5.0kid

So i got a flat last night in my left rear sliced the tire and my tube, so its time to get new tires, ive been completely up in the air as to getting the same et streets or going to the et street radial. if anyone has had both tires or has went from a bias ply other brand to a radial tire, did ya pick up anything with the radials or did you have any problems hookin?

AdderMk2

I switched from BFG dradials (275/50/15) to a set of MT ET streets (26x10.5x15) and noticed an instant change in my traction. But the only thing i can say good about then, stays with track performance. Driving around normal roads was ok. they rode nice and soft, but the rear end of the car felt like it was all over the place due to the wrinkle wall nature of the ET Street.

IF i sell my 17" Steeda's, i'll be buying another pair of 15x8 or wider (if they fit) wheels for my car, and going with a regular street radial for DD purposes.

68CSTANG

I switched from the MT bias-ply to the MT radial. Same height but the radial is a touch narrower. The radial hooked harder and MPH'ed more also. I (and many others) noticed that the bias-ply didn't hook as hard once they were street-driven. What RPM are you at on the big end? Because a radial won't grow like the bias did.

5.0kid

im going through at 6500 i want to bring it down but a taller tire isnt gonna happen. I hear so many people saying the radial hooks better and runs faster. even the chassis guy Dave zimmerman told me to get a radial and my car will improve. I got one et street and one et street radial on the car right now taking a look at them and trying to decide

68CSTANG

Well a radial of the same size will raise your RPM of course. What size did you have? I dont think you said.

5.0kid

i had a 255/60 which is the same size as the 27x10.5 i was currently running. I just got back from the tire shop i ended up getting the radials 255/60s again we shall see how they work saturday at the 11.00 index

68CSTANG

Exact same two sizes I have used. My 255's are an inch narrower though. Good Luck at the race

5.0kid

yeah they are a bit narrower but its acutally a good thing since the 27s rubbed about half of inch

holyshift

Let me know what psi you run them at,Ive been playing around with mine,with my suspension they seem to like to be super low like 15psi low,I tried 18-19psi and it spun like a bitch.

5.0kid

ill let ya know tommy, they say around 19 to start