Mike Puckett
SCCoA Member
My old tubeless Mickey Thompson Big End Street Drag tires are worn smooth and have become too inconsistent to run anymore so I've replaced them with new ET Streets that aren't "tubeless". I also got a pair of the 9553 tubes but the valve stems on the tubes are too big to fit the holes in the rims. So, I can either spend $200 to get the valve stem holes enlarged, drill them out myself and cross my fingers that I don't ruin the rim in the process, or run them tubeless. Mickey Thompson's tech rep said that it's Ok to run them tubeless but be careful if the car weighs over 3000 lbs. Well, I'm at 3500 lbs. It's not a problem to keep them inflated as I have a compressor and carry an air tank to the track with me. I just don't want to have to worry about tire failure during a run. So, the question is, how many of you guys run ET Streets without tubes? And, is there anything I need to be aware of when doing so?