I will be buying either the MT ET Drag or the ET Street which do you suggest and why? Which will have a longer life?

Note: I will not be driving with them on everyday probably only for racing/street racing. I have my Nitto 555s currently that I drive around town with and they will not stick at the strip.

 

Are ET Drag's even DOT?

 

Do you have Nitto 555r's or just the 555's? I would rather get the ET street slicks because from what I have heard and seen the work very good, while still being DOT legal. As far as wear and what not I couldn't say, cuz I have no idea.

 

you need to buy the tubes for the drags, I have a bud who sells them. he had a set which is why I will be getting those. he tried to talk me into the streets but, after going to the web site and going through everything I think the drags are a better choice (unless you drive the car alot ) if thats the case the streets are a better choice

 

The MT ET street radials do not requiere tubes. Allen

 

drags!

 

For best et use the drag slicks ive owned both and the slick was the best for me im going to try the new radial next but I will still have a pair of slicks. As far as the tubes go I never run them and I never screw the slicks to the rim I have marked them to see movement I only see movement the first night out about 1/4 of inch this is with 1.40 sixty foot times.A nd thetires do not leak down.

 

Both tires are the same compound, unless you order a special compound......the only difference being the tiny grooves in the street tire, just for DOT approval

all the tests that were done didnt show any significant difference in 60 foot between the tires......only difference being one is DOT approved and one isnt.

i still wouldnt drive them on the street though, they suck to ride on

 

I hope I did not confuse anyone my decision is not between a radial and a slick. The decision is whether to buy the DOT ET slick or the Drag slick

 

ya thats what i was talkin about, the et street and et drag are for all intents and purposes identical tires.....same compounds etc, just the street has a couple grooves in it to pass dot

 

i was making sure ross was on the same page as us

Thanx

 

Im on the same page and I have had both the et street and the et drag and on my car same size tire with the same tune up the drags are about .08 faster on the sixth foot. Im not an expert mind you and on a car runing slower than around 10.50s Im sure thay will do about the same et. I have also had the sportsman pros years ago same car different motor went 10.8 at 125mph with a 26/10.5 car would go 1.50 sixty foot times. I was going to get a pair of the Hoosier quick pros but now Im going to try the new Mickey Tompson drag radial. I dont think you will be disappointed with ither tire.I my self have a dot style tire and a slick.

 

I guess my bud was wrong he said with out tubes his would go flat in 3-4 days. well, like every one he has been wrong before

 

ya that might happen if you have beat rims or something, but for the most part you don't NEED tubes.

however, if your kgoing to run very low air pressure in them, you do really need them

i screwed mine to the rims too, cause they moved an inch the first time i used them

 

I've never ran tubes until this year and they make the rotating mass alot heavier. Tubes are recommended in all slick usage, but for 3 years, 2 vehicles and thousands of passes plus street miles solely on slicks I've never had a problem going tubless with tires going as low as 5psi. Yes it gets drifty on the big end, but tubes or not that low of air pressure it's gonna happen.

Problem with M/T is their sidewalls are very thin and will bleed air and one of the reason I went with tubes when I decided to try M/T slicks out. I've always ran Hoosier's until this year('04) and am going back to Hoosier for this year ('05)-TUBELESS to get my ET, mph, and street mile longevity back.

Depending on how your class racing is, let that be the deciding factor to weather DOT or full slick. As already stated they're basically the same tire, but 1 will be outlawed/banned if you decide to race a street class at the trrack, with the DOT approved tire your open to any class.

Just based off my experience, the M/T I ran this year were an excellent tire for track only. A very short burnout is needed for maximum traction-if I saw smoke it was too much and 60' would slow about .01. Just cleaning and warming the tire is all that was needed with them and it stuck like a beetch. They did not like street/interstate miles though and showed acelerated wear when compared to Hoosier's Quik Time Pro DOT slicks.

Hoosiers were overall lighter when comparing size to size, required a longer burnout since they use a D07 compound which is a tad harder, but gave me deadly consistet reaction times (better than the M/T), very predictabe and held up great to street miles. Air them upto 20-25psi and cruise like normal on the street. Not to mention I've never like the looks of M/T tires, your get less contact patch when comparing sizes with Hooseirs as the hoosiers have more of a squared profile with more contact patch.

Before I used tubes I never had rim spinning issues by having them install bead glue on the slick before mounting, this would glue it to the rim so to speak. Others have had great luck using Dawn dish soap as a sealer for the bead also. If you try either of these methods, mark rim/tire and check for rotation. Even if it spins a little it's not hurting nothing, but if it's spinning 6" or more per pass, consider screws. Yes I've seen them spin that much per pass.