ICE TIRES?

[wickedSS]

What type of tires should I start out with?

Should I use a tube?

Chissels or pics?

quantity?

 

Anyone have experience? Tires will go on my +4 stroker listed in my signature..probably 75 hp roughly.

 

I want to do this as cheaply and easily as possible, but still have a descent set of tires for racing.

[racer]

check out the drag forum. some pretty interesting info in there.

[locogato11283]

tires i use for snow and ice. they hook up awesome. the screws are 1/2 inch sheet metal screws. you can buy them in a box of 100 for about 4.99.

[wickedSS]

I doubt those would hook up well enough for a drag racing application though?

 

Is that for more of a trail riding for some traction or what?

[Banshee17Racing]

I did the same thing Loco did, but with a pair of spider tracs. I also used the 1/2" sheet metal screws. I think I ended up putting 800 all together(2 rears). I just did it for a radar run we have here on a frozen lake. Nothin' for real racing or anything.

[locogato11283]

youd be surprised how they hook up on ice. we ran them on our pond last winter and they hook up really well. i guess for straight line dragging there may be better applications but for circle track on ice they use screws and them dudes fly around the corners. for 20 bucks you can stud some tires and try them out. you can always take them back out or use them in the trails.

[wickedSS]

Any tire will work for studding or are there preferred styles?

[locogato11283]

personally those turf tamers i think would be great for dragging. they are light weight and have a ton of lugs to put screws in. something with a solid lug would be better for putting screws in. tires like the ones that come on the yfz450 with the hole in each lug wont really work.

[wickedSS]

I got a set of holeshots front and rear that are in descent condition but I'd hate to go studding them all up...

[runsstrong]

i used a set of stock yfz tires front ad back. put sheet metal in front and 184 1.25 carbide tip ice picks in the back. tried them out today and found that i will have to put some picks up front. flat tires work the best. later

Edited December 7, 2004 by runsstrong

[wickedSS]

runnstrong---by carbide tip you mean a snowmobile trail stud I take it??

 

How was traction with them?

[Tim C]

I used 1 1/4" studs in an old set of Pure Sport Bandits. Drilled through the tire and put the stud through with a fender washer on the inside and outside and tightened it up real tight. Could run a long time before the studs loosened enough to leak any air and when it did i tightened them up with a ratchet in a few minutes.

Must use 4 -6 ply tires or the studs would tear out from cornering on a tight track.

 

I found normal screw-in ice studs weren't much good for a Banshee on a tight track

Edited December 7, 2004 by Tim C

[runsstrong]

traction is great havent lost one yet.ran the same thing last year just added more.they are snowmobile studs.wouldent run anything else

[wickedSS]

The way the real fast guys seem to be doing it is with ice chissels or ice pics...I haven't seen anyone run a trail stud (carbide tip, not very sharp).

 

I need some nice straight line traction---aiming to beat a few sleds this year