traction troubles
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traction troubles
My 69 has a 460 in it now that isn't the problem.The problem is that it won't stick to the road at all.I have new tires and am a bit of an amatuer at all this.Any ideas on how to help make her stick better.There's nothing worse than havin all that power and can't go nowhere with it.
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From: california
traction troubles
What brand tires do you have? Tires have different compunds. I'm assuming that your tires just spin as you stomp on the gas. You could also look into a limited slip differential or add weight to the bed.
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Is it an auto or stick? If its an auto, try holding the brake hard enough to hold the wheels, and get her up to about 1500 RPMs and to go, let off the brake, and s l o w l y give her some gas. If you just stomp it, you wont go anywhere. Wait untill you are going to give her WOT.
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Traction bars will definitely help you hook up as will adding more weight on the rear, and more rubber on the road helps too. Drag racers use large wide tires with no tread which gives the maximum amount of rubber on the ground, but slicks aren't practical for street driving so you will obviously have to compromise.
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I'm also very interested in your findings. I am just finishing installation of a worked 460 with C6 tranny into my 67 F100. I was very happy that the L&M motormounts lined up perfectly with my existing mounts. The L&M headers almost lined up, but it took me some cuttin and weldin to fit the passenger side in. Good luck!
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From: california
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"large wide tires with no tread which gives the maximum amount of rubber on the ground"
It's not the maximum amount of rubber on the ground. It's the maximum adhesion of the tire compound to the ground. Hoosier, BFG and some other tire companies make DOT slicks for racing. Basically, there are enough grooves in the tires to be considered a "street" tire for some drag race classes, ie street stock.
All you need is two of these on a light alloy wheel and swap them out with your regular street tires when you go bowtie hunting on a Saturday night!
It's not the maximum amount of rubber on the ground. It's the maximum adhesion of the tire compound to the ground. Hoosier, BFG and some other tire companies make DOT slicks for racing. Basically, there are enough grooves in the tires to be considered a "street" tire for some drag race classes, ie street stock.
All you need is two of these on a light alloy wheel and swap them out with your regular street tires when you go bowtie hunting on a Saturday night!
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235s are too skinney. You need at leasr 265s on 8 inch wheels. Mickey Thompson also has a sticky street legal slick. Just remember those street legal drag tires might be a handful to handle in the rain. You will also need some weight in the back to get it hooked up with a stock suspension. You can move as much stuff back there as possible like the gas tank and battery. I once knew of a guy that drag raced an El Camino. He had poored molten lead into the tailgate and left it down when racing. He got some awesome weight transfer.
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From: california
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The only problem with placing too much weight past the rear axle is that if you ever get into a spin (say from a blow out at 100 + mph), the vehicle will act like a pendulum and do more 360's than you want. Known fact from Bonneville and Muroc!
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traction troubles
This might not work but i have always wondered if you could actually put the weight on top of the axle under the bed in the center on the axle that way the weight would not be sitting on top of the springs your ride height would be the same the truck would handel the same with just more traction would this work?You guys tell me what you think
Jeff
Jeff