Front Tire Size

[Dgal]

You might ask around. We were running a 28" for a while and it was a little tight, but I think many are running one now. This is on a '98 Firebird. We are running a 27" now and plenty of room with the factory fender liners.

Don

[Ed Wright]

27" tires rub on mine when turning very sharp. Lower cars will rub sooner.

[Tom Goldman]

I will agree with Don on this . ask around.
Front springs, and different wheel offsets and especially tire manufacturers will make a difference. Goodyears
28" front has a bigger rollout than Hoosier or M/T. ....but the Hoosier 27" is bigger than the Goodyear .
The 26" tires seem to be closer among the manufacturers.

[Rich Biebel]

When I put together my LT-1 Firebird....I replaced the front fender liners as the one on the car were all scraped up. It never occured to me why they were all torn up!

I had 26 or 27" front tires and single adjustable front shocks. They were set loose.....and the nose was pretty low

Tom Goldman mentioned to me before I made my first run that the tires would tear up the plastic liners........They did on the very first run and the car was so slow it could barely get out of it's own way! When I got on the brakes the nose dropped and the tires ripped the liners up.......Wasted a lot of time and a few dollars learning that one........

I raised my car a good deal by raisng the spring seats and still had the issue of the nose tripping the beams twice.....

I highly recommend either a double adjustable front shock or a down travel limiter device.....

[Ed Wright]

Rich, what kind of down travel limiter?

[Rich Biebel]

Ed Wright.......... I never got around to making one, sold the car. I did have some ideas though. I would have tried the 90/10 style shocks or Afco's first.....

A heavy rubber snubber would be my first choice but there was not much area under one of those cars for one like found on an early F body

I lost a round at a Lucas series race from a bogus time slip due to that front end deal. Might have lost anyway but I didn't think so at the time and especially from the numbers that were on the slip.....

Also had it happen at a weekly bracket race........that nose came down way too far and fast with the shocks set loose.....The car loved it back at the starting line and so did I.......but down at the finishline it was another story...

[Ed Wright]

Rich, took me twice to realize what was going on. I stacked urathane bushings on top of the shocks, they always split. I assume from hard landings. Was hoping you had made a set I could copy.

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Rich, took me twice to realize what was going on. I stacked urathane bushings on top of the shocks, they always split. I assume from hard landings. Was hoping you had made a set I could copy.

I laid under there lokking at it at least once Ed trying to come up with something......

Only thing I dreamed up was a remote push button electric controlled stripe taker.....

Now I only said I dreamed it up mind you.....

I also had one for the engine to get more air in it.... but ain't sayin a word about that one....LOL

Hows that sayin go in NASCAR "it ain't cheatin unless you get caught"

From what I have seen in Stock...there's way more serious rulebook stretching going on and it is one of the reasons I always bail out on that category......I go in thinkin one thing and soon feel like I am in over my head....

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

had the issue of the nose tripping the beams twice

probably wasn't the nose Rich but rather the air dam. As you can see, I don't have the air dam and I've never tripped the beam with the nose even when slamming the brakes killing 9 MPH nor had a bogus time slip. If the air dam trips the beams instead of the tires, it will show faster/bogus MPH on the time slip.

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

probably wasn't the nose Rich but rather the air dam. As you can see, I don't have the air dam and I've never tripped the beam with the nose even when slamming the brakes killing 9 MPH nor had a bogus time slip. If the air dam trips the beams instead of the tires, it will show faster/bogus MPH on the time slip.

Ed B. trust me the nose was coming down like a pile of bricks on my car. I cranked the poop out of the spring seats to raise the car and stiffen the nose. I had those single adjustable QA-1 shocks. I am sure your car has something way better....no way MPR would use what I had. and your car is a SS'er not a stocker...probably a lot of subtle changes under there you won't find on a Stocker....

At one Lucas race I never went better than 122+mph all weekend. 10.80's Hit the tree .010 on a very nice hit and was hard on the brakes as I rolled up on a much slower car and we both broke out, me out more.....he had a good rt as well..... .....My mph was well over 123 on that run.......Did not jive....