the street I don't wanna sacrifice my potential to hook up on the street or track
any Ideas on what i should do ?

thanks
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Jim

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When I had my Hotchkis 2/4 and a 2800 stall converter I had massive wheelhop. I decided to get rid of the Hotchkis kit and went back to stock for a while. The stock setup hooks much better than the Hotchkis kit.

Then I decided to go low again, but this time went with the DJM 4/6. I did not hurt my hooking performance close to as bad as the Hotchkis kit, eventhough it is lower. I would think that the DJM 2/4 would hook atleast as good as my 4/6, so I would recommend that. I loved the way that the Hotchkis kit handled, but it is a horrible setup for hooking in a straight line.

GMC SKI

i wonder if at all there is going to be a big difference in the ext cab and the reg cab hooking abilty ?
Also what shocks were you running on your setup ?
Stock or aftermarket ?

JSmith

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I'm going to plug my Hotchkis drop. I've never gotten any wheel hop. I'm also still running the stock shocks. Keep in mind that the Hotchkis drop is more of a performance handling drop, hence the progressive rate coils up front.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by GMC SKI:
<strong> i wonder if at all there is going to be a big difference in the ext cab and the reg cab hooking abilty ?
Also what shocks were you running on your setup ?
Stock or aftermarket ? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was running Doestch Tech shocks front and rear with the Hotchkis kit. I think that the problem was that the Hotchkis leafs only had like 3 leaves and the stock has 4 or 5 (can't remember right now). I think that this caused the leafs to flex more and caused my massive wheel hop.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JSmith:
<strong> I'm going to plug my Hotchkis drop. I've never gotten any wheel hop. I'm also still running the stock shocks. Keep in mind that the Hotchkis drop is more of a performance handling drop, hence the progressive rate coils up front. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I never got any wheelhop with the Hotchkis kit either until I did the higher stall converter. And I see that Jim has a high stall and a blower, so I would have to stick to my recommendation of the DJM kit.

Chris

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Maybe I'll run into it then once I install a converter this summer?

red53gmc

I'm pretty sure the stock leafs have the same as the Hotchkis setup. I thought that was odd when I swapped them out.

The hotchkis rear setup is better for hooking than the stock leafs because they are stiffer. I had wheel hop with the stock leafs and I have never had any wheel hop at all with the hotchkis and run stock size Bilsteins.

Ext. cabs may be a different story though.

<small>[ February 04, 2003, 06:21 PM: Message edited by: red53gmc ]</small>

crazyidiot4.8

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by red53gmc:
<strong> I'm pretty sure the stock leafs have the same as the Hotchkis setup. I thought that was odd when I swapped them out.

The hotchkis rear setup is better for hooking than the stock leafs because they are stiffer. I had wheel hop with the stock leafs and I have never had any wheel hop at all with the hotchkis and run stock size Bilsteins.

Ext. cabs may be a different story though. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">and this is with a 3200 YANK <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />