Would you run these old Mickey T's?

General question about these tires I have had sitting in my basement for about 6-7 years. They've been mounted to the wheels since late 2012, I made a few passes on them and a few dyno pulls on them, a little bit of street driving, maybe less than 1500 miles.

Sitting on wood blocks in the basement, typically 55-70 degrees, New England home/conditions. Basement is dehumidified in the summer.

Are these safe to run still? I've read conflicting info online about running tires more than 5 years old that have been sitting. Granted, I see Cobras out there still on the stock Goodyear F1's, and I think my front tires on my Cobra are about 7 years old anyways but have always been on the car. Pictures below, taken before I wiped them down.

no, they're dry rotted. you can see the cracks in your first picture.

Absolutely NOT.

Old tires are not what you want to play with.

BlckBox04 said:

no, they're dry rotted. you can see the cracks in your first picture.

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13COBRA said:

Absolutely NOT.

Old tires are not what you want to play with.

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Welp, I'm glad I asked. Was thinking of sending it at the track this year at 130+ mph.

So... Replace them with what? Toyo R888 R's? Or the TQ's?

No chance, I had a customer a few years back with a blown out tire on her car. Old lady never drove the car, tires were 8 years old but still had 80% tread on them. She was driving at 50 mph, I would hate to see one let go at triple digit speeds.

04GTMustang said:

Welp, I'm glad I asked. Was thinking of sending it at the track this year at 130+ mph.

So... Replace them with what? Toyo R888 R's? Or the TQ's?

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The R888Rs are good tires. Depends on how much power you're putting down.

SHOdown220 said:

No chance, I had a customer a few years back with a blown out tire on her car. Old lady never drove the car, tires were 8 years old but still had 80% tread on them. She was driving at 50 mph, I would hate to see one let go at triple digit speeds.

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Yikes. I would imagine a blow out at that speed would be very bad.

13COBRA said:

The R888Rs are good tires. Depends on how much power you're putting down.

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Depending on the tune 650-700 who and comparable torque. Car never sees rain, and only 2,000 a year mileage. Wondering if the TQ is better for my application or if the R's are just as good.

You'd be fine. I ran R888Rs on my ACR at one point and I'm at 640rwhp with no traction control or anything and it was fine.

13COBRA said:

You'd be fine. I ran R888Rs on my ACR at one point and I'm at 640rwhp with no traction control or anything and it was fine.

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Awesome. Thanks for your input.

If you want traction, no. If you just want something to roll on... **** it.

ZYBORG said:

If you want traction, no. If you just want something to roll on... **** it.

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Maybe I'll use em for a nice long burnout haha

04GTMustang said:

Maybe I'll use em for a nice long burnout haha

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Yup thisl

This comes to mind.



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