My new AWD 17" drag radial setup.

[OffshoreDrilling]

After attempting to buy 4 different sets of wheels, and all of them being backordered or discontinued, I finally managed to get ahold of a set. These weren't my first choice, but will do the job for track duty.

Wheels: American Racing "Marin" 17"x8.5" 6x127mm, +25

Tires: 4 Nitto 555R 275/40/17 Drag radials.

Yes, I am aware the center caps are not on the wheels!

to give you an idea how tiny these are versus stock...


Stock wheel and tire combo was 68lbs each, and these are 49lbs each. 80lbs of rotating weight GONE! Im hoping to pick up three tenths in the 1/4 with these bad boys.

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[10sec]

holy shit dude, we were sorta joking about how much lower the truck would be... lol god damn that looks goofy!

In a good way, sucker should rip now.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

holy shit dude, we were sorta joking about how much lower the truck would be... lol god damn that looks goofy!

In a good way, sucker should rip now.

I had to set the truck down on some 2x4s to get the jack out. My front bumper is about 3-3.5" off of the ground.

 

[Runtz52]

i never realized how big the stockers were, nice setup, what r u expecting in the 60' dept. mid to low 1.6's

 

[smug]

wow that looks silly lol. that fucker should rip now!!

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

1.6 anything would be great for 60's. I am nearly there now with cutting a handful of 1.71s. Most of the gains from running these will be the gear ratio change and reduction of rotating mass.

 

[Yaj Yak]

that looks silly. lol

but hopefully you gain whatchu lookin for.

in for 12.4 at 99mph.

haha


whats the stock tire size

 

[Runtz52]

yea i saw a number of 1.7's from u at byron, cant wait to see it with the new shoes

 

[Yaj Yak]

1.6 anything would be great for 60's. I am nearly there now with cutting a handful of 1.71s. Most of the gains from running these will be the gear ratio change and reduction of rotating mass.

I don't get the gear ratio deal here...

cuz I don't fully understand it.

Stock tire size is 255/50/20 which is around 30.04 inches tall... stock gear ratio is 4:10 right...

so now you got 275/40/17 (these are seriously shorter than the tires on my pricks ) which are 25.66 inches tall... sooo

from here:

http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm

so (25.66/30.04)x4.10= 3.502.... so now your truck which had an effective gear ratio of 4.10, now has 3.50 gears...

you goin for that cuz the 4:10s are super steep coming out of the hole?

 

[syP]

lemme know when you are gonna go to the track... ill bring the SHO

 

[RebelGTP]

Fuck that... get more drop and speed...



Put some roller skate wheels on it...

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I don't get the gear ratio deal here...

cuz I don't fully understand it.

Stock tire size is 255/50/20 which is around 30.04 inches tall... stock gear ratio is 4:10 right...

so now you got 275/40/17 (these are seriously shorter than the tires on my pricks ) which are 25.66 inches tall... sooo

from here:

http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm




so (25.66/30.04)x4.10= 3.502.... so now your truck which had an effective gear ratio of 4.10, now has 3.50 gears...

you goin for that cuz the 4:10s are super steep coming out of the hole?

That isnt the correct calculation for the final drive ratio. That calculator is telling you what gear you need to put in the rear end to keep the RPM and MPH the same for a given tire size.

Using this calculator, its a 4.80 gear now.
http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartire.htm

 

[Yaj Yak]

ahhh k.

didnt understand.

thats what i was lookin fo.

thank you sir.

 

[IDAFC21]

good lord that looks odd

but its a track setup, so if it works, fuck how it looks

 

[bikrboy128]

in4AWDburnouts?

 

[1FastWS6]

wow.... thats just hilarious... you will def. see 1.6's out of that setup tho!

 

[DanJ]

Sittin in my 6-4, tinted windows, Smokin' Indo, money on my mind.

 

[b00ya]

Sittin in my 6-4, tinted windows, Smokin' Indo, money on my mind.

the 1st time i looked at this thread that what i thought too. needs some daytons on that bitch lol

 

[DanJ]

Hey, if that's what you gotta do to go fast more power to you.

 

[PANDA]

god damn, that race truck just looks silly with those.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I know it looks silly but function over form. Its just for the track.

 

[UWISHU1]

lol them 22" make the 17" look tiny.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

lol them 22" make the 17" look tiny.

Those are 20s

stock tire diameter is 30.1 my new DRs are 25.7

 

[UWISHU1]

Those are 20s

stock tire diameter is 30.1 my new DRs are 25.7

holy shit

 

[The Broken Regal]

it looks like you have spare tires on all 4 corners

then when you cut 1.6's people will be really confused..