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Old 09-02-2006, 03:40 PM   #1
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Default Faster with draglites?

Has anyone ran there car after installing draglites and noticed a marked improvement.

About all there is left that I can do to my mustang is Aluminum driveshaft and weld draglites.

Is it worth 1000 bux?
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Old 09-03-2006, 12:55 PM   #2
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Default Re: Faster with draglites?

Aluminum driveshaft, one of the first things i done to the coupe.
Welds/skinnies shortly after.
I was happy with the d/s, and the weld wheel is much noticeably lighter than something such as a pony rim, or even the alloy american racing rims i used to have. I dont like the skinnies, cuz you can kiss good braking and handling goodbye, although I drove my car everyday for 3 yrs with skinnies, still has them.
Btw, 6 yrs ago i paid 159$ for my driveshaft, I believe they are close to 300$ now
I bought my welds two at a time, then bought the skinnies when my funds allowed, cuz I could'nt go spend 1k all at once, also have to buy the lugnuts of course.
To answer your question, In my opinion, you'll be at least 2 tenths faster, but the shine on those welds, especially prostars makes it worth it. good luck.
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Old 09-03-2006, 11:22 PM   #3
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Default Re: Faster with draglites?

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Aluminum driveshaft, one of the first things i done to the coupe.
Welds/skinnies shortly after.
I was happy with the d/s, and the weld wheel is much noticeably lighter than something such as a pony rim, or even the alloy american racing rims i used to have. I dont like the skinnies, cuz you can kiss good braking and handling goodbye, although I drove my car everyday for 3 yrs with skinnies, still has them.
Btw, 6 yrs ago i paid 159$ for my driveshaft, I believe they are close to 300$ now
I bought my welds two at a time, then bought the skinnies when my funds allowed, cuz I could'nt go spend 1k all at once, also have to buy the lugnuts of course.
To answer your question, In my opinion, you'll be at least 2 tenths faster, but the shine on those welds, especially prostars makes it worth it. good luck.
Thank you for your reply.

I was a little worried about stopping at the end of the 1/4 with skinnies.

I think i will run the factory tire size on the front.
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Old 09-04-2006, 12:00 AM   #4
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Default Re: Faster with draglites?

well what i mean is sudden hard braking. probaly be alright slowing down in a straight..... late
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Old 09-06-2006, 08:03 PM   #5
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Default Re: Faster with draglites?

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I was a little worried about stopping at the end of the 1/4 with skinnies.
What about all the 149mph and less drag cars that stop on skinnies? The problem is more on the street than anything. Your stock brakes physically can't grab the rotor hard enough to lock em up at dragstrip speeds. Unless you've got a honda engine in the thing.

I have run skinnies on mine on the street for the last 15k miles or so and have locked them up only a time or two. Once you get used to them, they're no problem. If they're good enough for a VW Beetle, they're good enough for a mustang
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