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400kw Ute Traction/Tyres


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Yea without launching you should be ok for a while, but 400kw with any real good tyre  your eventually gonna have dramas with your rear end it's just part and parcel of having a car with that much power (crazy Barra people say oh 400 is nothing on a Barra but 400rwkw is actually big power) my advice just get a good set of tyres don't launch and you should be pretty sweet for a good while.... down the track you mite need to spend some cash but anyone with that sort of car will you can't avoid it......

another thing to note being a ute they havnt exactly got a performance rear end in them anyway which dosent help the cause.... my advice get some good tyres Michelin's if your on the road all the time ( don't get semis if you daily drive the car, to much chance of a prang in the wet seriously not worth it) 

 

actually just re read the thread noticed it's a weekender semis mite be good for you then if your never gonna drive in the wet..... youl notice a huge difference over what you have atm 

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Man I've dropped back to second like mashed full throttle so many times and I've been fine... but I know im Gambling I just don't care if it snaps,, you guys reckon it's a tune thing? Or luck of draw thing? Or maybe it's a metallurgy thing some shafts mite be stronger then others I really dunno 

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Yeah I did the same with my bf turbo and it didn't snap or bend one little bit. I'm currently running a metric butt tonne of power in my territory and it hasn't broken yet either, although I take it somewhat easy on it...knock on wood :hammerhead:

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46 minutes ago, k31th said:

clearly nothing to do with all of the jogs beforehand ;)

 

ha

 

nah I run 20s with cheap tyres so no strain. 

 

only went to drags before once to heathcote half dozen runs. that's it.

 

I do know others who have stock input shaft and tail shaft and rave raced dozens and dozens of times no issues.

 

all just luck. 

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So... ended up biting the bullet and just received some 15x10 Jegs for the rear of my xr6t ute

Shave a bit off the banjo bolt on the rear brakes and had the guards rolled and they fit pretty snug

wrapped in mickey thompsons et Streets 275/50/15 on a lowered ute looks good. 

Now to test the stock shaft out... wont be launching at all! just trying to eliminate power skidding at 4000rpm.😂

surely would be okay, guess time will tell...

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