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Jun 23, 2016, 07:24 PM
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Jun 23, 2016, 08:57 PM
#79
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Originally Posted by kaj
Again I'm curious. I'd like to compare our "good amount of heat" numbers to those that are seeing a reduction in performance. I think maybe I'm taking it too easy. Maybe I'll buy an infrared gun soon.
Jun 24, 2016, 07:12 AM
#81
The tires do seem to like a little bit of heat. The problem is that I can very easily shoot right past the sweet spot and in to fall-off territory.
I do tend to drive the car hard, and I've set it up to support that driving style with a tendency toward oversteer and on-power rotation. Lots of throttle on corner exit and lots of strategic oversteer to get the car pointed where I want it. I do work hard to avoid excessive understeer, though, because that's both unproductive and a huge source of heat in the front tires.
Jun 24, 2016, 11:31 AM
#82
I should take some measurements next time I'm out to quantify this a bit.
The tires do seem to like a little bit of heat. The problem is that I can very easily shoot right past the sweet spot and in to fall-off territory.
I do tend to drive the car hard, and I've set it up to support that driving style with a tendency toward oversteer and on-power rotation. Lots of throttle on corner exit and lots of strategic oversteer to get the car pointed where I want it. I do work hard to avoid excessive understeer, though, because that's both unproductive and a huge source of heat in the front tires.
The tires do seem to like a little bit of heat. The problem is that I can very easily shoot right past the sweet spot and in to fall-off territory.
I do tend to drive the car hard, and I've set it up to support that driving style with a tendency toward oversteer and on-power rotation. Lots of throttle on corner exit and lots of strategic oversteer to get the car pointed where I want it. I do work hard to avoid excessive understeer, though, because that's both unproductive and a huge source of heat in the front tires.
Jun 28, 2016, 09:17 AM
#83
I should take some measurements next time I'm out to quantify this a bit.
The tires do seem to like a little bit of heat. The problem is that I can very easily shoot right past the sweet spot and in to fall-off territory.
I do tend to drive the car hard, and I've set it up to support that driving style with a tendency toward oversteer and on-power rotation. Lots of throttle on corner exit and lots of strategic oversteer to get the car pointed where I want it. I do work hard to avoid excessive understeer, though, because that's both unproductive and a huge source of heat in the front tires.
The tires do seem to like a little bit of heat. The problem is that I can very easily shoot right past the sweet spot and in to fall-off territory.
I do tend to drive the car hard, and I've set it up to support that driving style with a tendency toward oversteer and on-power rotation. Lots of throttle on corner exit and lots of strategic oversteer to get the car pointed where I want it. I do work hard to avoid excessive understeer, though, because that's both unproductive and a huge source of heat in the front tires.
Jul 28, 2016, 06:19 PM
#84
Okay so I'm gonna slightly recant my statement about watering them down. Just did 2 autoxes both days at around 100 degrees ambient temp (hot as ***** when ur standing in an open parking lot,) wetting them down seemed to keep them from overheating and kept the tires behaving nicely. Definitely didn't feel the grip reduction I felt when I wet them down when the temps were in the high 70's/low 80's.
Jul 28, 2016, 08:12 PM
#85
Okay so I'm gonna slightly recant my statement about watering them down. Just did 2 autoxes both days at around 100 degrees ambient temp (hot as ***** when ur standing in an open parking lot,) wetting them down seemed to keep them from overheating and kept the tires behaving nicely. Definitely didn't feel the grip reduction I felt when I wet them down when the temps were in the high 70's/low 80's.
Jul 29, 2016, 08:14 AM
#86
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They like a certain heat range, and the range is not very high. Someone in another thread said they talked to Bstone guy at some track or AutoX event who said the tire is happiest in the 110-150*F (or something close) range..
Jul 29, 2016, 09:07 AM
#88
^^^Sounds about right....at least from my experience.
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