how much rubber can u lay
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From: Rimbey Canada
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I can lay as long a patch as I want in my 1977 Mercury monarch. It has a VERY strong 351 windsor with a 650 vacuum secondary holley. Going down the free way at 60 MPH I can chirp the tires. and when leaving town going from 30 MPH to the speed limit (60MPH)I can lay rubber untill I hit high gear.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-Mar-02 AT 11:01 PM (EST)]Im a 17 year old kid from North Dakota. i have a 1971 Ford Ranger 2 wheel drive taht is completely restored. The 390 with headers and a holley 750 double pumper and 3.73 gears will lay a patch of around 50 feet from a complete stop. She is still spinning both tires once she hits 3rd gear.
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From: Eldorado Ca. USA
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I never measured, but I did a brakestand/burnout in front of my house and let up about 2 houses away. I did this abou 2 years ago and there is a 10' mark burnt into the pavement where I stated off. (too bad it was a one wheel peel)
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 21-Mar-02 AT 07:22 PM (EST)]Depends on the tires...
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Ijust put a 1975 390 hypo in my 1972 f-250 explorer. on the maden voyage, as I was leaving the stop sign the Thurston co. sherrif was impressed. He still gave me the ticket though, lets see wahat the judge thinks.:-X11
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'67 Merc w/ a transplanted 289 2V (in place of the 240) driving a 3 spd stnd. Would literally turn the tires all day while not moving an inch. Kid brother could modulate the brake pedal to make it boil rubber thru 1320 feet & beyond. No doubt 3.7 gears helped. Miss that truck; it could do anything we asked of it up to & including hauling 4000 lbs of fertilizer to the field. "Built Ford Tough" meant something back then.
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The last time I drove it would lay rubber into second gear. But, that has been going on 4 years now I think. But, I am acctually getting around to fixing the old dawg up. Getting my shop in order is th every irst peice of business. Then it will be strip it down and build it up. I wish I had all the parts right now. Of course then I would Never sleep I don't now even when I try. LOL
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thread from the dead! I posted this like 4 months ago or more.
since then the 1970 has peeled 3 pairs of rear wheels,(one night)
I looked at the wheel bearings.. ouch! one u-joint has
finaly started to give out, other than that its still goin,
just not on the highway due to inspections. longest strip was 60+ which I pulled coming out of the local shell before the last
of its insurance expired. the 72 ranger has not baked the tires
yet, except for a little 2 footer I laid by accident.
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since then the 1970 has peeled 3 pairs of rear wheels,(one night)
I looked at the wheel bearings.. ouch! one u-joint has
finaly started to give out, other than that its still goin,
just not on the highway due to inspections. longest strip was 60+ which I pulled coming out of the local shell before the last
of its insurance expired. the 72 ranger has not baked the tires
yet, except for a little 2 footer I laid by accident.
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Well I guess a picture should tell the story. This is with slicks installed. On street tires I can smoke them the entire length of the 1/8 mile wchich is 660 feet. But I'm running 450+ hp and 456 gears behind a manual shift c-6.
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Cant beat that, but thought id put mine in.
Had a 77 2wd I6, man 4spd, 100ft one tire fire, it can be done if your young and stupid. Won many bets with that one, not enough for the tires.
72 3/4 camper special 2wd 4spd 390, dana 60 posi, 3:50 gears 10 ft second gear and good bark going into 3rd.
91 3/4 ton 7.3 diesel 4x4 5spd. all five gears continuous single black patch. Young and Stupid
Had a 77 2wd I6, man 4spd, 100ft one tire fire, it can be done if your young and stupid. Won many bets with that one, not enough for the tires.
72 3/4 camper special 2wd 4spd 390, dana 60 posi, 3:50 gears 10 ft second gear and good bark going into 3rd.
91 3/4 ton 7.3 diesel 4x4 5spd. all five gears continuous single black patch. Young and Stupid
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From: Bealeton Virginia
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A few years ago I was at a car show at a drag strip, and they let each show participant make one pass down the track. Entered in the show was a beautiful chromeyellow '71 longbed. This was a trailer queen best of show winner. It had a built 429 with a fully polished tunnel ram backed by a C6. Out back was the stock open diff 9". He was running 15x8 wheels with some standard all season radials. I guess he was tired of being teased for being a trailer queen and hearing that his truck was all show and no go, so he made a pass down the track. . . . it was quite a sight seeing that bright yellow truck smoke the right rear wheel for a full 1/8 mile!
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I burnt a tire right to the rim(ltd slip),
45 seconds,smoke was like heavy fog cloud in the
area about a 100 feet up in the air, surprising
how long those old bias plys stand up.
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45 seconds,smoke was like heavy fog cloud in the
area about a 100 feet up in the air, surprising
how long those old bias plys stand up.
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