haha i wish i could read minds, it might have saved me some grief with the females over the years.
only thing is, i dont know that Gene has actually gotten Old Red to hook at this point or he really hasnt launched the old girl yet, i believe his best 60ft is 2+ something.
i would not be worried about running an ET street on an 8" wide wheel, im doing it with a 10" wide slick. hoosier says that the minimum recommended width for these is 9", but they work fine. you probably will need to adjust the tire pressure to give you a flat footprint, i did this by wetting the bottom of my driveway and doing some short rolling burnouts. watch the tread pattern for wear all the way across the tread, if you have too much air the edges will show no wear. do this until the whole tread is wearing all the way across, you can also look at the marks left on the driveway but i found it easier by look at the tire itself. you can do this at the track too, but i found it easier to do it at home without the rush involved at the track, plus the marks will go away.
if you do decide to go with the ET streets or QT pros, keep in mind that they rate the widths using the sidewall NOT by tread width like they do real slicks. so a 26x10.5 et street only has a 9" tread width, to get a 10" wide tread you need the 26x11.5.
