New Rubber!!

[Brummmie]

These should give me some grunt off the line! Got these off Stevieturbo, of Turbo charged LS Granada fame, he has done a 9 on them i believe!!

To the left you can see, still flat packed IKEA wardrobes...

[dbv8]

Oh! I thought you meant Street Ets. These are in a different league. Them driveshafts won't last if you want to launch hard. Good luck tho if it holds together you will be running mid 10's

[BikealarmBlair]

Ikea flat pack rocks! you should PAY a handyman to fit them!

[Brummmie]

dbv8 said:

Oh! I thought you meant Street Ets. These are in a different league. Them driveshafts won't last if you want to launch hard. Good luck tho if it holds together you will be running mid 10's

A different league?

[dbv8]

Brummmie said:

A different league?

I could only see the pic earlier on my phone and thought they were slicks.
Now i see they are very worn drag radials. They look old but knowing stevieturbo they could be just months old.

Still should be good for a tenth or more to 60 foot therefore 3 tenths maybe more over the 1/4

I look forward to seeeing these in action at Shakey on the 28th ?

[Brummmie]

Dont think there is a great deal of tread from new!!

[dbv8]

'Street'
makes you laugh doesnt it? Not actually street legal i UK.

Suprisingly mine are but i wouldnt want to do many wet miles or corners for that matter on them

[Brummmie]

I will be bolting them on at the track!

[dbv8]

Brummmie said:

I will be bolting them on at the track!

[itsallyellow]

Looking at the size of them you must be running the wider wheel arches now. My old slicks are allways available, we only do one race on a set so would be great for trackdays!!

[Brummmie]

Those are 260mm wide and going on 16x8 rims so clearance should be ok.
These are for drag use only!

[BCA]

Snap!


Haven't got ourselves a set, just pre-empting the driveshafts.

[Brummmie]

Well...

There is a train of thought that says the large squidgy sidewalls take alot of the shock loading out of it, I'll soon find out!

[BCA]

Brummmie said:

Well...

There is a train of thought that says the large squidgy sidewalls take alot of the shock loading out of it, I'll soon find out!

I hope so, for all the work you've done and how close you have come, you need to be in the tens!

[dbv8]

Brummmie said:

Well...

There is a train of thought that says the large squidgy sidewalls take alot of the shock loading out of it, I'll soon find out!

I agree

[Brummmie]

Curses! they dont kin fit...

Scrape the rear of the inner arch, dont want to grind that away and ruin the originality of the car

[dbv8]

Bad luck.
What diameter are they? They look 28"
I reckon 26 is the tops really.

[BCA]

I cant work out if you're serious or taking the mick...

Cut them, space them, re-install them. (arches that is)

With the amount of variance from the factory, this isn't really a concern surely!

[Brummmie]

dbv8 said:

Bad luck.
What diameter are they? They look 28"
I reckon 26 is the tops really.

They are a 26", they scrape just about 3 quarters inside the arch enough to just rub, however when the car is unloaded (jacked up) they are locked solid on the lowest (sill part) of the arches, so between gear changes might be a tad concerning, i'll have a better look when i have more time, but it looks like semi major mods are needed, and i'm not that bothered..

Originality remark was to keep you guessing

[BCA]

Paul, as you're just down the road from me (south Birmingham), we really must meet up sometime so I can have a proper look at it.

Keep pushing the envelope... first Cerbera into the 10's?