08-03-2015, 06:37 PM
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Beadlocks are street legal in PA.
They did come in handy when only running 7 - 10 psi on what was the the N-50 x 15 tire size. I ran D O T legal Mickey Thompsons (Radials were just hitting the market at the time so these were fibreglass belted).
The reason I went with bead locks is that a friend of mine had a '69 Dart 383 pushing 600 hp and he DID spin off N-50 x 15 Thompsons.
Since I had more horsie than him I thought it well to go ahead and do it.
Also had a set of M & H Streetmaster "cheater" slicks. (JUST enough tread to run street tire classes) and had them mounted on the same wheels.
Now with today's tires I wouldn't need bead locks till I got up over 2000 HP but this is now and that was then.
Anyway................I like the bead lock look and if I could find wheels like that in my size and a configuration I liked they would definitely be on my "potentials" list.
They did come in handy when only running 7 - 10 psi on what was the the N-50 x 15 tire size. I ran D O T legal Mickey Thompsons (Radials were just hitting the market at the time so these were fibreglass belted).
The reason I went with bead locks is that a friend of mine had a '69 Dart 383 pushing 600 hp and he DID spin off N-50 x 15 Thompsons.
Since I had more horsie than him I thought it well to go ahead and do it.
Also had a set of M & H Streetmaster "cheater" slicks. (JUST enough tread to run street tire classes) and had them mounted on the same wheels.
Now with today's tires I wouldn't need bead locks till I got up over 2000 HP but this is now and that was then.
Anyway................I like the bead lock look and if I could find wheels like that in my size and a configuration I liked they would definitely be on my "potentials" list.
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