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Old 04-07-2010, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Vegas69 View Post
It's hard for me to believe that the studs wouldn't withstand the force of a 2nd or 3rd gear romp with street tires regardless of power. I know that thing reall flies but the stresses of braking and hard cornering more than likely out weigh the acceleration. I can hit 100 in 8-9 seconds but it takes me 5 seconds to stop.....Are you sure they were always torqued correctly?
I originally thought the same... but the Torque was correct. I also thought maybe it was a "bad batch"... but they came with the axles... and they are Strange grade 8 studs... and they are always pretty consistent with the drag race guys.
I spoke with the drag racers(street racers) around here... and they said with the sticky ass tires i have... if it hooks in second... and im running over 750tq to the ground.. it can twist them on the street no doubt. They told me to drill them out and put some 5/8th studs in there.... or don't run such a sticky tire. I want to put the bigger studs in there... but i would have to get my rims drilled out.
Who knows..... i have some grade 9's in there as a temp fix... i'll be keeping my eye on them. A buddy of mine sheered his studs last year at the track in a 2nd gen.... destroyed his entire quarter panel. Im not trying to redue "my" quarters...lol.
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