bead locks

when should a person go from screws to beadlocks on rear wheels?and how spendy is it to have a set of non beadlock rims converted to beadlocks?where's a good place to have it done?
don
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there is several people doing them but I don't think they will cert.Dave
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Champion wheel claims that their beadlock conversion does not alter the SFI rating.

http://www.cwibeadlock.com/dragraceconversions.htm

 

if its on a fast car you need to have bead locks are tubes and liners i have some ugly video of a blown fiat i had with screws and an old dragracing kept telling me that car needs to have tubes and liners and after not listening to and tearing a tire loose from the rim at us 41 the car turned hard right hit the wall head on cutting the car in half so on the way home stopping at murfs and ordered a new car the new car had tubes and liners and i have bead locks now so your answer would if it real bad ass use one are the other get away from the screws

 

What do you guys consider a fast car because I have a nostalgia dragster I run 6.90s with no tubes with screws

 

Ever seen a tire come 'unscrewed'? We did it on my dragster running 6.80's (Nost. A/Fuel) Luckily it happened in the burnout. One tire was about 48" tall.

 

Years, years ago when we went 6.40's in T/D, actually BROKE some screws so went to beadlocks.

 

NOT SURE HOW FAST CAR WILL RUN OR MY HP.
SPECS;
540bbc/11.8-1 static comp./726 lift cam/brodex 2-plus heads[having ported &flowed]12-71 litterfield blower/BAU hat/110 pump
CAR SPECS;
weight between 2800lbs to 3000lbs./PG trans with brake/4;30 gears[rear]/33x14.5x15 slicks/

what hp and time should i be at and will i need beadlocks for this combo?

 

i ran screws in my 3000 lb door car with a screw blown big chevy ran 4.40's-4.50's in the 1/8th and never had any issues
having said that, now would probably be a good time, better safe than sorry

 

same here i seen it from the drivers seat

on how fast i dont know for sure all i can tell you is at the time my car was running 6.40s in the 1/4 and low 4.s in the 1/8 i didnt listen to a very experienced dragracer with years of knowledge and i thought hell everyones running with the wheels screwed and tubeless it olny took one crash for me to change