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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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Went out Wednesday night with innertubes in my slicks. I noticed in my past pictures without tubes that the tires really distort. With tubes, appearently, the contact patch is bigger. My 60's have dropped and have become more consistant 1.39-1.40.



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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:12 PM
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Who would have thought that would work?

I love the pics of your 84 pulling the wheels.
Got any videos?
I love watching Corvettes do that at the local drag strip.
Good hard launches with IRS are cool too.
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Love the way that car hoists the hoops.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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Great Pics!!

Kudos to the photographer! And Driver!

Love seeing all that air under those front tires!

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Thanks guys, gotta work on the video.
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Make sure you have some rim screws , last thing you want is tearing the valve stem out of the tube ... Looks good budd

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Originally Posted by red L98
Make sure you have some rim screws , last thing you want is tearing the valve stem out of the tube ... Looks good budd
Thanks, got rim screws.

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