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I am curious about what is working for you. Currently I am running 15″ Mini-Lites with 195/50/15 Dunlop tires on all four corners. I am thinking I will change tire size when these are worn out. I may also go to the 16″ Mini-Lites, but that is not a sure thing.
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I still run the stock Lat-70 rims with 195-60-13 on the front and 235-60-13 on the back. The backs are American Racer dirt track tires that are DOT because some of the drag races I run in require a DOT tire and they are about the only really soft compound tire I can find in a 13. I really should step up to a 15″ so if anyone has a set cheap I might be interested in them.
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Cleandan, I’m running Dunlop sp 8000’s. I use centerline auto drag rims, the fronts are 15×7 with 4 7/8in. back spacing, back is 15×8 1/2 with 4 7/8 back spacing. I have small flares, and use 1/4in. spacers in the rear. Tire size is 205-50-15 and 245-50-15. These rims are very lite and fairly cheap.
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Can you guys give me some background on minilite style wheels. There at least 3 versions that I am aware of: panasports, original minlites from England, and the “minilite style” wheels sold by Victoria British (and probably others). What are the trade offs in weight-strength-looks-cost?
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quote Todd Reid:Can you guys give me some background on minilite style wheels. There at least 3 versions that I am aware of: panasports, original minlites from England, and the “minilite style” wheels sold by Victoria British (and probably others). What are the trade offs in weight-strength-looks-cost?
What did you end up buying and why?Todd, rather than hijacking my post, you would do much better posting this all on it’s own. It is a good question and may get ignored under my title. I have Mini-Lites and don’t think too much of them. Two are off weight and require a large amount of wheel weights to balance the tires (I took the wheels and tires apart and balanced the wheels alone to check)
I only know of the Mini-Lites, but have heard good things about the Panasports and nothing about the off brands. Good luck. -
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I just finished putting on my christmas present. A new set of rims & tires,for the back end.
They are the Rodlite weld wheels 15×8 with a 5.5 offset, tires are the new M/T drag radial 235-60-15.
I had to move my leaf springs in 1″ and rolled the inter fender well lip in and also moved the rear end back, the wheel base is now 86.5. The wheels really fill up the fender well, but looks good.
I also lowered the car 1 1/2 inches so the tires fit up into the fender well and does’t look all jacked up in the back and will still look ok with the stock rims and tires.
Will be ordering the fronts soon. -
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Hi Bob
We will putting on a race called NO Bull Shootout on April 8th here in Albq. You have to drive the car approx. 20-25 miles, has to be on a DOT type tire. You put the cars number in a hat and the one you draw is the car you have to race, heads-ups on a 400 pro tree. We have some cars that run as fast as 9’40’s on street tires, that’s pretty fast for 5500ft elev., and for the track we race on.
I will probably go down to Phoenix for a test & tune at the end of Jan, or Feb to see how this new set up works.
Bob what kind of cowl scoop did you use on your hood, I would really like to do that to my hood so I can run a super victor intake and a air cleaner.
Thanks Jerry -
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