Would like to know if your running Bias Ply on the rear and a Radial on the front .How does this set up ride.Fenderless cars.
Not as bad as everybody would have you believe. The only thing I noticed for normal driving was the rear bias tires would try to follow a groove in the pavement while the front radials tracked straight. It is nothing horrible, you can just feel the rear move around a little. Spirited driving is another thing, they do not grip the same way. It will either push or oversteer. Although big and littles tend to do that anyway even if they are of the same construction. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Drove my F100 with radial fronts/bias rears for awhile because that's how I bought it. Obviously, I survived. That said, I wouldn't recommend it. Slower speeds around town was fine. Out on the highway was not much fun. Grooved concrete highways were downright scary. The truck would try pretty hard to change lanes on its own. That was my experience anyhow.
Been discussed a lot-do a search. most say no, a few say it worked for them. No one ever puts bias on one side and radials on the other. I wonder how that would work.
Haven't been able to find the thread, but there was once a thread on this that said you could get away with radials on one end and bias on the other in one direction but not the other, IOW it either said radials front and bias back was OK or the other way around with bias on front and radials on back. But whichever way it was that was supposed to be OK, the other was supposed to be a recipe for disaster. I've never tried it myself, but do wish I could find that thread.
I recently replaced my front Excelsior bias ply tires with the same brand radials. Ended up replacing the rears with Excelsior radials purely due the aesthetic differences between radials and bias ply on a fenderless car.
Did the car handle OK with bias on back and radial on front? I'm asking about this because, although my current street use tires are Coker bias BFG,s, front and rear, as well as a pair of Hoosier 29.5X9.5 slicks I've also got mounted up for strip use. I'm asking because someday in the future I'd like to go to a wider rear street tire in radial, as well as radial fronts for street. But I'm wondering how the radial street fronts and the bias slicks on rear will work out on the strip????
I have been led to believe that using radials on the rear would increase grip under acceleration and improved handling. I tried this years ago when I couldn't afford a pot to pee in so I tried it and my old model A drove terrible,the truck was just twitchy at speed. I bought another set of used bias ply for the rear and the truck drove much better. HRP
I have run bias slicks and radial fronts for years with no issues. At the strip everyone I know just pumps up the front radials to max recommended pressure. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Actually, I didn't really have any issues with radial fronts and bias ply rear. However, keep in mind that I'm running a banger, not a SBC. As I mentioned, I switched to all radials for asthetic reasons. If you don't go first cl***, your heirs will!
As I recall, when radials first came on the scene (early 70's), the manufacturers said if you had to mix with bias plys, to put the radials on the front. Blue
Years ago I acquired a pickup with bias on the front and radials on the rear and it was downright spooky, and dangerous, in it's handling. This is like every other thread when people ask about non recommended procedures. ALWAYS a small cadre of people who swear how well 'whatever' has worked for them, against all odds. Everyone else accepts the reality. Ray
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