[57taskforce]

Yep, that’s an old trick. Like I said above, marvel mystery oil is what I used in mine to clean it out, exact same principle. You’ll be amazed how fast it turns black. It sucks they don’t make the gatorbacks any more. Mine still had a set from the early 90’s on it. Same as yours steel belts hanging out of the rears. If you are looking for a relatively cheap tire that is still speed rated and all season, I put riken raptors on mine in the original size, a little over $100 a tire. So far they have been great for me. Ive driven mine in the rain a few times with no traction issues at all. Way better cold and wet performance than the perelli p-zero summer tires on my 5th Gen SS, well less than half the horse power of the SS on the IROC helps too lol.