If you're considering a tire like M/T, then you might want to also consider Hoosier. I used Hoosiers and WOW! They stick! These tires are more for straight-line acceleration than road racing. I used carb cleaner to take off the white lettering. Good luck.

 

WOW! what sizes are those! Looks like you are running diffrent sized rims and tires front/back.....I live in the California foothills, so there are more curves than straights on the roads around here. I am currently running the Dunlop SP8000's (255F/245R) and they seem to hold the corners well enough so far (havent really pushed it). One thing that has always kind of bothered me is the way the standard size (dia.) tires look in the FFR wheel wells, they look too small and don't fill up the wheel well...looks like you won't have that issue. Have you fitted the body yet?

 

Here's the final product.... The rear tires rub ever so slightly, but I've been told I can solve the problem by bringing in my IRS control arms just a tad.

 

M/T has two "ET Street" tires; the one ones shown above, and these tires on Old 3850 at time when needed:
Mickey Thompson ET Street
Size: 26x11.50-15LT
Part No.: 3753
Weight: 20 lb
0n a 10" rim sidewall is 12" @ 10 psi cold
Tread width is 9.8"
Overall diameter is 26.3"
Circumfrance is 82"

On this car (Pin drive IRS), the effective backspace is 3.750-.375= 3.375" and thge rim is a 9.5". Clears better than a 295/50x15 GY Eagle GTII street tire.

M/T suggests tubes be run. They are "DOT" on the side. They have little tread:

For more sizes of this tire, see Mickey Thompson ET Street web site

Nylon, black, tubetype

STATE OF THE ART CONSTRUCTION
D.O.T. APPROVED
WRINKLE WALL
WARNING: ET Street tires have passed D.O.T. requirements but have reduced tread depth and compounds designed for racing. Due to the reduced tread depth these tires should be used on dry pavement only and are not suitable for normal highway use!
Acceptable practice for rim width is tread width plus or minus 1 inch. All dimensions @ 10 psi cold on measuring rim.

"Ready to Rumble!"

"Ready to run!"

 

ZL-1, Can you please tell me what size those tires are. And maybe the rim make and size with back spacing. Those look great to me, as does the reat of the car, thanks.

 

The rims are Trigo pin drive wheels front is 7.5" and rear 9.5".

In order to use these you have to use FFRs shorter pin drive front lower control arms and also pin drive length IRS or a shortened live-axle.

Not sure about the backspacing.

Lukas

 

Backspacing on Trigos is 3.75" but the adpater is 3/8" for a net of 3 3/8" bs.

 

My tires are Hoosier Quick Time D.O.T size P295/50D-15 Looking back on it now, I probably should have gone with the P275/50D-15 since they have the same 10in tread, but have a slightly smaller diameter 26in vs. 27in. More importantly, they have a slightly smaller section width, so they wouldn't rub at all. Jim

 

Oh, by the way the rims are 7.5 and 9.5 in. Trigos just like Lukas and Larry mentioned.

 

I am on my third pair of BFG DR's. Last year I heard about the new MT ET Street Drag Radials with steel belted sidewall like the BFG's only a much softer tread compound. If you inquire at MT they can direct to a late 2004 car magazine article comparing the new MT DR's to their track slicks. The results were amazing favorable to the DR's as they planted very close 60 foots to MT track slicks . I saw them in a race shop and the tread compound felt like my DR's AFTER a good heat up. The guys there told me the MT DR's are not allowed in street drag radial competitions due to the slick like tread compound, despite their tubeless features and steel belted sidewall. As I dropped by other race shops (yeah...I need a life) they all said the new MT street drag radials were the stickiest thing next to slicks. If I can get the actual article ( Hot Rod/Car Craft/MM&FF ?) I will post it.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Okay...called MT. They advised the article was a June/July issue of Hot Rod. The MT ET DR's were tested against the MT bias belted slicks. No other brand tire was tested . The test car was a low 11 sec Nova. According to the tech the MT DR's outperformed the slicks on 60 foots by a marginal value. The results were very close but in favor of the MT DR's on this particular Nova after about ten documented passes. When I read that article it prompted me to ask around as I was aware of mag article bias. Summit did not have them late last year but they are probably available now if you were interested.
Part # 3753R is for MT street DR
P275x50xR15.