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Old 08-31-2015, 10:57 AM   #9
hotrod 80
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Re: M/T pro bracket radial

These things are still a radial . I was at Evadale this weekend and they over sprayed the track with prep . My slicks liked like cotton candy coming off them when staging . The radials wouldn't work . Bolted the old bias plys back on and went right down it . About 7 or 8 guys on some type of radial slick and none of them could get down it . Everyone on a bias ply that had any kind of suspension that worked went right down it . 4 of the radial guys finally figured it out by turning the front full loose and softening the rear enough to big wheelie . The pro bracket radial may be a good tire , but im going to stick with a bias ply for now . My rear spring rate is 200 # and I need to be lighter . 150 or 130# would be better . My leaf spring is not common and at this point Calvert doesn't make anything with a lower rate. Back half with ladder bars would fix it , but im not going that far just for a radial .
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