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ausie · 08-06-2006, 11:09 AM

Went to the track this past Friday and conditions were poor. All of those running street tires could not hook up including me. Air temperature was dropping to a nice cool 70 F near the end of the track time (was closer to 88F when I left for the track). This was the first time I ran a stock wheel and 275/40-17's on the car. Most of the night I was running low 13's but my trap speeds were much higher than that when I was running mid to high 12's last year. The hook was much better at 34 psi than it was after dropping pressure to 22 - 24psi until the traffic in the staging lanes died down.

08-06-2006, 11:09 AM	#16
ausie Don't let the dog drive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kinston, NC Posts: 1,883	Drag Strip results.....average for a street tire Went to the track this past Friday and conditions were poor. All of those running street tires could not hook up including me. Air temperature was dropping to a nice cool 70 F near the end of the track time (was closer to 88F when I left for the track). This was the first time I ran a stock wheel and 275/40-17's on the car. Most of the night I was running low 13's but my trap speeds were much higher than that when I was running mid to high 12's last year. The hook was much better at 34 psi than it was after dropping pressure to 22 - 24psi until the traffic in the staging lanes died down. __________________ 2004 SVT Cobra, Silver, February 2004 SVT Build # 2485 out of 3768 SLP Loudmouth Cat-back UPR double lock firewall adjuster UPR GMS extreme double hook quadrant Wheels: Ford SVT 10th anniv. wheels (track duty) SVE 10th anniv. style 17x9F, 10x10.5R BBS RK Plasma 18x8.5F, 18x10R (retired) (retired) 2001 black SVT Cobra, October 2001 missed but not forgotten

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