interesting theory's about tire width
04-30-2007, 01:23 AM
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interesting theory's about tire width
i always thought my stock 245/75-17's hooked better than my 275/60-17's, then when i stepped up to 285/50-18 i feel like the 275/60-17's hooked better. ofcorse the performance of my truck has been going up with the tires too. check this.
on stock 245/75-17's i could cut a 2.18 60' time on the stock stall runnin 14.8's...now on 285/50-18's i think the best 60' time i cut was a 2.22 or something like that with wider "better" tires spinnin. enough babbling...this was an interesting read to me
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ht=wider+tires
on stock 245/75-17's i could cut a 2.18 60' time on the stock stall runnin 14.8's...now on 285/50-18's i think the best 60' time i cut was a 2.22 or something like that with wider "better" tires spinnin. enough babbling...this was an interesting read to me
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ht=wider+tires
04-30-2007, 10:43 AM
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The way i see it is the bigger you get the less weight per square inch meaning less pressure applied to the pavement to allow for a meshing and thereby better traction.
Like they said. wider tires are better to a certain point and then you are subject to the law of diminishing returns.
Like they said. wider tires are better to a certain point and then you are subject to the law of diminishing returns.
04-30-2007, 01:46 PM
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their is just too much to put in to it.
hight, width, compound, traction design, steel blet,
fiber cord, horse power, g force, posi trac, gear ratio,
track conditions, heat, and so on.
if you wear out the center of the tire while
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
hight, width, compound, traction design, steel blet,
fiber cord, horse power, g force, posi trac, gear ratio,
track conditions, heat, and so on.
if you wear out the center of the tire while
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
04-30-2007, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by PappyDan
if you wear out the center of the tire while
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
04-30-2007, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 1slow01Z71
you can do the chalk test to drop the psi in the tires and until the whole treat is touching the ground then you are know the tires are inflated properly for best traction.
04-30-2007, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by PappyDan
their is just too much to put in to it.
hight, width, compound, traction design, steel blet,
fiber cord, horse power, g force, posi trac, gear ratio,
track conditions, heat, and so on.
if you wear out the center of the tire while
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
hight, width, compound, traction design, steel blet,
fiber cord, horse power, g force, posi trac, gear ratio,
track conditions, heat, and so on.
if you wear out the center of the tire while
the out side edges still look like new.
your tires are too wide.
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When I had my stock 17" with stock tires i would race a friend and beat him by about 2 trucks. then i got some toyo proxies 275/60/17 and now me and my friend are side by side. we didn't do anything different, same mods and everything except for the tires.
05-01-2007, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by graysilverado5.3
When I had my stock 17" with stock tires i would race a friend and beat him by about 2 trucks. then i got some toyo proxies 275/60/17 and now me and my friend are side by side. we didn't do anything different, same mods and everything except for the tires.
05-01-2007, 09:49 AM
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I went up a tire size to 275/70/r16 UHP from 265/65/R16 stockers. Traction from a roll is better and from a stop.
My hope is to cut my 2.5 60ft down to a 2.2 or so. I read up on smaller tires and see a lot of trucks on here with the smaller 265/60/r16 tires.
My hope is to cut my 2.5 60ft down to a 2.2 or so. I read up on smaller tires and see a lot of trucks on here with the smaller 265/60/r16 tires.