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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
Before I put modern bigger wheels and tires on it a couple years ago, our '69 SS396 Chevelle could at times even chirp the tires when shifting to fourth gear. Not a good car for cruising high speeds the way it is geared and with it's big block engine have to run at very high rpm at 70 mph, but my god when effing around at lower speeds that thing was squirrely with it's period correct 14" old hard tires. Now with these new wider stickier modern tires it barely chirps when shifting to second.
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Yea, all of my story happened on bias ply tires. Even in the dry it would smoke the tires at almost any speed with street tires. When he put the drag slicks on it for the drag strip it was a real beast. I was used to driving my 36 HP VW bug so it was a different universe for me. Radial tires were just starting to hit the market back then.
I have had my tame 350 El Camino since 1991, and it has limited slip rear end. In the rain, turning right, I simply know, go SLOW or it will loop around instantly as the rear tires spin with zero traction control. After 382,000 miles and not even a single close call I am used to it.