MT et streets (bias) safe for 4 hrs of driving on track day?

[keeno]

I am about to purchase a used pair of 26/11.50/17's with 4 passes on them. Gonna mount them on 17x9 cobra rims. I run 20's and gonna leave the fronts on and swap out the rears before the drive to the track. Are these safe to drive the 2 hr drive to and from the track or do I need to put them on when I get to the track? I realize these are not meant to drive on the street regularly but I really dont want to drag jacks and lug wrenches and cram the rears in the back of my car.

 

[11secLX]

If it gets wet, then forget it...especially at high speeds.

 

[11secLX]

forgot to mention, you can easily fit both slicks with a jack and other junk in the trunk area of an S197 even with the "Shaker 1000". Unless you got it crammed with aftermarket stereo stuff or something.

 

[tjm73]

I'd drive on them for a lot longer than 2 hours before I even thought about getting concerned. If it started to rain...that's a different story.

In order for a tire to have "DOT" on them, making them street legal, they have to pass a minimum level of standards in testing. I saw a video a few years ago of the test. Basically they are subjected to highway speed and tested for several conditions throughout the test. If they fail, no DOT stamp.

 

[keeno]

Well like I said these are used. Looks like the center groove is worn down I only see 2 grooves in them in the pics.

 

[fdjizm]

forgot to mention, you can easily fit both slicks with a jack and other junk in the trunk area of an S197 even with the "Shaker 1000". Unless you got it crammed with aftermarket stereo stuff or something.

I would love to see a pic of two full wheels with tires in our trunks, I've never been able to do it.

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

I would love to see a pic of two full wheels with tires in our trunks, I've never been able to do it.

Me either??

 

[JeremyH]

I cant even fit one tire in my trunk. Excpet for a smaller spare.

 

[keeno]

maybe he means with the seat backs laid down, but that wouldnt count as being in the trunk.

 

[Vapour Trails]

Don't do it.

Yes, you can get 2 tires in the trunk. It requires removing the cardboard and the spare, and having a wheel that can fit in the spare cutout, then you just stack the second wheel on top. My 25.6" tall wheels fit.

 

[GeorgeInNePa]

I drive a 360 mile round trip on drag radials when I go to Cecil County, MD.

I know a few guys that use the bias ply tires on the street, but they don't drive for hours, non-stop, with them.

 

[keeno]

Don't do it.

Dont do what...?

I dont think 26 11.50 17 on 17x9's will fit in the spare well...

 

[555]

Have a friend follow you change tires at the track and keep the stock wheels tools and jack in friends car

 

[Disconnected]

MT ET Radials?

 

[GT.350-R]

I run a 26in M/T radial and they fit right in the spare well. If I lived 2 hours from the track and they were half used up I wouldn't drive on the Bias plys. They puncture to easy.

 

[keeno]

they are et streets (non radial)

 

[09 Ricky]

They will wear out fast, and if they get too hot they will come apart on that long of a drive. I wouldn't chance it. Around town is one thing but a four hour road trip is asking for trouble. Et street radials how ever are a differnt story.

 

[keeno]

It's not 4 hrs one way but total. 2 hrs to the track.

 

[06gtmustang]

Just swap them out at the track. Thats what ill be doing this weekend but ill be changing the front with skinnies too.

 

[BAKnBLK2010]

Just a heads up, you don't want to drive your car with bias ply tires on the rear with radials up front for any distance at all. They say not to even do it at the track but some people do without any trouble. I wouldn't chance it for a 2 hour trip.