has problems hooking up on street tires w/ a stock car? i cant leave hard at all or this thing blows the tires off. its a 94 LT1 M6 hardtop. i need drag radials. first i need a rear end girdle, and im sure soon after i get the DRs ill need a clutch. it never ends.

 

M6 + low-rpm torque of stock LT1 = roasted street tires. Join the club bud.

 

PRACTICE!

When my car was stock, i used to pull some really nice consistent 2.4-2.5 60' times at first. Eventually got those down to the 2.0-2.1 range with street tires after going to the strip for a season and getting the hang of it. Now it just kinda second nature for me.

Key with street tires is DONT shock them. Roll out slowly, slip the clutch a TON, and roll into the gas as much as you can without spinning them.

As for the rear girdle, dont bother on a 10 bolt. Not enough meat on the housing to preload the bearings. They wont do you any good. You should be ok with stock clutch and DRs as long as your clutch isnt almost shot anyways.

 

the best ive been able to get out of it is a 2.20 60ft. that was a 9.17 1/8 @ 80. my old LX mustang used to run 2.0s on street tires all night long. i guess im just to aggressive, i dont like putting heat in the clutch by riding it either. if i can get some 1.80 60fts out of this thing it should go some 8.70s. guess ill quit bitching and buy some tires.

 

hehe dont take much horse to smokeem with a manual. I have a friend with mild mods , very mild on a 98 , but he has a 4.10 gear in the back and its like a whole different beast .

 

1.80s is going to be REALLY hard to do with 3.42 gears and stock suspension and m6 car. Good luck in your quest. Also, your clutch wont hold that. My lt4 clutch barely held the 1.78 brand new. You could smell the clutch burning down the track.

 

I think the torque spec is 5 ft lbs. There isn't enough meat on the housing to preload the bearings with a bolt touqued 5 ft lbs without the housing deflecting?

 

ill probably just buy slicks, a good rear end w/ 4.10s, and a good clutch.

 

The quest for traction on a manual is never ending, after getting a street twin and a ford 9" I go to the track just to twist my steel driveshaft and snap it in two. Nittos might be the best bet, if you raise the psi and slip a little off the line you probably wont break anything.

 

If the car is stock, it sounds like it might stillhave the stock good year hockey pucks on it. You will get great tread wear with them, only problem is that stick to anything. Try Nitto drag radials or Nitto 555ZR, both work well on f-bodies.

 

yep, its got GSCs.

 

it's all in the tires. good tires hook, cheap/old tires spin

but don't buy drag radials if you planning on ever driving in the rain

 

Rain driving is not a problem with drag radials, unless you're on the highway. I got sideways on the way home form the track last month and thank god there wasnt any cars near by because my car swerved all over the highway until I got it back straight. So rain driving is fine, just dont exceed 50 mph and drive normally. Take it slow.

 

Buying DR's was the best mod I have ever done! Now the next mod is some 4:10's for spring time. Definitly get some DR's.

 

I've tried several brands of high performance tires, and I cam across a set from Goodyear. They are called the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3. Go to www.tirerack.com and check them out, but make sure your not just looking for the Goodyear eagle f1's, they got to be the GS-D3, they should help all of you get traction, other than the people with slicks.