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09-02-2006, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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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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09-03-2006, 12:55 PM | #2 |
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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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09-03-2006, 11:22 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Faster with draglites?
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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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09-06-2006, 08:03 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Faster with draglites?
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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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09-04-2006, 12:00 AM | #5 |
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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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