I'd like to know how many of you fellow SVT Cobra owners run two different tire sizes front and rear? Why did you set it up this way, and what are the two sizes?
99CobraJMS said:255 front
315 rear
traction BRO!
OregonMustang said:I have heard people can snap thier axles with even stock tires.
If you put the "Meat" on the back...that's hella inertia...better beef the axle up.
Just a question more then a statement.
sawman70 said:Don't think I didn't consider that. Uncle Meat through his damn logic in and pointed that the short shafts would be the next weakest link after the change. Breaking one of those is worse than breaking the axle so I pondered...
1 "do I go to the track" NO
2 "do I ever really launch that hard" NO
3 "didn't I promise my wife I wouldn't screw this car up with the after market like I did my GT" YES
4 "don't I want to add a covered porch to my barn this year" YES
So there you have it. In a perfect world where every mechanic did the job right the first time and every aftermarket part worked perfectly the first time and I was a multi millionaire...... IT WOULD BE ON.
Uncle Meat said:Just a technicality, but it's the Stub Shafts that become the weak link once the half shafts are replaced and you are very correct when you state that breaking a Stub Shaft is much more dangerous than breaking a Half Shaft! If you purchase a set of the "Level 5" half shaft assemblies they come with beefier stub shafts too (the level 2’s do not)! So for $1500 you can bullet proof your rear axles/stub shafts if you really want...
U.M.
No, no difference in driveability.sawman70 said:Short shaft must have been a Freudian slip. $1500 is realistic. Does it retain driveability????????
I'm not absolutely sure, but I would think the next weakest link after the half/stub shaft would be the differential itself or at least the cover. If I was going to go as far as Level 5's I'd also invest in MJ's rear girdle too.sawman70 said:Oh, and does it put the stress on something else that will fail. See, here it goes again...battle boxes, control arms. Re statement... can you just do the axles and shafts??