Kill your looks -1 (Reality!)

 

So...

If I need a car that can stop it needs to weigh 1,100lbs and have an engine in the rear? Which go-kart would you recomend?

I think that statement is a bit (undocumented)

 

 

chief, a diesel pulls alot better than a lightning.

lightning was geared for racing. If it was geared for towing SVT wouldn't have drag days, they would have tractor pulls.

 

This is the car I have been working on lately. This one weighs 1025#. Mine should be under 900 have 50% more hp. If you need a diesel to tow, your racecar is too fat and it will never pull two geez in a parking lot. The goal on my new car is two geez in all four directions at 60 mph. And yes I do have a 125 shifter kart. I like a CRG.

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AW

 

your "sure" of that ...are ya

16X7 steel spare = 32 lbs
16X7 99 Nav wheel = 21 lbs

nice uninformed post Disintegr8or ......do you have any other useless words of wisdom ?

 

I've used that set up for the winter but cornering and high speed stability really suffers. Z rated tires really make the vehicle. If you take a Corvette and you put tall side wall Q rated tires, you end up with a quick straight line Buick...

I have a 1976 Cadillac Coupe the Ville that you would absolutely adore. Lol

TB

 

see http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...jsp?type=SSTAS

There are fairly huge compromizes made in designing a tire to get a Z rating. The side wall of the tire have to be made very stiff to keep heat from destroying the tire, resulting in tread seperation. Just Google Firestone "tread seperation" If speed ratings are a big concern and going in the snow is not, then look at the Kumho ECSTA STX

 

Im still wanting to know if this is a winter setup but it doesn't seem like it.

 

After driving the truck on this setup, I would have no intrest going back. The only thing I would considder is going to 16x8 but I would think the number of wheels that will clear the brakes and be rated for this sort of weight would be limited. The wheels that I puchased were advertised on Ebay as Navigator 17x8 but when they arived the turned out to be 16x7. I was suprised that they fit and then started looking for options in a 16 inch tire. Apparently 255-55-16 is a common tire size. The reason I started this thread was to inform people that where is a better option for a truck driven 20000 miles a year in the midwest where it can be 70 on Sunday and a foot on snow can fall on Monday.

AW

 

I bought a Lightnning for performance and I drove one with H-rated tires 2 weeks ago. IMO it was total crap. Basically a quick straight line "truck" which has lost all the qualities of what makes a true Lightning.

I did a search last week, in our size in 18", there is no better tire available for all around performance than the F-1. With significantly re-inforced sidewalls specifically designed for our trucks by Good Year. To date you can't beat it. It also has the proper weight rating.

Red

 

It really makes the truck look like crap why dont you just buy a regular f-150 considering you dont "Smoke the tires"

 

Let me try this again.

Obviously you have no sense of humor. If anyone out there is dumb enough to want to run 4 steel spare tire rims on their Lightning, more power to them. I am glad you are such a stickler for details that you actually know the exact weights of each rim Clay.

 

I would hope that you like what you have done to your truck, it is your truck after all. Now sell your Lightning rims to someone that will put them to good use.

 

That is out of the box, but in my opinion it's out of the box for a reason...