Yeah, I'd worry about stability and stopping... Works for dragsters, but they also have enormously fat tires in the rear... Two of em!
A HUGE THANKS TO TIM and SHIRL ... And some info on the best getting new parts
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And a parachute.
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Several problems with narrow tires. But the main problem is you have no tire to stop with. And secondly these tires are nylon and they are not used to having weight on them at speed. So 1 mile would be sketchy
Dragsters also have 11000 horsepower and go 330 mph, or three the HP and a little over twice the speed. I see no problems with control or stopping. Now 1100 a corner does raise an eyebrow.
LC
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Dragsters also have 11000 horsepower and go 330 mph, or three the HP and a little over twice the speed. I see no problems with control or stopping. Now 1100 a corner does raise an eyebrow.
LC
Also in the 1/2 mile event and especially the 1 mile runs the narrow tires would actually provide more of a benefit than on the 1/4 mile runs with the Slingshot. Since the speeds are higher in both of those events the aero drag is also higher and these thin tires will decrease frontal area quite a bit. In April at the next event, if there is time it would be fun to do some back to back testing with something like this.
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Holy cow, I thought slicks were expensive...
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Holy cow, I thought slicks were expensive...
When you get to go fast $ Spining.gif don't mater....
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I will let yall stop on 4" of nylon and rubber. You have to remember that you get 2% stopping power from the rear. I can see one of those locking up and twisting you around. That is not for me. .
You would need to run radial tires (which cost the same as those) if you try this. Yall just be careful when tapping the brake.
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I see nobody caught my error. What I meant to say is at 11000 HP they have more than three times the HP , unless your rocking 3666 HP.
Let's just say they have more HP and higher speeds.
I would highly recommend a few high speed test stops before the full out run stop, just in case.
LC