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Nov 2, 2007 | 02:39 PM

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Tire brake in

How do you brake in your Radials before using them at the track?

Nov 2, 2007 | 04:58 PM

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Drive real slow through the water and get staged right away?

Nov 2, 2007 | 05:08 PM

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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

Nov 2, 2007 | 05:53 PM

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Some people do A big burn out and let the tire sit and cool.

Nov 2, 2007 | 10:43 PM

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Tire Break in. . . . .

Nov 3, 2007 | 01:02 AM

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Tire Break in. . . . .

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Nov 3, 2007 | 08:50 AM

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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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Nov 3, 2007 | 11:42 AM

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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

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.

Nov 3, 2007 | 06:20 PM

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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!

Nov 3, 2007 | 06:22 PM

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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

Nov 3, 2007 | 08:23 PM

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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.