Dont blame me that was copied from Mickey Thompsons website. They make the tires so I think they know better then us both



ET Streets have grooves in them to, and niether of them has enough of them to worry about tracking water down the strip. Water just helps save some tire to get it spinning faster. All street classes require DOT tires, and to have a DOT tire it has to have some grooves. You can't expect them to do a dry burnout.

 

so why doesn't everyone get in the waterbox, if it saves the tire?

 

Cause not everyone is using a soft compound tire that needs to be heated to become sticky. Some are using 30,000, 50,000, or 100,000 mile Bias Ply Radials that are not ment to be used on the drag strip, but on a highway.

We can make this even easier. If you want to know if you should use the waterbox or not look at the tire manufactures recomedations, if it doesn't state yes or no call them and ask them. If they don't know then don't use the waterbox. Thats is going to be your best bet, as they know what the tire needs most to be most effective.

 

Any purpose built dragracing tire should be moistened before the burn out to save your drive train and to easily get them up to speed and hot.
This would include true slicks, DOT slicks, and drag radials. Drag radials may be street friendly but they are designed and built to stick at the track.
Regular street radials gain nothing by doing a burn out, the rubber isn't designed to get sticky when hot. So getting them wet in the waterbox just screws up the track for everyone with water being carried to the launch pad.

 

u go thru the water box for less initial strain on ur drivetrain during ur burnout.... helps ur tires spin easier initially..... its real simple actually.... lubrication