heat cycle: drive 100 continuous miles at freeway speeds. be gently, no
hard turning. park, dismount tires or jack up car for 24-48 hours.
most cars understeer more with stickier tires. if you corded old street
tires they were probably really hard and awful. it will take a while to
realize how much grip you have with r tires. make sure your basic technique
is correct so you dont wipe them out too quickly (mostly this means not
letting the front slip angle get unreasonably high by having the wheel
turned too much or not slowing enough for a turn)
-james c
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick" <pjsimm@inreach.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:32 AM
Subject: New Tires
> Hi All
>
> I have new full tread Kuhmo tires. My first new set of R tires. What can I
> expect from them at the next event. My old tires had really bad overstear
that
> I just couldn't get dialed out. Terrible at the last event with the right
rear
> corded. Should thre new tires be more balanced, less grip because they are
> new? Should I run the same air pressure, does that little triangle on the
edge
> of the tread mean anything? how should I heat cycle them? Drive them on
the
> freeway for a while then take them off, take them on a fast twisty drive
to
> get them good and hot then take them off or just run them at the next
event.
> I've heard all three of these ways for the first heat cycle which is best.
>
> Patrick
> most of my jeans have holes in them but I have new R tires to race on. Is
> there anything wrong with this?
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