Re: Shocks
[Re: 71birdJ68]
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02/27/12 01:26 PM
02/27/12 01:26 PM
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Viol8r
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I know ,i'm trying to build the car so that 99 out of a100 people will think its stock execpt for headers, thats the reason for the polyglass.
You have answered your own question then. It will not matter what shock you run with that tire combo. That is a straight line car...nothing more nothing less. Curious, why build a new big motor and put 40 year old tire technology in it?
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Re: Shocks
[Re: Viol8r]
#1181740
03/01/12 07:32 AM
03/01/12 07:32 AM
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Posts: 4,862 the frozen wastes...
Pale_Roader
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Swears too much
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the frozen wastes...
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I know ,i'm trying to build the car so that 99 out of a100 people will think its stock execpt for headers, thats the reason for the polyglass.
You have answered your own question then. It will not matter what shock you run with that tire combo. That is a straight line car...nothing more nothing less. Curious, why build a new big motor and put 40 year old tire technology in it?
I think "40 year old tire technology" is putting it nicely... Didn't they have radials back then...??? Maybe not on new cars, but available...???
Not trying to be an ass here, but nothing with those tires can be considered a performance car. Even straightline performance is seriously impaired with that crap.
As for the sleeper effect, these days, 99% ov lay people wont bat an eye at a set ov new Radial T/A's, which are also a pretty crappy tire for performance, but still aeons ahead ov Polyglas GT's...
Maybe try and find a solid, modern performance radial in a half-decent size (on a maxed out width stock appearing rim), and paint red-lines or the 'Polyglas GT' label on the side...??? The F.A.S.T. guys tried that with ET Streets... tricky tricky...
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Re: Shocks
[Re: Pale_Roader]
#1181741
03/01/12 04:31 PM
03/01/12 04:31 PM
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TC@HP2
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We're a bit off the topic of shocks, but...
No radials weren't around then, which is why the poly glass design was such a decent performer. Widespread use of automotive radials didn't happen until the mid to late 70s. Old timers will remember why Pontiac was heavily advertising their RTS line and that wasn't Rapid Transit System but their Radial Tuned Suspension. All it amounted to was more agressive alignment specs and better shocks, but it sure threw a lot of consumers, and tire dealers for that matter, for a loop.
Bias ply tires will perform decently. A comparable radial will be faster once the systems is set up for it an the driver gets used to it. But a bias ply is also more forgiving of a tire for driver inexperience when run at the edge of grip. In my experience, bias plys tend to "broadcast" their loss of grip in a more linear and predicatable manner. Similarly, when traction is lost they will regain it in a similar linear way. Radials, on the other hand, tend to break loose more suddenly and not regain traction as quickly.
Thinking back to my oval track days, it took us several weeks of experimenting when we swapped from bias plys to radials before we were able to get the laps speeds back up. But once we did, we also started running faster too.
BTW, the f.a.s.t. cars are running plenty fast on bias plys. Stock reproduction bias play no less. Because of what I said above, a number of drag tires are still available in bias ply as well.
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