You can run on street tires, but always avoid the water box, tire treads will hold some water in them causing it to be very difficult to get traction, go around the water box, make a dry hop, and you will be in alot better shape, only do water burnout with slicks or drag radials
You are correct. The problem at so many tracks is people drive thru the water instead of backing into it. That means they drag the water all the up to the staging lights, ruining the traction for the next guy.
Really ? I never had a problem doing a burnout with my factory tires in the burnout box. If you do a good burnout out and travel in a straight line the heat from your rear tires will get rid of any moisture . The problem that drivers make is doing a burnout in the water. Pass through the water by a couple of feet and then let it rip.
or just use the power the car has and do a dry burnout. that's the way street racers did it, for years!! that is until shit like the street outlaws came around and everyone started racing on slicks. slicks belong at the track, not on the street!
I've never actually launched on a track before. I drive a 2006 Charger R/T and I practice launches all the time in it on normal streets. I've got good throttle control but idk what to expect from a prepped track. I assume more throttle than normal is acceptable since its prepped. Less spin on a prepped track?
@@ajg2094 how the fuck can you tell if a car is automatic or manual from a far away spectator camera angle, you literally have no idea, there is plenty of manual challengers.
mad0uche “GOOD CHANCE” does NOT mean I’m positive it’s an automatic. But the majority of 15-Present challengers have automatic transmissions due to power control and getting it down the track fast enough to run what it does you dumbfuck. Good luck finding a manual Challenger RT, Scat, Hellcat, etc. over an automatic.
mad0uche how hard is it to get through your tiny little fucking brain that I am saying the MAJORITY of the new SRT/Mopar performance production vehicles have automatic transmissions? For example the new Dodge Chargers, you can not buy a 2015-present model charger that comes factory with a manual transmission, you can get a manual challenger, but at the end of the day the majority of challengers that have been produced since 2015 are automatic because of what they are built for. Getting from point A to point B in the quarter mile as quick as possible. and not once did I mention people “not liking” or there preference of a manual because it is the classic American muscle roots and all that shit your pulling out of your ass, but we will play pretend just so you can get your way😂👎🏼🤷🏿♂️
I find it interesting how these guys don't realize that street tires have much stronger rubber, designed to last longer, instead of being used at your local strip. Street tires, once heated up, become slippery. Bald street tires aren't necessarily slicks either, they need to be at a proper temperature. Drag radials have significantly less pressure than normal street tires because they're designed to grab onto the rubber that you're desperately trying to cling on to much easier.
Lone Texan lmao i think so i was starting to feel bad for the guy cause he couldn't do a burnout in front of all the people and then he ripped a nasty one 😂
Wait, when you’re drag racing you’re not supposed to floor it as soon as the light turns green? I was always under the impression that that’s what you had to do
There is a particular challenge to drag racing on street tires. I do it. With a manual trans. The goal of the car build was to run respectably in all conditions. I can drive it to work, run it on a road course, drag it, and road trip it, all without any changes. Not even tire pressure. Do I give up some ET? Sure. I run mid-12's with a 122-123 trap speed, at a 7500+ DA. So obviously I do. A dedicated, single-purpose car will always do better at that single purpose. Building an all purpose car is much more difficult.
Same why a try to build mine. im probably in the high 12's low 13's in the 1/4 but i can be decent in a road course or safely driving in the rain to and from work
I am an avid drag racer and it really is amazing how many people are completely incapable of telling that they have blown the tires off and won't get off the gas. Its usually people with new challangers, camaro's or mustangs, and sometimes hondas. Drag racing on street tires works just fine if your not a moron.
Like drag strips weren’t sticky enough. Some dumbass in a bone stock car will always find a way to smoke tires 1/2 way down the track and hit a wall. Bone stock new challenger, Camaro, mustang with an automatic transmission...LOOK OUT. Poor wall....
brett slater i feel bad for the cars. if their owners werent complete noobs with too much money they could have a good long life outside of the scrap yard
Okay, I am a bit confused. One tutorial video said that first timers should stick with the street tires and roll around the burnout pit and then back in to the pit for burnouts. Now I am hearing street tires are a no no. So what is it? Do I invest in drag radials if I am just doing this for fun or are the street tires just okay?
Power is nothing without control. At least they're at the track where it's safe and they can practice. After seeing all those hating comments in street show off crashes, you gotta give these guys credit for showing up to the track at least, right? Because at this skill level, they'd definitely be the kind to hit a crowd.
This is why I back into the waterbox, just into the damp area. Being all the way in the trough with street tires keeps water in the treads. This allows the water to "fling out" during the burnout to the inner fender and run back down while pre-staging/staging. You're really better off doing a quick, dry spin just to clean them.
im mad as fuck so i clicked this video and the ad was a f1 car so i thought something was gonna happen but then i looked at the bottom right corner and saw "Skip Ad"
one of the rules to drag racing (especially on street tires) is NEVER floor it from the dig, you will always spin out, unless you have traction control on.
Burnout box with street tires= adding water literally throughout the crevasses of the tires. Right before you try and launch. Looks cool, I did it too but better to go around the water.
A car trying to compete on street tires in a legit drag race is like an MMA fighter trying to compete against a professional boxer in a boxing match. Yeah, I went there. Edit: Also, 1:38 Turn off the traction control you noob... lol
I used to run my 2009 Mustang on it's original equipment Pirelli P-Zeros, ran 13.10 and 104.47 mph at 5,000 feet elevation in Grand Junction, CO. I don't think that was anything to be ashamed of.... ... would have loved to run some Hoosiers though, but I couldn't afford them at the time....
I've got a 2006 R/T charger which is quite slow for a V8 but I managed to get it under 14 at a track where I live (ohio). For only 370HP in a 4100lb car it isn't bad. Unfortunately the 1st gen chargers were slow as snails lol. Even the SRT only ran like 13 flat I think if that
Nothing wrong with racing on street tires. You just need to know HOW to race with street tires. Having drag radials or tires does not guarantee you will not spin the tires or get sideways!
sometimes grabbing another gear when spinning will only make you spin even more, because when in first the wheel will spins only as fast as you can go in 1st gear but if you hit 2nd you tires can spin that much faster then the car is going making it less likely to regain traction .
Oh hell yeah, but especially if we're talkin stock and on the hellcats. Since they only come with 275s and are fantastic for smokeshows, but suck badly when racing and is very entertaining none the less lol. That should be the very first mod on these high powered cars and have got 295 summer tires that were on my Challenger when I purchased it, so I can imagine how much more difficult it is to put the power down in a Hellcat on skinny little stock tires. Just picked up a set of Mickey T 305s and am going from 22" to 17s, so she should be able to hook pretty well with soft n stickys and can't wait to get them on her.
This is nothing against street tires, just great video that proves these drivers DONT know how to DRAG/DRIVE on street tires. Super Street used HAVE to run OEM tires and cars would rip 12-14 second times with "blueprint" 305s in Gbodys ON EAGLE STs and never drive this bad. Learn how to drag race on what you have, its not just put foot down and it goes, you MUST learn to DRIVE.
You have that “YOU” part right cause I would full send it I have drove and raced 1000hp corvettes on P1’s basically anything under 100mph you better not even use big very little boost then the top of second and 3rd you can start making some real power. But it is a challenge no doubt.
Lol u don't race from a dig using traction control.. don't give advice on things you don't know about lmao traction control limits tire spin by decreasing power to the spinning wheels to try and keep the tires planted. Ie limiting the power you can use for the race. You wanna warm your tires up and drag with traction control off. never seen wheelspin at a track like this tho.. leads me to believe it's the condition of the track affecting wheelspin.
I'm sorry I've owned both a C6 and currently own an S550 mustang... this has everything to do with racing on the bottom of the barrel street tires. Neither my P Zeros nor Michelins spun this much dirt cold.
Do NOT do a burnout with street tires. When you get squirrely , you lost, so lift. Oh what the hell, stay right in it until something made out of concrete stops you.
You know if i had to choose between camaro, challenger or mustang. I really do not think could choose. Granted my pay check says i could not pick one anyway.
00:19 This guy is either a 16 year old who has never ran before or he’s drunk. Every scat/hellcat owner knows you keep traction on when you run first of all cuz it has so much torque ur going to spin off the line. Second if ur spinning through 60 why the hell are you still on it??? He didn’t even let off until he was done spinning out… Never have a seen something like that
Takes a little skill…I pull on 22inch street tires everyday….295s in back..265sin front I can sometimes tell by the street if I’ll spin or not…but on a warm-hot day no effort 💨✌️
Two very important things in drag racing the car needs traction and it needs to go straight sounds so simple but it's not suspension mods and drag radials are a must but I've seen some 2020 vette run 10.90s on stock suspension and tires but this car is a complete different story being rear engine most front engine cars will need a suspension that transfers the weight to the rear tires the more power you have the better the suspension will have to be to use the power or put it to the ground with the least amount of wheel spin on take off without breaking something or bogging the engine it's a fine line to find the sweet spot the more power you get the more difficult it becomes if you have suspension mods and drag radials and it works well you better have a good transmission and rear end these mods will be hard on them
1. You don’t heat up street tires, makes them slick & go around the water box. 2. If your still loosing traction, let some air out 3. Petal that thing!
It's so frustrating to see people who can buy really nice cars, yet have no clue how to drive them. This is why you see expensive cars wrecked with 400 miles on them.....
This makes me nervous for a street legal race I did a few years back. Took my '06 Mustang GT out with the stock tires. Granted, I never had any problems, and never noticed anyone else having the problems shown in this video. But damn, I'd hate to be taken out by someone who couldn't get any traction, which could have easily have happened.
No offense your car probably didn't make enough power to have any problems. These cars probably have 100-200 more hp and torque at the wheels minimum some even more than that.
BMW Guy TaySav JR 2.8 tune, downpipe, egr, dpf, scr delete. Since its twin turbo they get shit load of power from tuning. Not to mention I get 22-25 city mpg/ 35+ high way
