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Old 06-05-2011, 10:35 PM
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Default So, how badly will 500 street miles on brand new MT DR's

screw them up.

buddy mine mine dropped money on new dr's then street drove em from the start. kinda made me cringe. i dont think first time out on them is going to go that well.
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I don't think it will cause a problem at all
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I have about 150 on mine now and they are holding up fine...
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MT Drag Radials?

They'll be fine. A TON of people drive them on the street.
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I only drive on mt dr's. I have 8k on one set and they are almost bald and I have 4k on the other set and they look good
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I DD MT streets, probably got a good 7k on them with life to spare...plus going to the lsx shoot out on them.
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Thats the only rear tires on my car and I drive it on the street all the time. Sixtys 1.5-1.6
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Just drop the air pressure to 18#s and have at it.
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ive dd on them for the past 3 years. never once had a problem. what makes you so worried?
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they say ET STREET RADIALS for a reason..... I've got a set of old ET STREETS non radials w/ 5,000 miles on em... those arent that fun to drive around on... but I never had a problem. Been through several sets of nitto DRAG RADIALS with 7,000-10,000 miles on em.
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Originally Posted by SSmoken
ive dd on them for the past 3 years. never once had a problem. what makes you so worried?
heat.

not heat cycling them like they were designed to be, i would think they rubber would degrade and lose some performance. if im wrong, thats fine but ive always generally thought d/r's/race tires are designed for the track, not the street.
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radials don't need to be heat cycled, they are ready to go right out of the gate.
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I have four years of street mi and track passes on my M&H cheeter slicks(not radial) they still have 1/2 life left easy. they are radials,run the **** out of them till they are full slicks,then run some more.
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I daily drove some Nitto 555r drag radials and they were still hooking when I took them off.

So far I haven't got the M/T Et Street radials to hook well, but they are 325/50 didn't realize I needed to go under 16# with them and possibly as low as 12# per M/T recommendation.
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Drove on mine for 6 mos maybe 2k and 100 passes on them till the cord showed. I will get another set or some NTo1's. They aren't real safe in the rain but better then ET streets or slicks. Hell we drive on ET Drags all the time. Thats alot of fun leaving from a red light.
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Run those bitches til the cords are showing...he won't have a problem.
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I have 1k + miles on my new mts. Maybe 10-15 passes. Still look brand new.
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Thats why there DR's - wont hurt anything but will def wear faster than other tires
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Originally Posted by senicalj4579
I have 1k + miles on my new mts. Maybe 10-15 passes. Still look brand new.
how they look doesnt matter. the performance does.
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I had around 50 1/8th mile passes/ burnouts on mine and still drove on them for almost 15,000. Granted i was somewhat nice on them but those bastards never stopped hooking even once the cords started showing lol.



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