[sb2f5marine69]

Went to the strip today and ran a 14.3 with a 107.63 mph trap speed, but I spin through the 60 ft and it was a 2.84. The car just wont hook ive got bbk subframes and moroso drag springs, 90/10 front struts and 50/50 rear shocks the lake wood traction action bars suck so i took them off tonight. The car is capable of low 12's high elevens. I dynoed at 319 horse and 331 ftlbs of torque, it is a 5 speed car with 3:73 rear end. Any help would be great and would like to know what everyone runnin these times have suspension wise Thanks.........

[95wip]

what kinda tires are you running?

[angermgt]

have 89 gt and last season ran best of 12.6 at 119 with 365 rwhp. 60 ft. time was 1.97 with hardly any spin but with a launch rpm of 3000 rpm. i have upr uppers and lowers kyb agx adjustable shocks in rear and struts in front. struts are set at 2 out of 4 and shocks are set at 4 out of 6. tires are bfg drag radials 255 50 16s. hopefully some input you could use.

[Stangzilla]

Yeah you seem to have an ok suspension but if it is on street tires it aint worth shit.. Get some slicks... What size and type of tire are you running?

[sb2f5marine69]

245.55.16 nittto extremes

[5-0stank]

get some mickey thompson et street slicks.

[ken5_0]

What air pressure (tires) are you running at the track? Play around with that a little.

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 245.55.16 nittto extremes

Throw those tire in the garbage and put some slicks on it. 26x8.5-15 will be plenty at that power level. At that mile an hour you are looking at 12.40s or so.

[FIVE-0]

If your gunna be keepin those tires for a little bit, try and dog it out of the whole a little, it should help it not spin so much, but you'll still have a a slow 60ft cause of the slow roll

[FastBack71]

UR RUNNING 245??? get those things OFF get some slcks like darrel says!

[sb2f5marine69]

thanks, Hey Darrel what do u think about urp control arms? Ive also seen steeda weighted drag lowers and was thinking about those. I just dont want to burn myself again like i did with those lakewood traction action bars.

[mustangman9550]

If you don't wanna go slicks and risk an axle( the only reason I won't run em) then go up a few sizes in tire. I believe you should be able to go up to around a 275/40 which I run out back on a 17, but that's a SN95 not a fox body. I would think atleast a 265 in a 16 would hook alot better than a 245..........

[5literJeff]

Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 245.55.16 nittto extremes

So lemme get this straight, you were running a passenger performance radial tire with directional tread and getting 2.80 60 foots and from that you inferred that the lakewood traction action bars

Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 suck so i took them off tonight.

. Wow.

[5-0stank]

Originally Posted by 5literJeff Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 245.55.16 nittto extremes So lemme get this straight, you were running a passenger performance radial tire with directional tread and getting 2.80 60 foots and from that you inferred that the lakewood traction action bars Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 suck so i took them off tonight. . Wow.

...my thoughts as well.

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 thanks, Hey Darrel what do u think about urp control arms? Ive also seen steeda weighted drag lowers and was thinking about those. I just dont want to burn myself again like i did with those lakewood traction action bars.

UPR makes some good stuff.

[Darrell]

Originally Posted by mustangman9550 If you don't wanna go slicks and risk an axle( the only reason I won't run em) then go up a few sizes in tire. I believe you should be able to go up to around a 275/40 which I run out back on a 17, but that's a SN95 not a fox body. I would think atleast a 265 in a 16 would hook alot better than a 245..........

You either have traction or you don't. Traction breaks stock parts no matter what tire you have on it. Axles don't break because they have a set of slicks attached to them. They break because they are abused. You can break axles with street tires.

[whiteboycustom]

he lakewood action traction bars have 3 settings, which hole are u using, i have the same bars but have yet to install them, i am starting off at the lowest hole for the most hook up and work from there

[Stangzilla]

Originally Posted by mustangman9550 If you don't wanna go slicks and risk an axle( the only reason I won't run em) then go up a few sizes in tire. I believe you should be able to go up to around a 275/40 which I run out back on a 17, but that's a SN95 not a fox body. I would think atleast a 265 in a 16 would hook alot better than a 245..........

I have 275\40\17 on the back of my Fox and I used to have drag radials that size on there. There is no difference. Drag radials are usless on a 17 inch wheel.. There is no give in the sidewall wether you are running street tires or drag radials.. The only way you are gonna get great performance out of drag radials is get 15 inch rims and put drag radials on them. They have lots of forgiving sidewall cushion... Other than that slicks is the way to do and I recommend a 15 inch tire also. I am runnin the Hoosier 26x9x15 with tubes.. A little trick when mounting slicks with tubes.. Rub the tubes down with baby powder so when the tire slips on the rim it wont twist your tube with it.. And yes slicks do spin on the rim sometimes unless you have the tires screwed to the rim...

[sb2f5marine69]

Originally Posted by Darrell Originally Posted by sb2f5marine69 245.55.16 nittto extremes Throw those tire in the garbage and put some slicks on it. 26x8.5-15 will be plenty at that power level. At that mile an hour you are looking at 12.40s or so.

Hey darrel couldnt find that tire size anywhere. Checked mt website and all they had were 26x10.50x15 will i have to roll my fender to clear that? Thats the narrowist tire i found.

[Stangzilla]

I run Hoosier 26x9x15. There awesome..