Moose, sorry to hear about your accident, as long as no one was hurt everything else can be fixed. By the way, the answer to your low numbers on the dyno may very well be the drag radials. If you were running the drag radials on the dyno you were probably slipping on the drum.
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I have the BFG KD's and they are pretty slick. A tech at BFG said to very careful in the rain or cold weather and he was right. Very slippery in those conditions but they grip like hell with good weather.
I have the BFG drag radials too, but I switch when I go to the track.
Sorry to hear that about your car. I get nervous sometimes when I see stupid people cruising around. A spin out like you did can happen to anyone with the CC on.
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Damn that sucks bro.....its a horrible way to start my morning! Glad your OK and the car isnt totaled.......keep the stipes I love the look of your car!
Moose, sorry to hear about your accident, as long as no one was hurt everything else can be fixed. By the way, the answer to your low numbers on the dyno may very well be the drag radials. If you were running the drag radials on the dyno you were probably slipping on the drum.
I had them on for the dyno, i would have thought they'd have no slip on the drums.
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Damn Mosse sorry to hear the accident happened! Glad you and the wife are ok and no one suffered any serious injury except for the stang. She will be better than before......afraid to see pics (I detail on the side) of the paint..... J
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Moose, sorry to hear about the accident man, tho I am glad to hear that its not too too bad, and that you and the wife are ok. I think if anything good can come of this, it's that this could be used as an excellent cautionary tale to people who think Drag Radials are ok to use as Regular driving tires. As their name implies, drag radials are for the drag strip, not the road.
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"Dyno's Rarely Lie, but E.T.'s and Trap speed say so much more."
Moose, sorry to hear about the accident man, tho I am glad to hear that its not too too bad, and that you and the wife are ok. I think if anything good can come of this, it's that this could be used as an excellent cautionary tale to people who think Drag Radials are ok to use as Regular driving tires. As their name implies, drag radials are for the drag strip, not the road.
That's why I posted it. They've worked fine in the rain before, but this was a huge puddle of water.
Damn I had my camera in the car! I was so upset that I didn't even thing about taking some pics.
It's still raining so the pics will have to wait. I got a better look at it and somehow the back glass was spared of any scratches. I'm not sure the front window was scratch either which just seems impossible to me.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
Sorry to hear about the accident! Glad you and the wife are OK!
I had considered just swapping my rear tires for some drag radials as my car isn't a daily driver. The only thing that stopped me was the size hasn't been available yet. However, I think I'll go with a second set of wheels and tires all together after hearing your report!
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Sorry to hear that and glad everyones okay. This might be harsh but its 100% your fault. Who drives with drag radials on the car in the rain. I never take my dr's off but if the ground is wet the daily driver goes. With someone as knowledgeable as you I would have thought you knew that.
Sorry to hear that and glad everyones okay. This might be harsh but its 100% your fault. Who drives with drag radials on the car in the rain. I never take my dr's off but if the ground is wet the daily driver goes. With someone as knowledgeable as you I would have thought you knew that.
Well it wasn't raining when I left and there was only a 30% chance at that, but it poured where we were. I waited until it had stopped raining, but wasn't aware that part of the highway had so much standing water. This was not my usual route, it was a back country highway. Anyway i'm aware that drag radials are not rain tire, but they are legal on the street.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
+1 to Moose... DRs are a street legal tire and most of us who run them on the car all the time are aware of the charateristics in the rain. I only drove mine once in the rain and was surprise at how well they handled.
Sometimes things happen.... that's why its called an accident!!!
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+1 to Moose... DRs are a street legal tire and most of us who run them on the car all the time are aware of the charateristics in the rain. I only drove mine once in the rain and was surprise at how well they handled.
Sometimes things happen.... that's why its called an accident!!!
It may not have mattered. It was a huge puddle and I didn't see it in time to slow down so....
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
Sorry to hear man, I seen the thread title I didnt expect it to be you! Can you pull some insurance money off that?
I'm not looking to score any improvements. I'll be happy if they can paint it worth a damn.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
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