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Re: Tire Recommendation - tramlining

To: borrani@att.net
Subject: Re: Tire Recommendation - tramlining
From: JWoesvra@aol.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:47:48 EDT
In a message dated 9/23/03 9:23:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, borrani@att.net 
writes:


> I define tramlining as when the tires follow every rut and groove in the 
> roadway.  When I first switched from radials to bias ply, I couldn't believe 
> how darty it was.  The car would change lanes under braking for Turn 2 at 
> Pacific Raceways.  Giving the car a bit of toe-in helped a lot, but man, 
> what 
> a ride!  Even with toe-in, those bias plies hate driving on a rutted road.  
> The radials did not have this tendency.
> 

I think you might need to talk to an older driver. WE LIKE IT THAT WAY! 

Jack Woehrle




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