Mickey Thompson ET Streets
#11
RE: Mickey Thompson ET Streets
DRAG RADIALS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE DAILY DRIVEN TIRES. How many times are people gonna ask this question? They are a specialty race tire that is meant to be used a cheater tire to hobble from home to the track and back. Their lifespan is about 1500 miles in daily driven use (NItto 555r's being the exception). You wanna risk your life and your car by being a tool and running these daily, I am cool with that... but make sure before you loose control of your car on a puddle that someone left by washing their car (or the little spot of oil on the road from the guy whose car leaks like the Exxon Valdez, or when a surprise rain shower pops up, or one ofa hundred other posibilities), that you ask the person your going to hit if they don't mind dieing because your too lazy to change your tires when you go to and get home from the track.
#13
RE: Mickey Thompson ET Streets
ORIGINAL: blackS197
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Im plaining on getting a pair. Is it alright for the street? I drive my car bout 2 times a week.
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Im plaining on getting a pair. Is it alright for the street? I drive my car bout 2 times a week.
I bought a cheap set of 17x9" wheels and put MT ET Street Radials (295/45R17) for those times I have to drive to the track alone. Stick like glue, even on the curves at outrageous speeds.
John
#14
RE: Mickey Thompson ET Streets
ORIGINAL: retfr8flyr
How long did your BFG's last?
Earl
ORIGINAL: Stkjock
I just got a set of 265/40/18s delivered today!!! ET Street Radials... they are to replace my BFGs of the same size. My car is not a DD and has been driven only once in the rain with the BFGs about 80 miles to the track, I had no issue. Generally it is recommended not to drive them in the rain.
I just got a set of 265/40/18s delivered today!!! ET Street Radials... they are to replace my BFGs of the same size. My car is not a DD and has been driven only once in the rain with the BFGs about 80 miles to the track, I had no issue. Generally it is recommended not to drive them in the rain.
Earl
I still got them... I ordered the MTs because the size is a hard one to find. I have the BFGs on for around 2500 miles and 3 trips to the track with about 20 passes on them.
IMO... if your going to drive on the street with a DR you MUST have a radial. The ET Streets are not good to drive on IMO.
#16
RE: Mickey Thompson ET Streets
In addition tothe current thread involving another member's $8000 mishap involving DR's and wet roads, there's a different reason not to run a track tire on the street even if it is DOT-approved.
Do you want to heat-cycle most of the best of the tires' grip away just driving around on the street? Tire grip does go away with both temperature and use, so the extra grip provided by a DOT-legal competition tire may be mostly gonewellbefore the tread depth has reached the legal limit.
It's the same thing with autocross "R-compound" tires, and nobody drives those things on the street even just to an event.
Norm
Do you want to heat-cycle most of the best of the tires' grip away just driving around on the street? Tire grip does go away with both temperature and use, so the extra grip provided by a DOT-legal competition tire may be mostly gonewellbefore the tread depth has reached the legal limit.
It's the same thing with autocross "R-compound" tires, and nobody drives those things on the street even just to an event.
Norm
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