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greg schroeder 10-31-2007 04:48 PM
Mickey Thompson ET street drag radials
 
I just put on my second set rear Mickey Thompson ET Street drag radials. For this set I went with the original 15" Superformance rear wheel and 275/60 15 size tire. Here's about how it looks. I really like it. They really work nice on the road with about 20 psi. My previous set was 325/50 15 size on a wheel with more backspace.
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http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSCN8039.JPG
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WildBill3 10-31-2007 05:00 PM
those are nice Greg one of our top preformers at RunnGun had those on he did well .Lookin Good!!!!WB3

RedBarchetta 10-31-2007 05:45 PM
Greg, force the flash on your camera next go-round so that we can gauge the tread pattern and width a little better. Thx! :thumbsup:

-Dean

greg schroeder 10-31-2007 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
Greg, force the flash on your camera next go-round so that we can gauge the tread pattern and width a little better. Thx! :thumbsup:

-Dean
Here's a quick flash shot
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/DSCN8056.JPG

CHRIS DAMSCH 10-31-2007 08:35 PM
I'm also running the 325 50 15 drag radials currently. I was most likely going to change to the 275 60 15's next time also.

Keep us updated on the traction difference.

Thanks,

Unique 289_FIA 10-31-2007 11:50 PM
I run 275/60/15 Nitto DR's fulltime-street, dragstrip and autocross- with great results Pirelli P600s on the front (Z-rated).

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...MGP3433new.jpg

Dmarcus 11-01-2007 05:59 AM
Just curious, what tires are you running on the front?

Drew

RedBarchetta 11-01-2007 08:26 AM
Greg, thank you for posting the additional pic. Man, the 60 series look tall...you probably lost a little gear.

As Greg mentioned, you can run 325/50's with a little shoehorning and the right wheel offsets. I'm running those on inward stretched (1") Trigos...more pics in my gallery. I also have MTs in the front...255/60's as I recall.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...w_tires_13.jpg

-Dean

greg schroeder 11-01-2007 10:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
Greg, thank you for posting the additional pic. Man, the 60 series look tall...you probably lost a little gear.

As Greg mentioned, you can run 325/50's with a little shoehorning and the right wheel offsets. I'm running those on inward stretched (1") Trigos...more pics in my gallery. I also have MTs in the front...255/60's as I recall.

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...w_tires_13.jpg

-Dean
The Mickey Thompson ET street drag radial 325/50 15 and 275/60 15 are the exact same height. I put them next to each other off the car and sure enough they're exactly the same height. The middle strip is about 2 inches wider on the larger size, but the rest is identical.

Your 325/50 15 look pretty good with all the extra work you did to the wheels and also moving the wheel in. For me I had the 325/50 on the original hub set up with another alike looking wheel, but having .4" moved inward because of the 4" backspace instead of 3.6" backspace. Really my goal is to have the tires stick and look like they match the car. The new narrower tires stick better than my used wider that I replaced. I'll let you know how they work at the strip.

The owner of this Superformance uses the 275/60 15. It looks like he pulled a 1.5x 60ft and a 10.9x pass at the strip off easy start using a 427 small block. He has a picture of the tire and a video on his web page. I hope I can pull the same 60ft time this Saturday at a club event.

I'll probably buy the Mickey Thompson 255/60 for the front too. They really do work great for average on the road use. Right now I still have some BFG radial TAs in the 255/60 15 on the front.

RedBarchetta 11-01-2007 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by greg schroeder
The Mickey Thompson ET street drag radial 325/50 15 and 275/60 15 are the exact same height. I put them next to each other off the car and sure enough they're exactly the same height. The middle strip is about 2 inches wider on the larger size, but the rest is identical...
The new narrower tires stick better than my used wider that I replaced. I'll let you know how they work at the strip...It looks like he pulled a 1.5x 60ft and a 10.9x pass at the strip off easy start using a 427 small block.
:cool: Let us know how you do! It's probably the narrower tread patch that makes the 275's appear taller.

-Dean

greg schroeder 11-03-2007 03:57 PM
It looks like the drag day event DA was 2700ft to 3300ft give or take between 11:00AM and 1:30PM, Speedworld Arizona. I had some problems hooking. I think it had more to do with track prep and surface temperature. All the other guys had problems hooking too.

My best pass was 11.024 @ 129.399, 1.812 60ft, 11:11 AM about 2800ft DA
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...World_1111.JPG

RedBarchetta 11-05-2007 07:05 PM
Okay, so the track wasn't ideal but you pulled almost 130mph trap! Dayum! That's what HP will do for you.

P.S. That was nice of you to let the other guy 'tree you' like that. But you still beat him to the first timing light. :LOL:

greg schroeder 11-05-2007 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
Okay, so the track wasn't ideal but you pulled almost 130mph trap! Dayum! That's what HP will do for you.
Here's correction calculator. Plug in 80F, 21% relative humidity, 29.9 pressure and 1100ft. That's about were it was at the time of the pass.

sea level correction

RedBarchetta 11-06-2007 08:37 AM
10.66 @ 134. Double Dayum!


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