Drag Radials in the rain?

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Old Man Mopar

Old Man Mopar

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Does anyone have any experience on getting caught in the rain
with these M/T's......especially the 315/60's?

[] Don't even drive across the parking lot

[] Instant crash - traction less than zero

[] Ok if you are very careful

[] Not to bad if you behave

[] No real issues

What says the voice of those who truly know?
 
I have no exp. with such tires. Though leaving it in the garage would top my list. Slow going if I got caught in the rain for sure.

Big tire Rick. R U running that bad boy?

Waiting to here from the "Been there done that" crowd.
 
I was on the strating line at the local track when it started sprinkling and they call off the TnT so instead of backing up which I hated in the FB fish cause of the way the decals the PO had on the alum sheetmetal between the trunk and the pass compot with decals all over it would reflect in the rear window. So I drove down the track easy. Every time I would get just a tad more power into it the rear tires would blow badly. M&H 275s. I would say NO to DRs on the wet street.
 
My buddy had a pair on his 97 viper and got caught in the rain on the freeway. Lost control and crashed, rolled numerous times and wrote the car off. He received some head injuries (he's a tall guy). He claims he wasn't speeding or being stupid and wasn't charged with anything. I use them on my barracuda and think it is a given they are not a rain tire. I would pick number 3 and keep the speeds below 40 mph.
 
10" 50's over 50mph the rear end would start coming around.
There isn't a chance in HELL I would drive those in the rain.

Across the parking lot would be fun though. :)
 
I have alot of experience with those but in 275 size. I've been caught in the rain with them several times and do not recommend that you make it a habit. We were on drag week and running in the rain was the only option besides quitting. In later years, I switched to carrying slicks and driving on street radials. Most of the guys on drag radials pulled off and waited for the rain to quit as it's just too scary of a ride with a high horsepower car.
 
I can barely keep the radial T/A's under the car in the rain no way to those but in the parking lot well yeeehaw
 
"By intuition" this seems so wrong

Years ago, when at Miramar, I was experimenting!!! with a Rochecter 2G on my 440!!! for a mileage experiment. I'd thrown together a flat steel adapter I'd made, and a "free" carb.

The point is, the 440 RR didn't have all that much power

The tires were G60 x 15 don't particularly remember, but supposed to be a "performance street" tire back then.

It sprinkled a little, the first rain in San Diego for about 6 months.

YOU COULD NOT drive the car. It was like being on ICE!!! I wasted NO time in getting off the freeway, and limped "home" on some back surface streets and managed to stay out of trouble.
 
I think I'll go with #1, just by looking at those I can see it would be worse than driving my Dakota R/T in the rain.
 
I had 275-60-15 M/T drag radilas on the back of the cuda and got caught in a down pour. go real slow. I wouldnt try it on the highway personally but at 25mph on the back roads I lived.
 
I say NO if you like the car and yourself.

While they are DOT legal, that doesnt mean you should run them on the street during wet weather.

Tread and sipes exist on a tire for one reason-wet weather traction. This tire was not designed for wet weather so if you are in the rain running 60 mph and hit a puddle-instant hydroplane and loss of control.

If you want drag radials for your street car, I would say either drive ONLY in dry weather or put them on spare wheels you can swap at the track.

This is from BF Goodrich concerning their drag radial:

"On the street: These tires have a reduced tread depth when new and a tread rubber compound optimized for straight-line grip. As such, they will wear out much sooner and offer less wet grip when compared to normal passenger car tires......Reduce speeds in wet conditions and whenever standing water in present."
 
I've only got a couple hundred miles on my 325/50 drag radials, so I haven't been caught out yet. But if I do, I'm gonna keep the speed as slow as possible and there is no way I that would try the highway. They break loose real easy on wet pavement, I can only imagine what they would do when they were hydroplaning!!!
 
I had those exact tires but in 275 series on my 89 mustang GT last year and it was scary as hell driving in the rain... I used to drive it to work (70km drive one way with city and mostly highway driving) and I got caught in rain storms a lot... I also had the 5" Micky Thompson pencil tires up front which were no problem at all. Those street slicks hydroplane very easy, especially with rutted roads that hold the water like up here. I had the tires on my mustang for a few months and then decided to go back to regular bf Goodrich tires because I missed doing donuts and burnouts everywhere :D

They are definitely a street able tire in my opinion, but you have to be careful when getting caught in the rain.
 
The day airwoofer was talking about. I drove my dart out there to the track with my drag radials on. I drove it home very carefully and slow. I had no problems. I never steped on it at all.
 
Dont do it.
This pic is of my truck, it had 295 bfg on the rear, I hit black ice on the pavement running 5 mph under the speed limit, the road looked fine.
Ignore the snow the pic was taken 2 hrs later after being dropped off by a tow truck.

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How well does any bald tire do in the rain?

Sounds like a good way to kill a little 4 year old girl, walking her puppy, down the sidewalk.

Could you live with yourself if you killed a little 4 year old girl, walking her puppy, down the sidewalk?
 
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