Roo: What's your take on the ideal tire/wheel combination for a blown alcohol/A-fuel FED? Obviously the NTF cars are required to run the M&H or Hoosier 16x12 tire, but what do you like on cars that don't have a rule requirement? And beadlocks or not? My particular application is a 210" FED, blown alcohol BBC approximately 1300-1600 HP range, Mike's Monsterglide (1.78 1st), and whatever rearend gear works best, but was probably going to start out with 3.70's. Currently I have some Centerline 15x14" non beadlock wheels with Goodyear 33x14.5-15 tires , #2070 D6. Although I do know guys running these tires successfully, they seem a little big. Was thinking of a smaller tire but it needs to be a 33" tall (so the bottom rail isn't too low), and Goodyear has discontinued all of the 33x12 and 33x14.0 tires.
Or another possibility is to convert to a 16" rim and run the NTF tire, but would that work well in a much less powerful alcohol engine in front of a transmission and torque converter?
Thanks for any assistance!
Chris Dafoe