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    I have a 1999 excab with a lot of bolt on's but I'm still running through the stock exhaust, my best time to date is 9.17/14.33 at 4250# & close to sea level, I have switched from drag radials to Toyo 29x9" slicks & I'm still not happy with the traction, I was reading in differant forums about Cal-Tracs & how happy people who were running them were, My question is to other R/T owners who run these would you pass along any information on what adjustments worked best. Thanks Lynn
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    my first question is... why did you decide on 29" tires?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete102580 View Post
    my first question is... why did you decide on 29" tires?
    lol, i was thinking that too earlier...

    If he has stock 3.92 gears, wouldn't that hurt his 60' with more circumference to be turning?
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    with CalTracs... best, for me anywho, is to jack up the rear, adjust to just touching the front with 1/4 extra turn. adjust as necessary after that.

    others will chime in, tho that is what *most* of us do. might be better to go with a 27" tire in the future and get a set of 4:10/11 rear gears.
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    I ran 26.2 Drag Radials & never liked them they were never consistent, I bought the Toyo's in 29's & ran them last year after the points ended, I found them very consistent, what I have realized since my first post is that this year I have'nt turned them long enough to heat them up so the cal-tracs will only help, talking about the 29" tire, I went from 72 to 76.5 mph in the 1/8 mile my 60' is 2.14 & it was 2.04 with the 26" tire, my plans are for 4.56 gear.

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    I've found it best to adjust them without jacking up the truck. Tried jacking up the truck when I first got them as the directions from Calvert Racing suggested, and my 60' times were better, but still not good. Now I just set them to where they are about 1/8" below the leafs sitting normal and it gives me a good balance of street manners and help at the track. When I actually cared about adjusting them all the time, I'd just crank them down hand tight at the track with the truck on the ground and go from there.


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