<TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR title="Post 3372546" vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 align=middle width=125>Flareside94</TD><TD class=alt2>So, you're not planning on running the truck on the street? I was under the impression that cut tires were not legal for street use.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



Just to clear things up a bit, as stated before the truck will not see much pavement, I'm sure some of you have heard of hot august nights in reno, a week or so before that we have somthing similar ( though not as big) called fifties fever, it is a three day weekend of drag racing, street dancing, bar hopping, & car shows (in about that order), any way during this weekend will probably be the only street time the truck will get, usually the cops are pretty cool & let everone run around with uncorked headers, open wheeled roadsters, burnouts, & the occasional light to light grudge match, so they probably won't give me much trouble,
the truck will get run at the drags if the techs say it's ok to race, but if racing I'll probably try to find some dick cepeks or mikey thompsens to run, (can't locate a slick that big yet),
I think I'll cut the rears this weekend (while I patiently wait for my coilovers to show up), after testing the whole combo I may do the fronts, & if it seemed to do better with uncut fronts I'll just buy a new pair & have two spares for the rear,

Thanks for the info Monster,

<TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR title="Post 3372766" vAlign=top><TD class=alt1 align=middle width=125>proeliator</TD><TD class=alt2> Cut 'em </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

As far as the raw traction & the look I'm with you, but I think I'll do some testing in steps,

 

Good point, But another intersting one would be the terra tires that look like allterrain tread pattern, aren't they also considered a floatation tire?
I think the biggest reason these are a floatation tire is there shear size & width,
I'm not disagreeing with you, just another thought to ponder,

 

Yea, but those tires are intended to be used at a low wheel speed. You've got to remember the dynamics change when your spinning ag tires at 7k

Ask Ivan, he was running his ags for the first time on the rear, we were at a stop, he jumped on it and the rear dropped about a foot. I was expecting it but not so much to where you could physically feel the rear plummet like that. It was pretty cool

 

Yeah with the shear amount of hp you're running cutting the front tires is only going to help. Up here where i run there's an average of about 5 rails or so at most of the events, and everyone one of them that is pushing more than 700hp is running paddles in the front and rear or cut boggers front and rear or paddles rear and cut boggers in front, the guys running paddles front and rear are winning almost every time (the hp numbers are fairly close too).

one thing about the gear mismatch, 44" tires have a lot of sidewall and whatnot, and because of this a 10psi difference in air pressure between front and rear is going to mean a difference in overall tire height, so you might consider running the front tires say at 27-30psi and the rears around 17psi or something of the like to get a bit of a mismatch.

 

never thought about runnin lower pressure in the rear, i guess that would do the same thing, good thunkin ther mustang.