James pretty well sums up what was presented to me.
For what it's worth, the source for this
wisdom/opinion/thinking was Carrol Smith and a buddy
of his named Alec Purdy. They were both working as
race engineers for Indy Lights teams when I met them.
The 20 degree difference they were recommending was in
the context of roadracing where tires heat up and stay
hot for longer periods of time than autox. As I think
about it, attainable tire temp differences may be
smaller for autox conditions but the principle of the
insides being hotter would still apply.
Alan
--- james creasy <Black94PGT@pacbell.net> wrote:
> let me clarify my last statement:
>
> the reason you want the inner temps to show higher
> than the outside temps is
> because even if the tire heats evenly in the corner
> (indicating maximum
> flatness of the contact patch), driving on the
> straights with typical
> (negative) camber and (toe-out) settings will heat
> the inner side of the
> tires a little more. thats the differential you are
> looking for.
>
> on a stock car driven without the optimum
> adjustments for camber and toe,
> this may not apply.
>
> -james c
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