Mickey Thompson Tires

[RET_COP]

Mickey Thompson SR
I bought 4 from jegs 26x8-15 and 28x10-15. Maybe 50 miles on them. I'll sell them for half price if someone wants to pick them up.
I liked them I just wanted wider tires.

[RallySnake]

I have been running the MT S/T's for about 2 years, sizes 255/60/15 and 275/60/15. They run true and stay in balance and I have had no problems with them in spite of about 20,000 miles of low and medium speed rallies. What I really like about them is the smooth breakaway. You can overpower them with throttle and drift them our as far as you like and still recover. These tires make you feel like your car just eats up curvy mountain roads. And when you go into a corner too fast, they give you a lot of warning and control as they start to slide (NEVER BACK OFF). They are also fine in wet weather, although I don't do too much of that.

The Toyo Proxy's I used to run were better braking tires and lasted a long time, not the best for corners. The Yokohama S/T's lasted a long time and were pretty good too but you can't get them anymore. Hoosier's autocross tires gave tremendous traction but would jerk the steering when you caught a road imperfection, especially at high speed. Goodrich TA's are lots of fun, if going sideways is your thing and you're a little crazy and you don't really need to stop anyway. I really miss the old Micky Thompson Comp bias ply tires. They gave great traction and performance and were cheap. However, they wore out so quickly you had to buy a new set every year.

So, the MT S/T's are a good choice. They are affordable tires (about $700 a set) and wear well if you can restrain the burnouts, doughnuts and drifts. I have not been able to lock in the right front to rear balance to maximize braking. But then that changes with the size of your passenger and the amount of fuel you are carrying, so I cannot really blame the tires. However, I would say that is their biggest drawback. I usually carry 2 or 3 cans of tire sealant but have not had to use any of them with the Micky's. The rears are about half gone and the fronts less than 1/4 after some pretty hard running so I can recommend these tires to guys who really drive their cars.

RS

[csx4017]

My next set will be MT's. The tread pattern and H speed rating are all pluses in this price range. The Goodyear GT's that were on my roller got to the wear bands ( on the rears ) very quick. I replaced them with Firestone Indy's and they have given me better wear and better traction. The 295x50-15 are getting close to the wear bands while the fronts are 40% worn............Not many chooses, as we all know. What I need is an inexpensive pin drive wheel in a 17-18 " that I can mount some sticky's for track days. Don't see any wheel manufacturers thinking that is a money maker idea !!

[flaflier]

I just put MT S/R's on my Cobra, so far, so good. Mucho better traction than the Goodyear II's that were on it.

[nicho]

Originally Posted by flaflier

I just put MT S/R's on my Cobra, so far, so good. Mucho better traction than the Goodyear II's that were on it.

They look good on the car ,what sizes are they

Nick

[flaflier]

26 x 12R15 Rear, 26x10R15 Front

[rpatton3]

I think M/T tires are made by Cooper to M/T specs. Founded in US in 1913. I think Cooper tire was pretty active on stock exchange some time back and may be OE on some Asian Ford cars soon. I guess they bought the best.

Were they ever OE on US cars?

[Mark IV]

Cooper owns M/T as well as Avon Rubber but has now been "aquired" by an indian conglomerate.

[csx4017]

The story......

http://www.apollotyres.com/india/doc...f7964fae5b.pdf

http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/...-buying-cooper

[Shootnride]

Well, I finally got the car back on the road and have the new M/T Sportsman SR tires on. Only have about 80 miles on them but they are already light years ahead of the old Goodyear Eagle I's.

Ted

[flaflier]

shootnride,
Are those the 28" diameter on the rear?

[Shootnride]

Originally Posted by flaflier

shootnride,
Are those the 28" diameter on the rear?

flaflier,

Yes they are.

Ted

[Mark Husar]

RetCop,
I am looking for 2
26x10x15 tires.
Still available and can you ship?

Thanks

[mscsx]

Same tire dilemma for me, shure like the G Y B Bs look. The M Ts sound interesting also.

[66gtk]

Here are my new Coopers. Pretty much the same as the MT's that I can tell from all the technical data. The black side and the white letter out sides have different designs. I prefer black walls, so I got a cool Cobra snake...
295/50/15 in the rear and 235-60-15 up front

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by 66gtk

Here are my new Coopers. Pretty much the same as the MT's that I can tell from all the technical data. The black side and the white letter out sides have different designs. I prefer black walls, so I got a cool Cobra snake...
295/50/15 in the rear and 235-60-15 up front

There you go again - splashing those great pictures of that beautiful ERA around so we can drool over them some more.

I have MTs on my ERA - basically the same tire but without the classic Cobra snake on them.

[jcam]

Others with MT S/R tires have mentioned air pressures of 24lbs up front and 26lbs in the rear. Are these the ideal pressures for these cars?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Jamie

[Shootnride]

Originally Posted by jcam

Others with MT S/R tires have mentioned air pressures of 24lbs up front and 26lbs in the rear. Are these the ideal pressures for these cars?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Jamie

I run 24 psi front and 20 psi rear on mine. Seems to work well for me.

Ted

[Pete Munroe]

Originally Posted by Shootnride

I run 24 psi front and 20 psi rear on mine. Seems to work well for me.

Ted

Running the M/T SR's.

Last time at Willow Springs dropped the pressures from 24 front/26 rear down to 22 front/20 rear.

At the higher pressures the front end would hunt in/out when cornering hard.

Lower pressures it settled down and seemed fine.

Pete

[motordean]

I have the goodyears and they are horrible. I wish I would have gone with the Avons for traction purposes, but the look is just not there....