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Originally Posted by gsxr
Eric, assuming you have stock wheels & tires mounted, what tire pressure were you running at the dragstrip? With traction problems, I would try lowering the pressure down to the low 20's (I wouldn't go below 20psi (cool/warm) on street tires though). That may help you hook it up. You may also need to start doing a burnout prior to launch, just in front of the waterbox (or are you already doing that?). You generally want to stay out of the waterbox with street tires since the tread will pick up some water and carry it up to the starting line.
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205/60 15s at 35psi. As for the rest of your post, I already know those things and act accordingly---I used to race a lot back in the day at Carlsbad and OCIR---always on street tires---I always want to know what my cars run in the real world---on street tires with street gas, no ice on the intake etc. (I think we talked about that before.) In my experience, tire deflation isn't that effective on street tires---that is actually more for the slick running guys. Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords did a story about 10 years ago that backs me on this.
The problem here is that these tires are just too small. Who else is running tires this small? Nobody at that dragstrip yesterday had tires this small. I actually already have the new tires--205/55 16s-- the Goodyears that won the C&D shoot-out not too long ago, But I need 2 more rims. I'm looking for 2 front S-class (W-140) rims---the ones that look like mine only they are 16s not 15s. Are these the rims the 500E/E500 got? And why the "Front only" "Rear only" thing? Do we have to adhere to that when using them on an E class? Regards, Eric