Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S - for the street for real?

[BSB67]

I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Maybe, but I did not see any mention by the OP regadring the ET Street Rs.

The Rs have a nylon belted sidewall, and steel in the tread surface, according to their tech folks. The Rs sidewall will wrinkle. I just drove 500 miles on my Rs last weekend.

 

[Nxcoupe]

I run the radial pros on the street even so they say they're not dot legal. But even if I had all season radials on the car, I still wouldn't drive it in the rain.

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

 

[furious70]

I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

 

[BSB67]

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

They drive very well, corner well. Wet pavement okay, light rain, very cautious depending on road conditions. Heavy rain, standing water, no.

 

[71Beeper]

Got these on the front of my Runner.

No issues so far but I have not been caught in the rain...yet.

 

[Aron Gleason]

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

No, it says right on the sidewall not intended for street use

 

[Aron Gleason]

I also run radial pros on the street for all fair weather driving. I usually try not to get caught in the rain.

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And you're the reason I made the decision to pull the trigger and buy them for my coronet.

 

[autoxcuda]

They drive very well, corner well. Wet pavement okay, light rain, very cautious depending on road conditions. Heavy rain, standing water, no.

So you've has S/S version and the S/R version on your car?

How would you describe the difference in dry handling between the two?

 

[Nxcoupe]

No, it says right on the sidewall not intended for street use

Lol. You didn't read and understand my post, obviously. If it has a DOT number on it, it's street legal. I run street legal classes and those tires conform. Slicks do not have a dot number.

 

[Aron Gleason]

Lol. You didn't read and understand my post, obviously. If it has a DOT number on it, it's street legal. I run street legal classes and those tires conform. Slicks do not have a dot number.

Lol, I read your post. Thank you

 

[BSB67]

So you've has S/S version and the S/R version on your car?

How would you describe the difference in dry handling between the two?

Yes. Started with the S/S. After I went through those, I got the Rs. Before those, I had BFGs.

In my day to day normal driving, I could/can tell no difference between the three. That said, my day to day driving is not real taxing. 70% of my driving is country roads. They are winding and hilly roads, but traffic volume is low. 20% freeway. The rest metro-city type. Also, my suspension is stock except Wilwood front brakes. Stock torsion bars, swap bar, rubber bushings, and cheap Monro shocks. The car goes 4100lb+ and has P 225 70 15 BFG on the front. I’m sure that my front suspension/BFGs would get me in trouble well before the M/Ts on the back.

On a car with a good suspension set up for handling, maybe the M/Ts would present differently.

 

[BSB67]

The Rs.

 

[turbo t]

I'm happy with my m/t et streets. They're great in dry conditions. Got caught in a downpour a month ago running about 60 and let me tell you, took all the talent I had to keep from wadding it up. Best advice i saw was to find somewhere to wait it out.

 

[autoxcuda]

I'm happy with my m/t et streets. They're great in dry conditions. Got caught in a downpour a month ago running about 60 and let me tell you, took all the talent I had to keep from wadding it up. Best advice i saw was to find somewhere to wait it out.

Thought they would be better.

But that was a full on downpour. If the pavement just wet from a light rain without puddling, do you think you would have been fine?

There's some tread on there

 

[33 IMP]

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

Yep. It says not INTENDED for highway use, not ILLEGAL to use on the highway.... or streets for that matter.
I have a huge set of sprint car tires that aren't dot, but I'm a whole lot less likely to get stopped with them, cause they are full street-legal-looking tread.
I save the et street pro's for track use.

 

[33 IMP]

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

Then you might be happier with a Toyo or Nitto drag radial. More street friendly than the Mickeys. If your not averse to a bias tire, you could try a Hoosier Quick Time (not the QT Pro, that's just a stiff sidewall slick with a couple grooves)

 

[turbo t]

Thought they would be better.

But that was a full on downpour. If the pavement just wet from a light rain without puddling, do you think you would have been fine?

There's some tread on there

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Yes, I think so. It wasn't supposed to rain; one big cloud dumped on us driving home on the highway running I would say 60 mph. And it got sketchy really quick. once we waited for the monsoon to be over, it wasn't too bad on wet roads rest of way home. First time ever getting caught driving it in the rain like that. I've been over 230 in the quarter and have had some pretty scary moments before but I'm telling you now, big ole factory steering wheel and manual steering had me needing my elbows lubricated afterwards LOL.

 

[HemiLane]

I've run ET Street SS's on my daily modern challenger, usually would get about 6k miles out of them with 2 dozen drag strip runs. As far as rain, they did surprisingly well. I could do 65 on wet pavement and light rain, the only issues were with heavy rain and puddling on the road