The weather's still been rainy, so I have not had a chance to get these new drag radials out in optimal conditions, but I made this quick video on the way to the gym. Of course it started raining half way through the drive, but I decided I'll just upload this anyway. There are some decent Shelby GT500 exhaust sounds sprinkled through out the video, had a pretty good engine start exhaust note with the pops and crackles (don't get that every time, I think it has to do with the temperature, humidity, etc).
So here are my initial thoughts on the Mickey Thompson ET Street II Drag Radial vs the stock Shelby GT500 tires. First thing I noticed was the softer ride. The tires absorb more of the road imperfections, the goodyears were so hard that you feel pretty much every crack and bump in the road. Next, the most important thing, they definitely get better traction when putting the throttle down in 1st and 2nd gear. I have not had the chance to got full WOT yet, but that is coming soon, so check my next videos out.
My third observation is the Mickey Thompson ET Street II Drag Radial tires are not as good at cornering, which I expected. Going around tight turns, the car just feels less precise. On a round-a-bout the other day I had the traction on sport mode, and it kicked in and took power away from me somewhat unexpectedly. It didn't see like the tires were losing lateral traction or stability to me, but the ECU said differently.
This is all I have right now, it's Sunday morning and I'm looking out the window, and once again it is cloudy and the roads are wet from overnight rain. Unfortunately it looks like rain is in the forecast all the way until next Saturday too, but hopefully we can find a few breaks of warm sunshine to dry up and heat up the roads, and make some videos with the new tires. See you in the next one duders.
Oh also, I keep forgetting... I heard the Mickey Thompson ET Street II were really bad in the rain, so I've been taking it fairly easy on wet ground. That being said the Mickey Thompson ET Street II are better in 70F weather with wet roads and rain coming down than the Goodyear Eagle F1 G2 tires are in the COLD (like below 50F). So if you know what the Goodyears are like in the winter, the Mickey Thompson ET Street II have better traction than that in wet conditions. That being said, I wouldn't try planting down too much power in any RWD car when its wet and raining, your just asking for trouble, save it for a dry day...
start engine @2:41
get on road @4:40
more exhaust @6:26
mini acceleration pull at @12:21
mini acceleration pull at @11:26
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