Skinny that can run on the street occasionally?
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Skinny that can run on the street occasionally?
Looking to put new tires on my turd and I was wondering what I should be considering for a skinny that will see occasional street use? 15" rim.
Car will be just over 3000 lbs race weight. Do I need to go with the M/T 8 ply at this weight, or would a regular one work?
Thanks.
Car will be just over 3000 lbs race weight. Do I need to go with the M/T 8 ply at this weight, or would a regular one work?
Thanks.
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I'm in the same boat. I'm putting a set of 15" Weld RTS wheels on my '00 SS and drive the car everyday when the weather's nice. I've looked at the M/T sportsman SR radial and they're not rated as high as the Kumho or some of the other cheaper tires out there, as far as load capacity. I certainly don't want to put a cheap tire on this car and run the risk of a blowout, but it would appear to me that the M/T radial isn't as well suited for duty on one of these cars as some of the other, cheaper brands. Anyone have any other ideas?
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I just put the MT sportsman s/r radial on some weld rt-s wheels. They are made to run on the street...the primiary use is for street rods. You would have no problem running them on the street all the time. Hell I ran some Hoosier front runners for quite a while and never had a issue.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Mickey-Thompso...38#moreDetails
http://www.jegs.com/i/Mickey-Thompso...38#moreDetails
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I run Kuhmo Power Stars, 165/80's and Nittos on my daily driven CETA, It behaves just fine. It is even acceptable around town in the rain. On the Highway in the rain I would be very cautious. But the skinny fronts work just fine for me.
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We run plain ole cheap 165r15 or 165/80/15 radials. Kumho or whatever we can get. My buddies have ran 5.20s at over 140 in the 1/8 on these tires. Not street cars but I don't see you doing any more harm on the street than they see at the track.
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+1 for the sportsman 8 ply. I ran those with M/T ET drag 17 ws6s on the back. The radials performed great with the sportsman 8 plys and never looked like it was hanging low on the front. I will be getting some new ones soon as the fronts I had were the Jegstars and stuck out too far imho. Getting prostars this time!