I would concur with Jason... you need to get some heat into them to drive the
rebonding of the rubber molecules... driving down the freeway won't do it (at
least
on my car according to pyrometer following "brisk" freeway speeds <110F). The
circles WILL get them hot enough (>150F).
Dave Young
ESP Trans Am
AZ
Jason Isley wrote:
> What I do is use my private skid pad, work parking lot, to do about 10
>nice
> "friction circles" to heat the tires. Then I put them away until they need to
>be
> used. Nothing to crazy, just enough to get some heat in them.
>
> Jason "RX7 KLR" Isley
> jason.isley@alltel.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: galligan@gulftel.com (John Galligan) at INTERNET
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:25 PM
> Cc: Mr53CSP@aol.com at INTERNET; autox@autox.team.net at INTERNET
> Subject: RE: I bought my 1st race Tires!!
>
> I would hop on an interstate about 2 weeks before the first event, drive
> 70 to 80 about 50 miles, then return home, stick the tires away until
> you are ready to use them. This is the poor man's heat cylce. I also
> just got my first Kumhos. Understand that they like hight pressure. I
> plan to start at 40 and go from there. Good luck.
> John
>
> Mr53CSP@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Recently bought a set of my very first race tires for the upcoming season so
> > i can dethrone some of the typical top ten guys in my region (i'm the
>fastest
> > with street tires). I ordered some Kumho Victoracer V700s 205/50zr15 that
> > will be mounted on 15x7 BBS rims. I got them from tirerack.com and opted to
> > save myself the $60 to have them heatcycled.
> >
> > Question is: How does one properly heat cycle a set of tires before an
>event?
> >
> > Can i just drive them around on the street somewhat aggressively for 10 mins
> > and jack the car up on blocks for a day and call them broken in? I will be
> > driving the vehicle to the event with the rims and tires bolted to the car
> > (about a 5-10mile trip at 45mph speeds, city driving)...
> >
> > Is there anything i should know about these tires? air pressure? don't run
> > over bumps? etc?
> >
> > These will be fitted to a CSP-prepped '90 Honda CRX HF/SI.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > -Kam
> > 53 CSP
> > "Straights are for fast cars. Turns are for fast drivers."
> > '89 CRX Si
> > '90 CRX HF/SI
> > 2K Maxima 5Spd
>
> --
> John Galligan
> galligan@gulftel.com
> SCCA-Gulf Coast Region
> 2000 ESP Class Champion
> Cavalier Z24
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