Stalled Auto with Street Tires
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Stalled Auto with Street Tires My h/c stalled car is going to by DD soon. And I'm worried about driving everyday with half tread drag radials on the back. Florida's famous for flash thunderstorms. Rain's a killer with these drag radials, If i go with street tires all around i'm just worried about traction issues, since i havent driven my car with street tires since it was stock.
Street tires are better in the rain than drag radials, at least until
the tread gets down to hydroplane depth. GS-D3s were great for
the first 15K miles or so, but when the wear bars got close they
got a little scary on I-95 in the rain. I got some Cooper Xeons
this time, half the price of GS-D3s, down at South Tire and not
backordered.
Feel a little "greasier" in hard cornering than the Goodyears and
haven't pushed them in the wet, yet. But allegedly top notch for
wet traction, which is key rating for us swamp-dwellers.
Converter doesn't really bother things except at launch / roll romp.
It's the rubber that's key to staying right side up and pointing
forward.
the tread gets down to hydroplane depth. GS-D3s were great for
the first 15K miles or so, but when the wear bars got close they
got a little scary on I-95 in the rain. I got some Cooper Xeons
this time, half the price of GS-D3s, down at South Tire and not
backordered.
Feel a little "greasier" in hard cornering than the Goodyears and
haven't pushed them in the wet, yet. But allegedly top notch for
wet traction, which is key rating for us swamp-dwellers.
Converter doesn't really bother things except at launch / roll romp.
It's the rubber that's key to staying right side up and pointing
forward.
no such thing as traction in a stalled head/cam car with street tires......get some Nitto DR's for the best all around street/strip/treadwear....although I would be VERY careful in the rain
I daily drive my car on Hoosier DR's and if I ever get caught in a flash thunderstorm my car comes to a dead stop
I daily drive my car on Hoosier DR's and if I ever get caught in a flash thunderstorm my car comes to a dead stop
that what i hear with us stalled/cammed A4 guys. we have no kind of traction with street tires. we would atleast need some DR. but i dont want to worry bout losing control of my car in the rain and plus the cost of replacing a drag radial every 12k miles will be rough.
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yeah thats the main issue here....traction in the rain.
I've been through 3 sets of DR since i bought the car, I think i'm going to try street tires for a season and see how that works out. Being able to rotate my tires would be nice too.
I've been through 3 sets of DR since i bought the car, I think i'm going to try street tires for a season and see how that works out. Being able to rotate my tires would be nice too.
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Street tires are better in the rain than drag radials, at least until
the tread gets down to hydroplane depth. GS-D3s were great for
the first 15K miles or so, but when the wear bars got close they
got a little scary on I-95 in the rain. I got some Cooper Xeons
this time, half the price of GS-D3s, down at South Tire and not
backordered.
Feel a little "greasier" in hard cornering than the Goodyears and
haven't pushed them in the wet, yet. But allegedly top notch for
wet traction, which is key rating for us swamp-dwellers.
Converter doesn't really bother things except at launch / roll romp.
It's the rubber that's key to staying right side up and pointing
forward.
the tread gets down to hydroplane depth. GS-D3s were great for
the first 15K miles or so, but when the wear bars got close they
got a little scary on I-95 in the rain. I got some Cooper Xeons
this time, half the price of GS-D3s, down at South Tire and not
backordered.
Feel a little "greasier" in hard cornering than the Goodyears and
haven't pushed them in the wet, yet. But allegedly top notch for
wet traction, which is key rating for us swamp-dwellers.
Converter doesn't really bother things except at launch / roll romp.
It's the rubber that's key to staying right side up and pointing
forward.
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Just don't drive like you're at the drag strip all the time and you'll be fine on street tires. I drive my H/C, Yanked, Z28 back and forth to work, long road trips, in weather, etc. etc. and haven't yet had an issue. Track launches would be a different story altogether 
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the fusion Ri tires are a great street tire, I've seen a few people cut 1.8 60's on them but I would just run those and then have a set of yourfavorite dr on a set of spare rims
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Been there, done that in Florida on drag radials during a good rain. A very nerve-wrecking feeling even driving slow during a moderate amount of rain. I'm putting down around 500 rwhp in my GTO with a 3200 stall and the 285mm wide Toyo T1R's do just fine on the street. They don't perform like a drag radial, but I don't break loose too easily and they're great in the rain.
So get yourself a nice, wide street tire and in dry weather you shouldn't be in that bad of shape.
So get yourself a nice, wide street tire and in dry weather you shouldn't be in that bad of shape.
