What's in These Rice Burners?

[Excaliber]

The typical (for these days) 5 speed twisting Goodrich TA's is pretty much a recipe for 'tire smoke'. Heck you don't even need a good motor, a stock 302 is more than sufficient to roast em and toast em. 1st gear, in almost all of the 5 speeds is ultra low, now back that up with a typical rear gear ratio of say 3.3 to 3.5 and 1st gear is virtually useless for good acelleration.

What to do? Goodyear "Bill Boards" are the most popular, not neccessarily the best, but darn hard to beat all around! You NEED the best traction you can get, to save your butt from a spin out on a slightly curved 'on ramp' when you shift into second, give it just a 'little gas' and WHOOPS! There she goes, and it happens that fast!

For anyone BUILDING or SPECING their car I ALWAYS recommend looking closely at that 1st gear ratio and 5th gear ratio to get it right. Of course, you got what you got now, so next best thing is the best tires money can buy. And you will STILL send them up in smoke!