I see a lot of people stud just near the rails. I know you do this because its stronger and less likely to pull through and a couple other reasons. I have done this before and on ice it would just dig two fat trenches. To me for what I wanted which was performance I am going to go with the 171 pattern from woodies. I feel the more scratch lines the better hook up off the line. I am boosted so I will need all the help I can get. I am also goin to use the angled backers, not for the advantage of stopping but its kind of a trick of some drag racer I picked up on. You turn the backer around and put it on backwards compared to the directions. Not only does this give you really good bite but also it doesnt off set the whole so you dont have to spend time lining it back up so it will be centered. I was a skeptic until I did this on my mach z 1000 and WOW what a difference
I would not of believed it until I tried it. I am also going to be using roetin hornets, I have had real good luck with these and they have a smaller diameter shaft which I feel allows superior penetration. I thought they would be weak because of this but have had really good luck with these. I got a really good deal on them, I paid a 1.60$ a stud with regular nuts . Well their my 2 cents
