Should I burn out with DR?
If you want to get the most out of the tires on that pass, than you should. Maybe not every time, but at least on one pass let the tire pressure down and light those DR's up, just to try to get the best possible ET.
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Originally Posted by slick1851
Reg street tires will over heat and make them slicker...
DRs like alot of heat and keep getting sticky
DRs like alot of heat and keep getting sticky
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NO you shouldnt, not with DR....with straight slicks sure...
this is funny i actually saw this post, i had a BFG rep stop by today at my shop and we got to talking about DR's and how only a very few are easy to come by for tire companys. We got to talking about the new nittos and why some people cant hook with the nitto DR at the track compared to the street.
he said they've been going over it with their own DR and that they've found it better, to just slightly chirp them...no burn outs and esp dont do it on each run....even in the water box, he said the tires are designed for straight launch anyway....
this is kind of an agreement at least from BFG's stanpoint and another tire distributor who was there we all agreed.....michellins rep comes next week and im going to ask him about the sport cups and see if there the same...
this is funny i actually saw this post, i had a BFG rep stop by today at my shop and we got to talking about DR's and how only a very few are easy to come by for tire companys. We got to talking about the new nittos and why some people cant hook with the nitto DR at the track compared to the street.
he said they've been going over it with their own DR and that they've found it better, to just slightly chirp them...no burn outs and esp dont do it on each run....even in the water box, he said the tires are designed for straight launch anyway....
this is kind of an agreement at least from BFG's stanpoint and another tire distributor who was there we all agreed.....michellins rep comes next week and im going to ask him about the sport cups and see if there the same...
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Well, what they may say and what happens at the track are two different things. If I don't get a major smoky burnout done right with my MT DR's, I spin - bad. After I get a good burnout, I will dead hook with them. I still have to heat them before each pass, but not so much after the first one.
Anyone who thinks they're going to hook with Nittos without a serious burnout is kidding himself.
Anyone who thinks they're going to hook with Nittos without a serious burnout is kidding himself.
its in the design of the tire....i take testing and information given by the companys reps better then hearsay.....track conditions and outside conditions also are a major factor but those BFGs arent designed to be burnt out on
I take my own experience at the track more seriously than what some tire rep says. ok, how many tracks have you raced at under all conditions at any given time? lol those tires are made in a generalization pretty much...if you read about them, they are made for several conditions....cold or hot crappy track or not....also i doesnt seem youve run them, there are several factors that go into tires hooking at the track and burning out is just one of them....like i said not all tires are created equally and procedures are different for each one under differrent circumstances....
BFG DR's as a whole arent made to be burnt out...plain and simple as for nittos air pressure is key to them...thats been a given for me and several people at the track
BFG DR's as a whole arent made to be burnt out...plain and simple as for nittos air pressure is key to them...thats been a given for me and several people at the track
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From: Jasper, Indiana
Ive always just ran past the waterbox, (not getting the tires wet), and broke them loose just to get the crap from the track or gravel out of the treads. worked well for me as long as you dont get them overheated.
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
Originally Posted by staringback05
NO you shouldnt, not with DR....with straight slicks sure...
I haven't run BFG's, so I can't comment specifically about them. Maybe they're an exception. I find that hard to believe, but I've only run Nitto's and MT's, so of course, I can't say.
Last edited by RevGTO; Sep 8, 2007 at 09:21 PM.
