ET Street vs. ET Drag

How big of a difference in running each would someone notice. Is it that big of a difference? Im talking about bias-plys here

Does going from an et street to an et drag really net that big of a difference?

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The most popular sized ET Drags are M5 compound which is the same compound as the ET Streets (bias ply). So from a traction standpoint, given equally sized tires (height and width), the difference in traction is negligible. ET Streets simply have a slit cut into them to meet DOT requirements.

--Joe

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Originally Posted by chevyman_ss

You have to think of it this way. Think of a standard street surface, to a drag strip surface, If you go on a tree on a drag strip to someones hands. All this plays a factor.

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HUH?


I have 60ed the same with both but the ET drags seem to be more consistant

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Originally Posted by chevyman_ss

You have to think of it this way. Think of a standard street surface, to a drag strip surface, If you go on a tree on a drag strip to someones hands. All this plays a factor.

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im talking about tires....are you?

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Originally Posted by 1BADAIR

I have 60ed the same with both but the ET drags seem to be more consistant

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That is probably because you are using the "S" designated ET Drags. Those can not be used in this comparison since you can not get stiff wall ET Streets.

--Joe

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Originally Posted by soap

That is probably because you are using the "S" designated ET Drags. Those can not be used in this comparison since you can not get stiff wall ET Streets.

--Joe

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Yep.

I have used ET Street's on both the Trunk and CJ. They work fine for both. The Street's are nice because if you do run them on the street you have less chance of getting hassled. They are in NO WAY helpful in the rain though :lol:

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Originally Posted by 91trunk

Yep.

I have used ET Street's on both the Trunk and CJ. They work fine for both. The Street's are nice because if you do run them on the street you have less chance of getting hassled. They are in NO WAY helpful in the rain though :lol:

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yes they suck so bad in the rain. I got stuck coming back from lapeer in my 91Vert I think I was doing 25mph on vandyke it was pouring. When semi's drove by they would push me over onto the shoulder. Soooo many pissed of people behind me that day :( was stuck with low pressure as well for awhile couldn't find a gas station.

sorry about that i am a dipshit i need to read better. From I have learned about Bias tires I thought they where suppose to pull a lot. I thought that radial where the better tires?

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Originally Posted by soap

That is probably because you are using the "S" designated ET Drags. Those can not be used in this comparison since you can not get stiff wall ET Streets.

--Joe

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I have used both regular and S

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Originally Posted by MentalMisfit

yes they suck so bad in the rain. I got stuck coming back from lapeer in my 91Vert I think I was doing 25mph on vandyke it was pouring. When semi's drove by they would push me over onto the shoulder. Soooo many pissed of people behind me that day :( was stuck with low pressure as well for awhile couldn't find a gas station.

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I was coming home from telegraph one night in my mustang with ET streets on it and it started pouring rain as I was driving down Middlebelt right by the airport, was doing like 10 mph and my foot was not even on the gas pedal and started spinning like crazy, almost went through the airport fence, it felt like someone picked the rear of my car up and just threw it.

on a stiff wall slick we went 9.82 and put it on the bumper same pass. put an et street on the car and went 9.77 not even close to the bumper. but this is on a mustang with no antiroll bar and no front end limiters or wheelie bars. so with the slicks and suspension mods it should go alot faster

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Originally Posted by 79pace

I was coming home from telegraph one night in my mustang with ET streets on it and it started pouring rain as I was driving down Middlebelt right by the airport, was doing like 10 mph and my foot was not even on the gas pedal and started spinning like crazy, almost went through the airport fence, it felt like someone picked the rear of my car up and just threw it.

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i beleive you but i dont understand. i drove my mustang to and from work several times when it was pouring rain and i never had any problems and i have quick time pros on the car which is just hoosiers answer to the et street

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Originally Posted by jordanbmx

i beleive you but i dont understand. i drove my mustang to and from work several times when it was pouring rain and i never had any problems and i have quick time pros on the car which is just hoosiers answer to the et street

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Prolly had to much air pressure in the tires, after I spun out I let a shit load of air pressure out of the tires and was fine the rest of the way home.

not a lot of difference