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Old September 18th, 2009, 10:19 PM   #1
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hitting the dragstrip saturday all ford race . just had a quick ? i just got new tires nitto 555 zr. 255/45/18. should i do a burnout with these tires at the track or not.
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Old September 18th, 2009, 10:36 PM   #2
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NO!! A burnout on street tires has the opposite effect. Go around the waterbox and spin them over once to clean them off. Good luck
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You might want to drop the pressure some if they spin real bad at medium launch rpm's
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thanks for the advice. how low do you think i can go on the tire pressure. 25lbs?
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Old September 19th, 2009, 12:39 AM   #5
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18#'s before I got wheel hop from sidewall flex.
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