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    How far would you drive on ET streets

    I've only ever had radials on my car so I'm new to this, I live just a little over an hour from PRP and about 2 hours from Waynesburg... not really wanting to put a bias ply tire on the front and changing the rear is a PIA with my car being lowered. What's safe?

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    I drove mine with et street bout 2 hour drive i just didnt like them cuz they sway
    hmmm what's next?

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    Yeah - I hate the way they feel on the street, even with higher air pressure than you'd run at the track. Plus, everything sticks to them and gets thrown back against your car. I tested a set I bought a few years ago, and couldn't wait to get home and put the street tires back on. Of course, they are great at the track, but not so much to- and from the track.
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    I used to daily drive on them with radial fronts. Jack up the air pressure to about 18psi when you are driving on the street. As long as you remember you have ET streets on the back and don't try driving like a pissed off teenager you will be fine.


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    I used to drive 50 miles each way to PRP on them...20-22psi
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    Thanks for the advise

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    Some folks run the thinner side wall et's all of the time . Butler drives to waynesburg on them from fairmont usually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevec5ws6 View Post
    Some folks run the thinner side wall et's all of the time . Butler drives to waynesburg on them from fairmont usually.
    That's only about 40 minutes away

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    i drive to prp and back from penn hills with my et streets on the back i hate driving on them they sway way to much

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    When Lee purchased my formula he drove it from Michigan to Charleston on ET Streets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevec5ws6 View Post
    Some folks run the thinner side wall et's all of the time . Butler drives to waynesburg on them from fairmont usually.
    Ummm.....NO!!!!! I drive to Waynesburg on Nitto Drag Radials....that's a completely different tire than an ET Street.
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    I had them on my Mach for a whole summer. It's not bad , but don't hit rain!

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    i just dont like the way they fill driving down the road other then that there not bad

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cam99 View Post
    I had them on my Mach for a whole summer. It's not bad , but don't hit rain!
    True! They get super squirrelly, talk about getting loose!

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    Quote Originally Posted by k7cobra View Post
    i just dont like the way they fill driving down the road other then that there not bad

    The treads fill up over time?

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