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StigO:
An easy way to put front tires on without any tools.
Start at opposite side of valve, put the tire in the low part in middle of wheel and tie it.
Work your way to the valve and tie it a couple of times and when you are at the valve then just bend tire with your fingers.

Also use a good valve with strong spring so it donīt let the air out when you got some speed on it.

ricardo1967:
StigO, that is a great idea! Thanks for sharing that.

jspell:
Really good idea...I just put the tires on my blacktop driveway it the hot sun for awhile and they went on my new Hayden rims like butter...

rooman:

--- Quote from: George on July 12, 2015, 04:55:14 AM ---My take on this front tire deal is this: I have a friend who drives my car. I'm not going to put any tire on the car that is not speed rated.......

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George,
            discounting the moped tires which are meant for seriously low speed vehicles, any good motorcycle tire will work on a dragster. The speed ratings for tires are based on running the tire for an hour under load and heat build-up is usually what will kill the tire. Most dragster applications see less load than on a motorcycle as there are two tires carrying the weight and if the car is working the way it should most of the weight is on the rear tires until you shut off.
   As for putting the late model race tires on spoke wheels Bruce is correct in that the narrower version of the Goodyear will work. The Hoosier will also do the job but after mounting a pair of them for me my nephew (who manages  Hoosier's shop here in Brownsburg) told me that he would pay for a set of the narrow Goodyears rather than mount another pair of the Hoosiers.

Roo

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