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Post by losad34 on Oct 24, 2012 11:35:11 GMT -5
So I would like to know what tires everyone is haveing luck with on dry and muddy conditions. Obviously your gears will have a lot to do with what tires work best for you so please put that as well. I'm needing to upgrade tires and am putting either 411 or 456 gears in a rear end at some point soon. First time building a rear end.
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Post by derby217 on Oct 24, 2012 11:37:58 GMT -5
I like 4.56 with h78-14 tires in my vics and 5.13/5.14 gears in heavier cars with the same tires..
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Post by losad34 on Oct 24, 2012 12:00:13 GMT -5
I like 4.56 with h78-14 tires in my vics and 5.13/5.14 gears in heavier cars with the same tires.. Am I reading this right your using 14" rims? If so whats the advantage to a smaller rim? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 12:01:20 GMT -5
Stock gears for now. With 14" Titan tractor tires..
DOT tires, usually 235s, or 225s.
We're gonna start using grooved mobile home (14.5s) tires.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Oct 24, 2012 12:02:20 GMT -5
I like 4.56 with h78-14 tires in my vics and 5.13/5.14 gears in heavier cars with the same tires.. Am I reading this right your using 14" rims? If so whats the advantage to a smaller rim? smaller target.... i have 5.83's and i run 235x70x15 and also have a set of 27x8.50z15s. |
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Post by losad34 on Oct 24, 2012 12:40:26 GMT -5
Stock gears for now. With 14" Titan tractor tires.. DOT tires, usually 235s, or 225s. We're gonna start using grooved mobile home (14.5s) tires. I currently use Tall trailer tires for my front tires that I think are close to mobile home tires your talking about. 235 is what i've used for years stuffed with a 225 and then tubed. last forever! I do like the look of the titan tractor tires for the rear though. look like they'd hook pretty well in mud |
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Post by losad34 on Oct 24, 2012 12:43:07 GMT -5
Am I reading this right your using 14" rims? If so whats the advantage to a smaller rim? smaller target.... i have 5.83's and i run 235x70x15 and also have a set of 27x8.50z15s. Ok that makes sense on the smaller target. thats what I thought. good idea. What ply are those 27x8.50z15s?? |
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Post by redneckracing12 on Oct 24, 2012 12:45:07 GMT -5
they are only 4 ply so i doubled and tubed them.
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Post by losad34 on Oct 24, 2012 12:49:45 GMT -5
Does the direction of tread have anything to do with more grip in one direction than the other? Like this tire looks like you'd get better grip one way.  |
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Post by demodave216 on Oct 24, 2012 13:06:21 GMT -5
I run 9" with the 27" 8.5 X 15 skid steer, and a 456 gear.
As far as the tread direction, just mount one in each direction, you'll always have traction whether your in drive or reverse.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Oct 24, 2012 14:06:47 GMT -5
I run 9" with the 27" 8.5 X 15 skid steer, and a 456 gear. As far as the tread direction, just mount one in each direction, you'll always have traction whether your in drive or reverse. agreed, they are direction but like demodave said mount on each direction... we did this with a single tire on our skid steers at work also. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 14:43:33 GMT -5
Stock gears for now. With 14" Titan tractor tires.. DOT tires, usually 235s, or 225s. We're gonna start using grooved mobile home (14.5s) tires. I currently use Tall trailer tires for my front tires that I think are close to mobile home tires your talking about. 235 is what i've used for years stuffed with a 225 and then tubed. last forever! I do like the look of the titan tractor tires for the rear though. look like they'd hook pretty well in mud Stuffed 235s are pretty good. And them Titans, all they did was hook... on mud. However, on just dirt, they suck. They started spinning. |
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Post by bluecrew72 on Oct 24, 2012 15:40:59 GMT -5
^^^^ didn't you say "you" (or whomever actually built/ran the car) were only running them on the front... hmmm
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 18:05:19 GMT -5
^^^^ didn't you say "you" (or whomever actually built/ran the car) were only running them on the front... hmmm I actually built it.. And are you referring to the mobile home tires? Yes, they were originally only for the front, but they worked on the back when we found out the tires rule changed a week before the derby.. We of course didn't know until we got there, so we used bar luggers up front and the 14.5s on the back. If you read the 77+ Sedan Thread, you would've saw it. |
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Post by mashsmasher on Oct 24, 2012 20:09:49 GMT -5
5.67 gears, 15'' rims all different size tires cant tell any difference.
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