chrismorales75

Which tires would you use for a street / strip car?

LS1SpeedAddict

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There has already been a thread comparing the two. Your gonna get way more people saying the M/T are better because not allot of people have used the Hoosier. I voted M/T because you said street / strip and I've read that Hoosiers aren't that good for street driving but are the better strip tire of the two.

NJSPDER

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how much power are you making that you need that much tire?
there are cars across the country running in the low 8's and many in the 7's using 275/60-15's and stock style suspensions.

the hoosier tire is a better compound/construction on paper, but from what i have read the service life is very very short.

chrismorales75

I am not running this size tire for a performance advantage, I just prefer the look of a 30" tire on the car, I know it will run faster on a smaller tire but, I am not going to class race this car so it's not an issue.

NJSPDER

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makes sense.
if that is the case i would go with the M/T's. if you know you are going to hook on a tire that size anyway, you may as well pick the ones that will last the longest for you.

chrismorales75

My biggest complaint with the hoosier tire is that it's not a street tire, 2 thin water grooves, you're *** is toast on the freeway with it raining good. The M/T from what I have seen actually is designed with street driving in mind.

Only down side is that it weighs more.

WMSuperSport

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whats the weight difference?

chrismorales75

The 315 60 15 M/T DR is 39 pounds and the 315 60 15 Hoosier was 31 or 32.

ZFan88

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It's not fun to drive in the rain with even DRs lol..

z-ya

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I lost the car at 52mph on the freeway in 6th gear with the mickeys in light rain.

chrismorales75

Sorry to hear that, did you crash it?

chrismorales75

Depends a lot on the street and tire with wet traction. We were testing my old nova and it was leaving wheels up on the street with a 250 shot off the transbrake with a mist on the ground, but it had a 33x16.5 =)

Old street racing days =/

chrismorales75

ET Streets can be pretty hairy on the street driving, I was on a set of ET Streets and was driving around a long banking curve and the car seemed like it was drifting over into the other lane a bit so I started to move over some and the car fish tailed a few times back and forth before I got it back, now that was scary.

ZFan88

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I was just on BFG DRs and lost it cruising at 55mph on the freeway in the rain. I got caught in it..only time it was in the rain too. Car did a couple 360s and slid off the road. I saved it at the last minute but had no traction to keep it on the road due to the rain. That was a bad day, and I was lucky to not have any damage besides my pride lol

chrismorales75

Ha-Ha glad you didn't do any damage, don't feel bad, you're not a real racer until you've had your first crash =P

WMSuperSport

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same thing happened to me

chrismorales75

Guess the lesson of the day is drive slow on rainy days on the drag radials =)

ZFan88

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Or drive a 95 Neon that does 18.0 at 87mph in the 1/4 in the rain!!

chrismorales75

18.0's? Ha-Ha, I only have one experience racing an import, I remember back in 1998 I took my kid's mom's car to the track at pomona and ran a 40 shot on a stock 95 nissian altima 4 door automatic with the baby seat in the back LOL 15.1@ 89 mph, can't even tell you how much faster it was than a lot of the lowered, under tire pressured imports and american cars with tools that couldn't drive.