sn95_331_GT_ yellow

dur *facepalm*

forgot he wasnt on radials, im used to swapping mine out at the track now its 2nd nature to me

badlx87

Don't street tires have an oil compound in them that releases when spun heavily. Say, doing a break stand. Thats why you can do a break stand till the street tires blow. A break stand with radials will try to push the car. So isn't it a waste of time and tires to do what most everyone does in a street car at the track and roast their street tires?

TRUEBLUE3934

Although I am certainly not a chemist, I think that badlx87 is generally correct. I am quite certain that I had read a similar theory or concept in a reputable publication several years ago. Generally, the idea is that generating a high degree of heat in a street tire will serve to make it more slippery rather than more sticky.

If anyone knows the answer to this for certain, please educate us further.

My experience with street tires at the track is the following:
I NEVER did burnouts with the street tires, just turned them a couple of times to clean them.
I NEVER dropped the pressure in my street tires below 29lbs.
I always had more difficulty getting my street tires to hook up at the track than on the street. I had figured that the street tire compound just wasn't a good match to the track surface, thus reducing the traction instead of increasing it.

SVTeeshirt

1. I've done a burnout on nitto street tires, more or less to prove a point to someone who said it'd be a good idea... i said it wouldn't i ran a 16.5 and almost hit a wall banging 2nd gear.
2. i dropped my psi to 22... seemed to work for me anyway....
3.Same for me, street tires hook better on the street... go figure .

turbo232

my NT05s hook great for a street tire. they dont spin so much as haze the tires going to second.