Mickey Thompson ET Street Radial?

5.0guy · May 10, 2004

anyone try these things out yet? my quicktimes are nearing the end and I don't like the feel of a bias-ply tire with the rear swayin and all. so for me, it's either these or the bfgs unless the nittos are good...275/50-15 is what I'm in the market for. my quicktimes are currently 275/60-15. so if u guys think I should run that tall of a tire again, no sweat..

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/strip.html

thanks

86Cobra · May 10, 2004

The MT ET Street Radials should be an awesome tire, but they aren't available yet. If you need a tire right now, BFG DRs are also a great street/strip tire.

5.0guy · May 10, 2004

jegs is sellin em..my only concern is that they aren't supposed to be used on the highway, and that's how I'd be gettin to the track..

wrathchild · May 10, 2004

86Cobra said:
The MT ET Street Radials should be an awesome tire, but they aren't available yet. If you need a tire right now, BFG DRs are also a great street/strip tire.

Ya they are available. I my friend runs them on his 95 cobra and loves them. Oodles better than nittos he says.

5.0guy · May 10, 2004

what size u guys think I should run? 50 or 60?

86Cobra · May 10, 2004

wrathchild said:
Ya they are available. I my friend runs them on his 95 cobra and loves them. Oodles better than nittos he says.

Where'd he get them? Jegs and Summit both don't have them yet.

86Cobra · May 10, 2004

5.0guy said:
what size u guys think I should run? 50 or 60?

It depends. What's your typical trap speed and what gears do you have? What rpm is your power peak?

5.0guy · May 11, 2004

haven't ran it at the track yet, but the guy I bought it from has slips sayin thr car went 13.60s at around 103 or so, I believe. I have 3.73 gears and I dunno about the peak power. it's a stock motor w/bbk cold air induction, underdrive pulleys, b-cam, 1.6(?) edelbrock roller rockers, hardened valves, no air or smog, bbk equal length shorties(1 5/8 primaries), not sure what brand h-pipe, but it's 2.5in, 2.5in 40series(?) flows, 2.5in tails. I found another slip for 14.060 @ 98.07mph. this was all done on the quicktimes.

86Cobra · May 11, 2004

You need a 26" tire. The 275/50-15 will be fine.

5.0guy · May 11, 2004

good deal..what do u think about them not being safe for highway use?

86Cobra · May 11, 2004

They're perfectly safe for dry pavement. Like BFG DRs, the MTs will suck in the rain.

wrathchild · May 11, 2004

86Cobra said:
Where'd he get them? Jegs and Summit both don't have them yet.

Never asked cause i dont have wide enough rims to run the 275/40/17. Next time i see him i will ask him.

5.0guy · May 11, 2004

jegs has them...
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=202489&prmenbr=361

BlueDevil95 · May 11, 2004

86Cobra said:
They're perfectly safe for dry pavement. Like BFG DRs, the MTs will suck in the rain.

and do they........

NoSloCoupes · May 11, 2004

5.0guy said:
jegs has them...
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=202489&prmenbr=361

Yeah, they show they have them...but won't have them until June or so from what i'm hearing...on back order.

5.0guy · May 11, 2004

bastages! maybe I'll j/get the bfgs..nittos are junk, right?

DJTR · May 11, 2004

BFG's Work MINT but yeah DR's REALLY suck in the rain doesn't seem to matter what brand

86Cobra · May 11, 2004

5.0guy said:
bastages! maybe I'll j/get the bfgs..nittos are junk, right?

Nittos are much better in the rain and last a lot longer. They don't hook quite as well as BFGs but at your power level 275/50-15 Nittos DRs would work just fine.

5.0guy · May 11, 2004

well, I'm not gonna be at this power level for long heheh

Joe 5.0 · May 19, 2004

I drove my brand new BFG dr's in some rain/standing water and they never felt extremely unsafe. They felt about the same as my 80% worn 315 Nitto dr's. You just have to drive slower than on regular radials.

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