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Why do slicks get slippery?

To: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Why do slicks get slippery?
From: KWall73108@aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:10:00 EDT
The third set of Hoosiers this season have lost their grip which usually 
lasts between 50 to 75 miles.  The tire treatment helps bring the grip back 
to what seems like 80%, this calculation is made by comparing times against 
Kumho competitors.  Does this wear seem appropriate for twelve inch wide 
Hoosier 33's on a car weighing 2300 pounds?  Can anyone explain why the tires 
seem slippery when driving but are very sticky to the touch.  Even after 
sitting for twenty minutes after a run, the tires will pull the timing cord 
up into the car, none of the other competitors slicks do this, and they did 
this without tire treatment.  It's like the slick's chemical nature has 
broken down and they're are bleading to death.  I feel like a grip junky 
whose wallet is bleading to death.

Kevin 'Wallace

Kevin Wallace

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