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Old 01-23-2004, 06:58 PM   #15
420nitro
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Hey Dave_Mustang_50,
I feel your pain man. Look when I had a basically the same set up.(306, twisted wedge heads, custom blower grind cam, GT-40 intake with a 14 pound ATI procharger,Tremec trans and 4.10 gears) (YES 4.10 GEARS!)I drove on factory 5 star pony wheels with 245/50/16 BF Goodrich Comp VR-4's.
Yes traction was a joke!!! I just knew that I had to baby it until it was half-way into 3rd. I couldn't even jump on it untill it had slicks on it. I did not want drag radials because of the same reason (didn't last).
So at that point it became how good I could drive the car. When it came down to a race for money, you bet the car had slicks on it, otherwise I wouldn't even bother.
Hope this helps.. I wasn't trying to be a smart *** by no means with the prior replys but after almost losing the car a couple of times, slicks were the easiest thing to do. And know with the new combo, traction seems to be the problem again for me, with the slicks on!!!
So go fiqure
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