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Old 11-02-2007, 02:39 PM
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How do you brake in your Radials before using them at the track?
Old 11-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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Drive real slow through the water and get staged right away?
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Originally Posted by 98LS-WON
Drive real slow through the water and get staged right away?
No Before you use them at the track

You really don´t just put new tires under you car and start abusing them
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Some people do A big burn out and let the tire sit and cool.
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Tire Break in. . . . .
Old 11-03-2007, 01:02 AM
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Tire Break in. . . . .
nice pic 2x thumbs up.
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I drove easy on them for maybe 50miles,then did the burnout and pulled them off and let them cool for a week and then started driving on them again easy a bit,then used them at the track
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LOL Around her we just bolt them on and run them....Never had any issues. I'm not talking about stock cars either. 9-10 sec cars.
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Originally Posted by Ari G
I drove easy on them for maybe 50miles,then did the burnout and pulled them off and let them cool for a week and then started driving on them again easy a bit,then used them at the track
haha, dude, they're race tires. Put them on and start beating on them. Like someone else said, some racers do a larger burnout on the initial run, but other than that, just go race.
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Originally Posted by Rogue86
haha, dude, they're race tires. Put them on and start beating on them. Like someone else said, some racers do a larger burnout on the initial run, but other than that, just go race.
exactly wat i did! partly cuz i wasnt thinking i was so excited to have Drag radials finally!
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No,if you want your tires to last/perform you need to brake them in,just ask the tire companys

Just wanted to know if someone had a good method of doing it
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dude put them on the car and heat the **** out of them the first pass then let it fly. after the first burnout use your normal procedures. it's just like a nitrous motor. i couldn't tell you what mine runs on the motor. first pass in the car it's on two hits never ran on the motor.




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