Anyone running bfg radial t/a’s on the front? How do they ride?
Yeah it varies quite a bit, a lot of trial and error, i think i have been running 32 up front and 30 in the rear.
Another part of your secret weapon is those 28s, I'm guessing 275/60-15s
Your effective starter gear, corrected to a 24" tire is;
2.66x 3.55x 12/14 =8.09; whereas mine is
3.09x3.55x12/13.5 =9.75
If we both take off at 180 ftlbs; you will be planting 180x8.09=
1456 ftlbs, which is just barely enough to spin those long patch tires, taking off as you describe.
Whereas I take off at 180x9.75=
1755 ftlbs,(over 20% more road-torque),which easily breaks traction, and then I run the rpm up to whatever I want with the tires spinning and then powershift/speedshift as I go.That's the beauty of low-rpm torque coupled with TM,(Torque Multiplication), the ability to annihilate the rubber.
See, your next gear will be 3.55x1.92=6.816,and short-shifting into it, the rpm drops down to a part of the curve where the power is what I call, "in-the-basement, so forward acceleration slows.
Whereas my next gear is 3.55x3.09x.78splitter=8.556, and I buzz it up way past the power peak, so if/when the rpm falls, it falls back to where the peak power is and the tires never stop spinning.
The thing is most guys don't or won't spin to 7000 plus, because they maybe don't trust the engine to live up there... and rightly so. I blew a couple of them up to learn what happens and why. Then I figured out how to make them live. Surprise,surprise it's real simple; they just need oil in the right place ALL the time,lol.
So if your engine is power-peaking at 6000,and you rarely go there, then IMO you have the wrong cam for your combo. You could be enjoying a much torquier combo with a cam 2 or even 3 sizes smaller. And then it would smoke the hides right along with the rest of us BFG-tired SBMers.
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But I think it bears repeating; if you like your combo, just drive it.
I know I have waaay more power than my chassis can handle, and I like it that way. You know; different strokes for different folks. You just have a different launch technique is all.
If you want to know the shape of your power curve, and a pretty good idea of the actual numbers; get yourself a G-tech-Pro accelerometer. It's a great tool to help you get your combo sorted.
I think they have phone apps now, that for a fraction of the cost, can get you ball-parked. At least that's what I heard; I'm never getting a cell-phone,lol.