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Re: Tire siping

To: "Jason Bowles" <jbowles@carol.net>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Tire siping
From: "Jamie Sculerati" <jamies@mrj.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 22:22:32 -0400
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Bowles <jbowles@carol.net>


>Anyone try this with race tires? not worth anything?

I don't see that this would gain you anything on dry pavement.  If I
understand siping correctly, it's to provide more edges to break up the
water film under the tire in wet and snowy conditions -- that is, to prevent
hydroplaning and improve wet traction.  In the dry, uninterrupted rubber is
better.

Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr




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