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Thanks for the responses, I had no idea that a tire pressure question would evoke such emotion. I agree that tire pressure is important. I am sure that one would never find tires of the vehicles that I am associated to 'under inflated'. My question is driven by the fact that this car with...

Actually I was looking for information on a method that would tell me if the tire was making full contact with the road across the width of the tread. Without having to roll up miles and watch for wear either in the center or on the edges. I got what I was looking for with the second post. Thanks.

I am thinking that you guys are thinking of typical driver M&S radials. Maybe even a driver classic from years past like BF Goodrich White Letter tires or Cooper Cobra’s. 32 to 35 psi is a typical inflation pressure for those. These Firestone Firehawk tires are a step and a half up from that...

car is a 68 Barracuda tires front 215/60/16 on 7 inch wide wheels tires rear 225/60/16 on 8 inch wide wheels the car is somewhat light weight, fiberglass hood and front bumper, aluminum front bumper brackets, light weight last year built slant. Carpet and interior trim is present, but no back...

Agree on the height issue when looking for a spare for a car with a Sure Grip. I ended up canceling the idea of finding the right size spare and bought a can of Fix a Flat and a 12v tire pump. Figuring short of a complete blow out that will get me as far as a non perfectly matched spare. So...

Those parts are on the slant in the 83 D150. That engine was built and the powder coating was done ten years ago. I had the motor out in April of 2021 to freshen up the cylinder head and for a camshaft change. Here is a photo from then. Parts in this photo, ac bracket, ps bracket, thermostat...

I have a buddy that got into powder coating using a used oven and material and hardware from Eastwood. He did my stuff for free, I paid for the powder, as practice parts to get his technique down. Did crank pulleys, engine brackets and worked his way up to valve covers. The last parts were...

Tobor, maybe you should post where you are located. Perhaps some FABO member is familiar with that area and could recommend a competent alignment shop for you to take your car to for a front end inspection and alignment. As mentioned earlier search this site for the ‘skosh’ chart. That chart...

Along with Rusty’s question, what does it mean that you ‘had the steel wheels cold pressed to factory specs’.

What is the vehicle ? And Did you get the alignment issue fixed that ‘scalped’ the Cobra’s? And If the vehicle under discussion is a vintage A body and if the alignment issue was fixed by getting the car aligned to factory specifications. Modern radial tires will not be happy, the factory...

And that is likely correct, no guarantee on any of my posts that are written in the wee hours of the morning.

If the 3:91 is part of an 8.25 or a 8.75 you have a head start on a great differential. May be time to figure a way to fix the issue the once and for all by getting and installing a good sure grip. Check out what Dr Diff has to offer at his web site, he can also be a great tech aid on the change...

The way open carriers work is power goes to the side that has the least amount of traction. On a smooth dry road the least amount of traction is influenced by the torque of the motor twisting the body and raising the L rear and pushing down on the R rear. That is why typically the L rear spins...

In November I had the tires-wheels on the 83 D150 re balanced. First think they did was check the manufacturing date on the tires. I inquired as to why they did that and I was told if the tires were more than 6 years old from the manufacture date they could not even re balance them. The tires...

It is close, with the car setting still the new front tires clear barely. The same size tires that were in the front had most of the tread worn off of them and they cleared easily. I will know more when I get the car out and on the road, but that won’t happen till spring.

Drag Cross seems to be the name it goes by in this local, the video is not me or my car, just something I grabbed off of youtube that had the Drag Cross title

"you may just be less competitive" I am really in it for the sport and to drive the car,, buy there is no draw back to doing well either. And yes, I plan to run the Cam-T class. Our Indy area SCCA has an Autocross event called a Drag - Cross, it is as it sounds a mix of drag racing and...

Thanks for the reply, great info. If I end up doing a lot of Autocross, I'll look into a second set of wheels and a set of dedicated tires. For now I purchased a set of Firestone Firehawk AS tires. I went with 215-60-16 for the front and 225-60-16 for the rear. They fill out the wheel wells...

Shopping for a set of tires for the '68 Barracuda. I have moved the car from a drag race only to a multi use street-strip-autocross vehicle. Car info is in this thread Street Cruser I currently have a set of 215/60/16R tires on it that are just about used up. I like that tire size for the...

I don’t know if it would help this situation but a person could put a washer between the valence and lower fender dog leg and that would push the lower front fender lip out. The washer would cause the seam to open slightly.

You probably realize this but If you are going to blast them, use a very soft media suitable for aluminum. Since replating is not in the budget are you thinking of painting the wheels? If done tastefully that could look nice. Maybe use a durable epoxy paint? And since you are painting and not...

Have you checked the McMaster-Carr online catalog? Look there for hardened/grade 8 washers

Gad,, that is ugly, Darts have great body lines, why do that? And why does it say 'Hemi Under Glass II" when there have already been a series of real Hurst Hemi Under Glass cars? Maybe there is a Hemi under that fiberglass hood,, but that has been done many times.

I was thinking the 8 would be a problem on the front,, thanks for firming that up. there are matching wheels that are 7 inches wide,, but they are fairly rare,, these are 4.5 inch bolt pattern the bolt pattern on the car now is the 4 inch, drums front and rear, I was thinking there is a 4.5...

the wheels that I am looking at are from an early 80's LRE, all four are 15x8 have 4 3/8 inch back spacing. found this excellent link in this forum,, http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/wheelspacing.shtml this should help. thanks

thanks, good info. I had previously seen the chart on how to measure hole patterns and was in the process of re-locating it when I found your response.

reasonably,, how wide a rim can be ran on a 68 Barracuda,, found a set of what I believe to be slotted factory steel Dodge truck wheels, 15 X 7 maybe 8 wide,, I like the width for potential road race applications, after tires are wrapped around them would they fit? thanks