Don't forget that tire temps don't tell you much on certain tracks. If you
pull into the pits after a long straight the outside edge is going to get
cooled off. You need a tight track with no straights and you need to stop
after a long turn to get useful tire temps. A skid pad is even better--a big
parking lot will do.
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Larry Young
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:25 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Calling you tire/suspension experts
I'd like to know the answer to this too, because mine and Bob Kramers wear
the same way. You might conclude this means too much negative camber, but
tire temperatures don't seem to indicate that. Is the wear caused primarily
by the front or the rear? It's difficult to tell since you've rotated them.
You might assume it is the front causing wear, but if you've got a welded or
very tight LSD rearend there is a lot of scrubbing that goes on.
Larry Young
Henry Frye wrote:
> I have been seeing tire wear on my TR4 vintage racer that indicates to
> me I can improve something in the front end setup, but I can't figure
> out what to do. Take a look at these pictures:
>
> http://www.henryfrye.com/tires/
>
> Any comments, observations, words of wisdom? It would be nice to get
> more that two weekends on a set of tires.
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