> You could have me co-drive the car. Its guaranteed.
kirk,
its the FRONT tires, not the REARs that need more heating. :-) hehe
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: kirk <kmeline@internetconnect.net>
To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: how do i get fronts as hot as rears?
> Hi James
>
> You could have me co-drive the car. Its guaranteed.
>
> Or you can do some hard freeway driving before the event to heat up the
wheel
> which helps, or smaller wheel and tire combo(no), or get tire warmers, or
put
> more weight in the back, or disconnect 4 spark plug wires, or bigger front
> brakes, or run more negative camber up front, or use a much weaker sway
bar in
> the rear,...etc
>
> Kirk
>
>
> James Creasy wrote:
>
> > ... tires that is...
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > i got a pyrometer recently and took temps last event. my front tires
(kumho
> > V700) never get as hot as the rears- about 15 degrees cooler (even more
> > scary, i had 155 runs on the last set of fronts and there was still
tread
> > showing! they dont wear much)
> >
> > what can i do to even out the temps? as the tires heat up i go from
> > oversteer to understeer as the rears heat up and give me more traction
in
> > the back. i could be more consistent driving if they heated up the
same.
> >
> > ive got smaller fronts (245 on 17x9") than rears (275 on 17x10") and
have
> > about 55% rear weight bias and front pressure about 21 lbs, rear
pressure 24
> > lbs. getting the tires warm is a challenge normally because the car is
> > fairly light.
> >
> > also, i dont seem to have much bite up front compared to other cars ive
> > ridden in.
> >
> > what about running the front ride height lower?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -james
> > OSP #74
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