Spin em with street tires or don't spin em?

Rich J · August 12th, 2010, 09:59 PM

I have ALWAYS wondered this, I know if you got DR's or slicks you should spin them, but I don't know about normal old street tires. I have heard mixed answers on this, I have been told not to and i have been told to do it. So which is it? lol

mustanginky · August 12th, 2010, 10:11 PM

you just want to rotate them once or twice to clean them off. honestly i doubt it will make a major difference either way.

Codeman · August 12th, 2010, 10:13 PM

I tried both methods at the track. And neither seemed to work really. It is more how you pedal the car off the line. I could not get traction at all. So I recommend just going and driving around the water to prevent water from dripping on your tires.

Then try a couple passes. If you get tire spin, trie above spinning them once or twice to clean them off. If that don't work then try different launching techniques.

F8L GT · August 12th, 2010, 10:23 PM

You want to just spin them over quick to get rid of any loose stones or debris and AVOID the water box.

Rich J · August 12th, 2010, 11:13 PM

Traction isnt really a problem off the line, I maybe spin them for a foot or so when I launch but its not rediculous. Just wanted to know if spinning them would improve my times at all. Still finding little things that lower my time (like taking advantage of the stock 2k stall converter) But everytime I have ever gone to the track I always drive around the water box/burnout box whatever you want to call it lol.

john98 · April 8th, 2011, 12:37 AM

Spinning street tires won't help you at all, they are a totally different rubber compound geared more towards longevity and slower heat cycles than drag radials. By spinning them you're actually making the rubber brittle and reducing your traction. If anything you can make a few passes and let them heat up

mrbigjeep · April 9th, 2011, 11:07 PM

probably true with most tires ^ but not the sumitumos i used to have

spun like a mad man when i didn't heat them up...next run i roast them and bog because they hooked so good. kept doing it ever since then and those things hooked every time...

sickfox · April 9th, 2011, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by F8L GT

You want to just spin them over quick to get rid of any loose stones or debris and AVOID the water box.

This

WNTS 2RN · April 9th, 2011, 11:20 PM

Stay out of the water box. The treads on your street tires will drag water to the starting line negating any effect (if any) of roasting them.

August 12th, 2010, 09:59 PM	#1
Rich J I'm doing it wrong 04 Grand Cherokee Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Eastern, Mass Posts: 5,211 iTrader: 0 reviews	Spin em with street tires or don't spin em? I have ALWAYS wondered this, I know if you got DR's or slicks you should spin them, but I don't know about normal old street tires. I have heard mixed answers on this, I have been told not to and i have been told to do it. So which is it? lol __________________ Formerly known as Demon_54 "I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes." - Hunter S. Thompson

August 12th, 2010, 10:11 PM	#2
mustanginky MM Fanatic 2000 gt Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: La grange, KY Posts: 4,260 iTrader: 2 reviews	you just want to rotate them once or twice to clean them off. honestly i doubt it will make a major difference either way. __________________ Procharged 2000 5 Speed BAB GT, built motor, blower cams, speedy dyno tune 412 hp, 450 rw tq HARDCORE CREW BRIGHT ATLANTIC BLUE CREW #1 MEMBER

August 12th, 2010, 10:13 PM	#3
Codeman Hardcore Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 2,931 iTrader: 1 reviews	I tried both methods at the track. And neither seemed to work really. It is more how you pedal the car off the line. I could not get traction at all. So I recommend just going and driving around the water to prevent water from dripping on your tires. Then try a couple passes. If you get tire spin, trie above spinning them once or twice to clean them off. If that don't work then try different launching techniques. __________________ UDP, CAI, True Duals, LTs, 91 Tune from TT, 3.73 gears, Tlok,Windstar upper, GT TB, Ported lower, Comp 218/226 cam, FRPP C Springs, J&M LCA, Tokico Blue shocks and struts, and J&M Full Length Subframe Connectors

August 12th, 2010, 10:23 PM	#4
F8L GT !FACEPLATED! 2002 Mustang GT 7.84 @ 86.01 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 12,917 iTrader: 13 reviews	You want to just spin them over quick to get rid of any loose stones or debris and AVOID the water box. __________________ MM Bracket Racing Crew Co-Founder ~Its a Drag Car, Not a Show Car~ LINK-->Custom Race Transmission Build<--LINK

August 12th, 2010, 11:13 PM	#5
Rich J I'm doing it wrong 04 Grand Cherokee Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Eastern, Mass Posts: 5,211 iTrader: 0 reviews	Traction isnt really a problem off the line, I maybe spin them for a foot or so when I launch but its not rediculous. Just wanted to know if spinning them would improve my times at all. Still finding little things that lower my time (like taking advantage of the stock 2k stall converter) But everytime I have ever gone to the track I always drive around the water box/burnout box whatever you want to call it lol. __________________ Formerly known as Demon_54 "I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes." - Hunter S. Thompson

April 8th, 2011, 12:37 AM	#6
john98 Regular 1998 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cape Canaveral,Florida Posts: 163 iTrader: 0 reviews	Spinning street tires won't help you at all, they are a totally different rubber compound geared more towards longevity and slower heat cycles than drag radials. By spinning them you're actually making the rubber brittle and reducing your traction. If anything you can make a few passes and let them heat up __________________

April 9th, 2011, 11:07 PM	#7
mrbigjeep I Post Entirely Way Too Much 04 mustang gt 7.21 @ 98 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: upstate sc Posts: 5,923 iTrader: 1 reviews	probably true with most tires ^ but not the sumitumos i used to have spun like a mad man when i didn't heat them up...next run i roast them and bog because they hooked so good. kept doing it ever since then and those things hooked every time... __________________ cams + 150 shot

April 9th, 2011, 11:20 PM	#9
WNTS 2RN Hardcore Enthusiast 2011 Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: US Navy Goat Locker Posts: 1,591 iTrader: 0 reviews	Stay out of the water box. The treads on your street tires will drag water to the starting line negating any effect (if any) of roasting them. __________________ 2011 5.0 1.3 gallons of American performance!! K&N drop in (I know, I'm cheap) Flowmaster American Thunder exhaust H&R Super Sport springs Bremmer BR01 19x8, 19x9.5 wheels Bottomless bottle of soap!

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