1st time with MT ET Street Radials

[97rs4life]

This weekend I am going to martin and running my car for the first time on MT ET Street radials. I have always ran on street tires and so I would go around the water box, do a quick burnout to clean them and then line up.

So with the DRs, do I back into the water box and do my burnout there and then walk it out or do I avoid the water still?

Also I am running them on salad shooters and thinking about starting the tire pressure at 22psi, is this a good spot to start or will I still be high in psi?

Help a newb out

[1BADAIR]

I would run around 18psi.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Going into the water or not is your preference but in reality there isn't a need to and typically you want to stay out with a radial tire because they can trap and hold water and bring it up to the line in a worst case senario. I run the same tires and have never had this happen but as I mentioned there is no need unless you have trouble turning them over. I like to start at around 21psi on mine so that should be just fine, if the car spin after the first few runs then air down a couple until it hooks, don't go below 16 or so though. As for the burnout a good 4-5 seconds or until you see smoke should be fine and then roll out of it. Good luck and get lots of pics and video.

[97rs4life]

won't be able to get the pics unless my dad takes my brother's TA out to run it and I can have him video it. Otherwise I will be alone there.

Thanks for the tips so far

[my95z28]

Drive around the water box and then back into it until the rear tires are in. Do a quick spin to coat the rear tires in water. Pull ahead a few feet, and lite em up. DON'T do a dry hop!!

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Drive around the water box and then back into it until the rear tires are in. Do a quick spin to coat the rear tires in water. Pull ahead a few feet, and lite em up. DON'T do a dry hop!!

They are not slicks, he should be able to turn them over just fine I run around the water all the time with mine .

[my95z28]

My bad, I read wrong. Although, I don't know if the weeee6 is going to be able to turn them over Travis Lol, just messin with ya man.

[steddy]

When I ran with street tires, I'd just go around the water, hit it to warm them up a little, then stage. With it being colder, I'd probably do the 4 second thing though. In the heat of summer, just a quick go-round with no water suffices.

[1BADAIR]

actually even with slicks you don't do a burnout in the water. you move the the front of the box and do the burnout where it is just damp.
et street radials do need a burnout and should be wet. They are actually softer than ET drags.

[97rs4life]

My bad, I read wrong. Although, I don't know if the weeee6 is going to be able to turn them over Travis Lol, just messin with ya man.

I won't have a problem with that, lol

actually even with slicks you don't do a burnout in the water. you move the the front of the box and do the burnout where it is just damp.
et street radials do need a burnout and should be wet. They are actually softer than ET drags.

hmm, now I am confused, I am getting mixed reports, lol. These are the radials not bias tires

[MunsterZ28]

theres drag radials, et streets radials, and slicks. thats y there is a confusion.

et streets look like a slick but have one or 2 treads to make them dot approved. et streets and slicks use the water box.


if its drag radials, avoid the box and light them up.

1 sec il get pictures

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heres pictures. lol which one do u have.

[MP81]

Who said to do a burnout in the water?

I always thought you just backed into the water, got 'em wet, then moved up a bit, out of the water and lit 'em up...

If they're DRs, stay out of the water...

[OIF1VET]

These are the radials not bias tires

ET Street Radials. As Larry said above, these tires hook much better with a burnout, water or not is up to you.. The pic in my sig is on ET Streets at Stanton..

[1BADAIR]

that last pic is a ET street radial. a ET drag radial is a full slick
the street radial is SOFT. they are the tires everyone is going 6-7 on. DO you see them backing in the water? if you had skinny's you would drive through the water with this tire. a nitto or something thats not really a race compound should stay awsy from water.
don't try to do a dry burnout with this tire. it will break or wheelhop and break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjd6C2BCYI

[OIF1VET]

Iy you wait like 30 seconds, lol, here's how I warm my ET Street radials up..