Gee, I thought it was intended to make the "drive 100 miles" approach look
good.
I've never seen the Hoosier approach published, as the BFG one is, and it
doesn't sound very practical for autox anyway.
KeS
Are you going to tell us what the "heat cycled free with shaving" bit is
about, or did you throw that in just to be mysterious?
> Too bad they didn't also use the method that is prescribed by Hoosier.
> That is to gradually drive the car from 50% to 100% over the course of
> 3-4 track laps and then let them sit for at least 24 hours,
> preferably a
> week. According to them you must exercise the tires at the limits for
> the procedure to have full effect just as the Indy car and Winston Cup
> teams do before a race. It would have been interesting to see a real
> test that includes this procedure instead of one that was intended to
> make the $15 per tire 'processing' look good...
>
> Also, next time you order from Tire Rack, ask for shaved
> tires that are
> not heat cycled. Chances are you will get heat cycled tires anyway
> without having to pay the extra money...
>
> Paul Foster
>
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