On Legends Racing Cars, the rules prohibit modification to the camber
geometry of the front wheels but to gain an advantage virtually all the
drivers actually shave their tires on a taper to build caster into the tires!!
Richard
At 05:47 PM 1/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Over here they (American car racers driving American cars) shave their
>treaded tires to the minimum tread requirement to increase traction and to
>round the tire. After shaving a rebalance is recommended. Their theory is
>that full tread flexes during cornering and cause a loss of traction. Since
>the tire is mounted on a machine to spin it and the cutting edge is
>stationary, the result is a perfectly rounded tire on that particular rim.
>Shaving a racing slick is strictly for rounding it unless they are shaving a
>used tire. Used tires, however, are rarely shaved unless they are just
>barely used and the rim is changed for whatever reason. I'm not familar with
>the term "buffing" when applied to tires.
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