Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S Drag Radial
03-23-2016, 09:57 AM
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pretty typical when you are drag racing a car with tight suspension. corvettes are not "drag cars."
Just my impression.
03-23-2016, 10:33 AM
#22
Melting Slicks
So I'm going to be around 750-800rwhp when I get my car back. I don't track my car but I do get the occasional urge to run someone on the street. I'm thinking theses tires are probably not for me. What do you guys think???
03-23-2016, 11:00 AM
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600 rwhp is one thing. 800, 900, 1000 is another thing. they are all going to spin on the street with proper street pressure, etc. just get something that isn't crazy loud, super fast wear, etc and just control yourself.
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03-23-2016, 11:18 AM
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Melting Slicks
not for a daily driver, I run 295 MPSS with 950rwhp.
600 rwhp is one thing. 800, 900, 1000 is another thing. they are all going to spin on the street with proper street pressure, etc. just get something that isn't crazy loud, super fast wear, etc and just control yourself.
600 rwhp is one thing. 800, 900, 1000 is another thing. they are all going to spin on the street with proper street pressure, etc. just get something that isn't crazy loud, super fast wear, etc and just control yourself.
03-23-2016, 12:18 PM
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yes
04-06-2016, 11:28 PM
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any new reports on these
mine came in today
305/35/19
there 1" wider than the 305 nittos there replacing
mine came in today
305/35/19
there 1" wider than the 305 nittos there replacing
06-08-2016, 11:39 AM
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Burning Brakes
I have the S/S's on my 820rwhp car. They hook very well at the track (305/40/18). Only issue I had with that size is I had to raise the car up quite a bit and they still rubbed the back inner fender liner bolt. Raised up some more and took the bolt out and everything is fine now.
10-20-2016, 10:08 AM
#29
I have a set of these wheels on currently (Mickey Thompson SS). I run my 2015 Z06 as a show car, weekly driver, and drag strip occasionally. I am no professional on tires and/or performance but I do LOVE these tires. They warm up relatively easy, grab on the streets, and grab on the drag strip. In fact I just drove from Georgia to North Carolina - unfortunately about 50 miles in the rain, then as soon as I made it to SC it cleared up and I opened her up on so many different levels. I had no issues with comfort, noise, and/or hooking. I would buy these tires again.
10-23-2016, 07:47 PM
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Skinnies up front should fix that. I ran them with my E/T streets on my 10 sec C5 many many years ago. In fact I designed the 10 sec avatar for this forum around the same time that tells you how long 😃.
04-19-2017, 07:23 PM
#32
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Sorry to bring this thread back... but i'm looking at tires to support my new setup. LS3 with a Ti Trim. Should be roughly 730whp. 6 speed car.
I do lots of high speed pulls. 150-170mph... a lot.
Is this a tire I should stay away from because of that?
I do lots of high speed pulls. 150-170mph... a lot.
Is this a tire I should stay away from because of that?
04-19-2017, 11:50 PM
#33
Melting Slicks
What size are you going with?? I'm having 18" installed right now and I'm picking my car up the Saturday. I know there was a bad batch of 20" that guys said were bad. I can let you know Saturday.
04-20-2017, 10:34 AM
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04-20-2017, 02:21 PM
#35
As it relates to the drag strip on these tires, the tires hook very well. At first they seemed to dance/moved around a good bit once you get to a bit higher speeds. The moving around was a bit nerve racking at times.
After some wear, the tires don't seem to move around as much now. If I had it to do over, I think I would try the Nitto NTO5R drag radials. I have these on 18" rims.
After some wear, the tires don't seem to move around as much now. If I had it to do over, I think I would try the Nitto NTO5R drag radials. I have these on 18" rims.
04-24-2017, 08:57 AM
#38
Melting Slicks
Make sure you take the runflat tires off the front if you have them. I'm going through this right now. I'm having non runflat tires put on the front today. I've had 2 of my buddies tell me once they took them off that their cars ran great. I know with them on my car scared the **** out of me because it's all over the road.
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04-24-2017, 11:42 AM
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Le Mans Master
Make sure you take the runflat tires off the front if you have them. I'm going through this right now. I'm having non runflat tires put on the front today. I've had 2 of my buddies tell me once they took them off that their cars ran great. I know with them on my car scares the **** put of me because it's all over the road.