Re: DRAG RADIALS
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05/31/18 02:48 AM
05/31/18 02:48 AM
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Puyallup, WA
StealthWedge67
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You may have already ruined the tires..... radial beads will split if you run screws into them. I’ve never seen a set come apart because of this, but that could only be because most know not to do it. Tire companies are hard & fast against it. Not sure how comfortable I’d be with them.
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: DRAG RADIALS
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05/31/18 10:23 AM
05/31/18 10:23 AM
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Marion, South Carolina [><]
an8sec70cuda
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Ran M/T 295-65 drag radials for 11 years w/ them screwed to the rim and never hurt a thing. Can ran mid 9s at 140 mph and 60 footed 1.32 on motor. Made a handful of 8.9 sec passes on nitrous w/ them too.
The no screws w/ radials wasn't an issue years ago...no one ever said anything until the last few years that I recall seeing.
My last set I just put on I bought new rims so I'd have a set for radials and one for slicks...I used high tack glue on the beads this time, no screws.
If you're worried about it, just take the screws out.
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'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
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Re: DRAG RADIALS
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05/31/18 12:13 PM
05/31/18 12:13 PM
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Portage,michigan
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Your gonna like them..... and be faster Matt
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: DRAG RADIALS
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05/31/18 08:18 PM
05/31/18 08:18 PM
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Balt. Md
383man
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I don't think my car is near as fast as yours but I don't run screws in my 30 x 9 radial Hoosier slicks and they work fine for me. Heck I have been driving them on the street for about 8 years (on two sets) also. And they hold air all winter in the garage sitting on the ground as I don't lift my car off the ground. I also love how they just handle better then the bias ties do. Ron
Last edited by 383man; 05/31/18 08:18 PM.
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