Traction Control Needed...
In the form of tires. It has become obvious, I need more gription! :lol:
I've worked on this car. I've replaced the HB, adjusted timing, replaced and tuned the carb, all new exhaust, and added an Eaton Detroit TrueTrac differential (kept the 3.23 gearing).
Before the differential, it would just burn the right rear tire. But now, with all the TLC it's different. With all the tuning and power improvements, it now BURNS BOTH REAR TIRES! Effortlessly ... and shifts to 2nd while burning out (this is NG for acceleration).
:rofl:
These are the kind of problems a Mopar guy wants to have! So, I'm not complaining. Maybe you guys have read some of my previous posts about the above work on the Scamp. And that I'm trying to have as close to a "daily driver" Scamp as possible, combined with running a 13.99 second quarter mile.
To backtrack a bit. The only thing missing from my list of improvements, TLC and care and feeding of the Scamp, is new tires. The current tires must be near 30 years old. Either way, they've got to go (old and tractionless).
But what has become clear is that there's just not enough meat on the road ... at least in the rear. And the tires I was considering are one size narrower.
Ideally I wanted to keep the 14" wheels, because to me, they just look good, tough and original with the car. But I don't think I can find a reasonable 14" daily driver kind of tire, that will have enough gription. Below is a picture of the car. With the wheels I would like to keep.
However, all ideas are on the table. Help me out here guys. I need ideas. What I might even consider is to go ahead and buy the pizza cutter tires I was considering for the daily driver aspect, and then 2 more wheels with big fat meaty tires for use at the strip. Although, I'd really rather just have 1 set of wheels and tires ... that ride good and can provide enough gription for a 13.99 second strip E.T.
I'm putty in your hands!
7milesout
In the form of tires. It has become obvious, I need more gription! :lol:
I've worked on this car. I've replaced the HB, adjusted timing, replaced and tuned the carb, all new exhaust, and added an Eaton Detroit TrueTrac differential (kept the 3.23 gearing).
Before the differential, it would just burn the right rear tire. But now, with all the TLC it's different. With all the tuning and power improvements, it now BURNS BOTH REAR TIRES! Effortlessly ... and shifts to 2nd while burning out (this is NG for acceleration).
:rofl:
These are the kind of problems a Mopar guy wants to have! So, I'm not complaining. Maybe you guys have read some of my previous posts about the above work on the Scamp. And that I'm trying to have as close to a "daily driver" Scamp as possible, combined with running a 13.99 second quarter mile.
To backtrack a bit. The only thing missing from my list of improvements, TLC and care and feeding of the Scamp, is new tires. The current tires must be near 30 years old. Either way, they've got to go (old and tractionless).
But what has become clear is that there's just not enough meat on the road ... at least in the rear. And the tires I was considering are one size narrower.
Ideally I wanted to keep the 14" wheels, because to me, they just look good, tough and original with the car. But I don't think I can find a reasonable 14" daily driver kind of tire, that will have enough gription. Below is a picture of the car. With the wheels I would like to keep.
However, all ideas are on the table. Help me out here guys. I need ideas. What I might even consider is to go ahead and buy the pizza cutter tires I was considering for the daily driver aspect, and then 2 more wheels with big fat meaty tires for use at the strip. Although, I'd really rather just have 1 set of wheels and tires ... that ride good and can provide enough gription for a 13.99 second strip E.T.
I'm putty in your hands!
7milesout
