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**Injuneer** · 10-07-2008, 05:25 AM

Are you looking for an ET Street (bias-ply DOT slick) for the track, or an ET Street Radial for street/track use? Two significantly different tires.

Stock 16" wheels, assuming they came from V8 4th Gens, are 16x8". You aren't going to find a huge choice of tires sizes in 16". The ET Street size would be 26x10.5-16. They make a 26x11.5-16, but that requires a 9 - 10" wide wheel. You could squeeze it on, but the question is do you need it? They also make a 28x11.5-16 that will fit on an 8" wide wheel, but that shouldn't be necessary until you are running 600HP or more.

In the ET Street Radial, the only 16" tire they make is a 255/50-16 26x10.5R16. That's in the tread design that is generally considered "the world's fastest street radial". They offer a second tread design that they indicate is for "sports cars and sport compacts" in two 16" sizes, and they are 27" and 28" tires that require wider wheels.

**ConElite** · 10-07-2008, 08:50 AM

This is all you need. Thats what Im going to run on a set of Salad shooters.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

**Performin Norman** · 10-07-2008, 08:55 AM

Those new ET Drag Radials are the absolute Shiot.

**ConElite** · 10-07-2008, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by Performin Norman

Those new ET Drag Radials are the absolute Shiot.

Well When you push 700+whp I bet.

I know a lot of people that run those and they run some amazing times. Pulling 1.8 60' and better no problem.

**Joe 1320** · 10-07-2008, 11:12 AM

The principle behind ET streets is a little different than regular DOT drag radials. In order to get the most benefit, you need to change the configuration of the wheel and tire.

Drag radials are a softer grade rubber for the tread with reduced tread depth to help eliminate tread squirm. The sidewalls are faily stiff as they are a sticky version of lower profile street radial.

ET streets have a softer sidewall that is more like a dedicated drag slick. this allows a certain amount a wrap up effect and greatly enhances straight line traction in the instance of a drag race. You will not have the same degree of lateral stability and you certainly don't want to attempt high speed cornering with this kind of tire. They are generally inflated to softer numbers and in order to get the best traction the sidewall should be as tall as possible. This changes the contact patch to a front to rear biased contact area..... great for straight line traction but bad for cornering, as opposed to a shorter but wider tire..... which is best for cornering but horrible in a drag launch.

For ET streets, pick the smallest diameter wheel that will clear the brakes. That should be a 15" wheel. Best guess would be a 255/60/15 (27.1 inches tall) and a 15x8 wheel. You want as light a wheel and tire combo as additional rotating weight robs power. If you could get away with a 275/60/15 and change the gearing to compensate for the taller tire, traction would be better still. A 275/50/15 is 26.1 inches tall but the contact patch begins to get wider than longer and the sidewall cannot flex enough for optimum traction. So.... if it were me, I would likely go with a 255/60/15 on a 15x8 wheel. Even better would be ET drags, but those aren't street legal.

One thing for sure. You don't want to get caught in the rain with ET streets or you'll find yourself all over the place in the blink of an eye. They are fair weather tires at best that don't tolerate rain at all.... I don't care what they advertise.

hope this gives you a little insight.

Now what I can't comment on is the difference between the old ET streets and the new ones.

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