Sentences with phrase «bias ply»

High downforce cars like the IndyCar or the Le Mans prototypes stick to the road beautifully at high speeds, while older cars with older - style bias ply tyres will slip and slide everywhere, demanding a high level of finesse just to get the car slowed down for a corner, let alone with other cars trying to battle you for position.
Most of the articles you see are written by men who learned to drive rear - wheel drive cars on bias ply tires before the invention of anti-lock brakes, stability control and night baseball.
Stock 1966 Mustang suspension leaves a lot to be desired — coil springs atop the front upper control arms, a flexible unibody chassis, and the pitifully small bias ply tires of the day made the early Mustang a not - so - thrilling ride through the corners.
Original - style suspension, bias ply tires, flathead V8 crackling through the dual exhaust, three - on - the - tree, freshened - but not overhauled - interior — this car will take you all the w
III, snapping our necks back and sending a thick, oily cloud of tire smoke from the massive bias ply Goodyears out back.
The ride is smooth because of tall, biased ply tires and soft springs.

Not exact matches

Gregg, adhering (pun intended) to his «stock ueber alles» ethos, has shod the car with period - authentic bias - ply tires, even though the radials on the other set of wheels give it more agile, almost modern, cornering ability.
However, while pit - board technology (as simple as chalk on a blackboard, or as sophisticated as electronic pads with LED displays) went out with bias - ply tires and carburetors, every team has pit boards in case of just such an eventuality.
It also comes with power seats, new black Haartz cloth convertible top, optional hardtop, and new wide whitewall bias - ply tires and chrome wire wheels and hubcaps.
For now, we'll enjoy the modern muscle — comfortably reliving the good ol' days without the hassles of carburetors, drum brakes or bias - ply tires.
The backside wheels measure 15x9 - inches and the tires of choice are Hoosier Quick Time Pro bias - ply DOT tires that are 27 - inches tall and 10.5 - inches wide.
Riding on upgraded Hurst wheels with red line bias - ply tires, this GTO has 72,187 original miles (mileage not indicated on the title).
Coker bias - ply tires.
A rebuilt factory chassis hangs a correct 9» axle, complete with correct 3.00 gears, between factory power steering, power front disc and rear drum brakes, and 10 - spoke Shelby alloy wheels wrapped in Goodyear bias - ply tires.
Also have stock SS rims and bias - ply tires.
New bias - ply tires were also installed at that time.
[25] By one account, the 1969 Mercury Marauder X-100 defined «personal luxury» by using a shortened wheelbase and body (compared to the full - sized Mercury), but still weighing 4,500 lb (2,000 kg) with a 429 cu in (7.0 L) V8 producing 360 hp (270 kW) with 480 lb ⋅ ft (650 N ⋅ m) of torque while riding on bias - ply whitewall tires on five - spoke aluminum wheels.
Radial tires are superior to bias - ply tires in many ways.
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