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Re: Fastback Barracuda...........Oval Track?? #269360
04/03/09 03:11 AM
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Mount them .Fill them to about 35 psi and put them in the hot sun they will come with in a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of each other.


that's also what ex pro stock racer Tony Christian say's to do also.




If you want to stretch the short one, fill to 60 psi, set in sun, then bounce it like a basketball. That will help, but in my circle track experiance that is not going to make up for whole 1" circumference difference in inflated cirmcumference with the psi being the same for both.

That's whats nice picking tires out of the tire bin at the track (rules say we have to). Hoosier and Goodyear started to mark the tires sizes at the factory at psi a couple of years ago and it's been real consistant. Years ago we had to tire tape tire after tire in that hot sweety bin.

Re: Tire Stagger on Drag Slicks? [Re: S/ST 3040] #269361
04/03/09 08:43 AM
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on a hoosier tire they refer to that as a "chalk mark" after the tire is built it goes on a machine that blows it up hot and gets measured and marked that way the tires can be paired and sold. i would not even think of mounting up those tires with that difference in size. on all of my super stock cars the tires have to measure within a 1/4"(mounted with 12# of air) or i will not use them.

i had a customer with a hemi s/g car that just about rebuilt the chassi trying to get it to leave straight it would go hard right every time it left, i asked him to measure the goodyears he was using and they were 1 inch in difference, we installed a set of old 14.5 32 firestone firehawks just to try it out and it went dead straight.

hope this helps.

Re: Tire Stagger on Drag Slicks? [Re: Jimi_Vignogna] #269362
04/03/09 10:19 AM
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Thanks Jimi........I did get it resolved. New tires are 1/4" apart.
Summit took care of the original mismatch, as I figured they would.
I was trying not to build in any problems.

Re: Fastback Barracuda...........Oval Track?? [Re: VernMotor] #269363
04/03/09 11:52 AM
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thats why you buy slicks from Harlow tire....




Got that right !!




You have to be Crazy!!! to buy from Jeg's or
Summit. You guy's are lucky to have Harlow tire
to take care of you for your tire needs.

In the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa area we have
T-N-T race shops and they deal with tires in pairs
and not this bulk crap. And once again, they are
cheaper than Jeg's and Summit. And Jon know's
tires. He needs the best for his wild 6 second
Pro Street/Mod 64 Nova.

Again!!! Do not buy from Jeg's or Summit!
untill you call these guy's first.
www.tntraceshop.com


Snap your neck, mega G-force launch, is all I want!
Re: Fastback Barracuda...........Oval Track?? [Re: BDS871Cuda] #269364
05/08/09 08:15 PM
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I'm in AZ and my last two sets came from Harlows.

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