whatta you guys think with a little bit of street driving to boot how long will the drum last before needing to be replaced?

a steel jacketed drum ?... 4ever

My A&A drum is 6+ years old has over 900 passes and many street miles, still looks brand new.

Doc all aluminum........NSS thats what i like to hear i was told a while back that they would need constant adjustment and would wear out prematurely.

Had my aluminum drum for 8 years to many runs to count. This past year i replaced the brass bushing in it. It was showing some ring wear.

While the drum might last a long time, our fluid goes to crap after about 30 runs, so I don't know how long you should go between fluid changes in a street driven car.

I have an aluminum drum that is 10 years old, it's still fine, as recomended when it was installed I changed fluid every 50 runs. Drum still looks fine. Band adjustments and checks just let you know if you have wear IMHO anyway, you can check all you want, I used to check mine all the time, finally decided to quit doing that, I check it every spring now. When I bought mine I wasnt even aware they had a steel drum, mine is all strip, if I was buying one that saw some street time though, I'd go with steel, safe and would have to be more depenable on the street I'd think. I averaged about 350 runs a year for the first 6 or 7 years I had mine, just 50 or so the last 2 or 3 years.

i prefer steel. i change my fluid every two years, and that's probably a waste. i could sell it as slightly used. a mixture of street and track time. mostly street anymore (my helmet expired).