I'm not a chemical engineer or dumb enough to play one on the net in front of this crowd, so here's what Jim Fogarty of BFG wrote in "Care and Feeding of BFG R1's". For the full article, see http://
As a 'rural' autocrosser (closest site is 90+ minutes away), heat-cycling is something that simply wouldn't happen at all if I couldn't have it done by the vendor (TireRack). Since I only have one se
Forgive the dumb question, but if everyone agrees that heat cycling is a good thing, and makes a better tire, and makes the tire last longer, and can be done in a timed baking process.... Why don't t
I would imagine most "average" drivers tires never get close enough to the extremes to see any real advantage to heat-cycling. Scott Anderson (G-Stock Eclipse GT #22) Kinnebrew Motors Racing Dixie Re
Are you talking about street tires or average autocrossers? :-) I meant to ask why BFG, Kumho, Hoosier does not heat cycle their sticky tires. Randy Chase
Oh okay... well... I guess if there were enough demand for it (ie. profitable) they would do it. Also, along these lines... I saw a TV advertisement for Kumho for the first time at lunch today. They
Not to beat a dead horse (am I in the top 5 posters yet?).... 8-) 1. If TireRack can heat cycle the tires at that cost and are not losing money on it. 2. If heat cycling improves the life of the tire
Not a damn bit, but it sure is good for engine parts and gears! Jon (hell, no, I can't afford it!) FP 73 On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:01:00 EDT "Otto Crosser" <ottocrosser@hotmail.com> writes: ____________
Or possibly E) The heat cycle treatment is not effective until the tire has cured a bit from the manufacturing process and the vendors don't want to chew up the warehouse space waiting until this tim
Not a bad guess, but someone already mailed me the right answer. Yes, it's an SCCA conspiracy. :-) Randy Chase Take the IQ Test 175 :-) or the Purity Test 25% :-( at http://www.thespark.com/
All this talk about heat cycling has me wondering. I ordered a set of Hoosiers from Tire Rack for Nats, but didn't ask for heat cycling. Should I have, or will they be all right without it? I ask cuz
ever have a set of Really Good street tires Get "slippery" after using them for a winter.. there you go. I remember my dunlop SP 8000's were the worst, before the winter they were a good tire. after
After seeing plenty of empirical evidence for cold weather ruining performance tires, I still haven't found a good explanation. I presume that it has something to do with cold work, as the tires are
I know this is not the most advanced explanation but bear with me.. I believe it to be like reverse heat cycling, the rubber molecules still generate heat as they work, but the tire contacts the cold
or maybe we just don't realize (blinded by our love for motorsports) that this sector of the market isn't THAT big of a deal to these tire companies. To TireRack it is, simply because the put themsel
Is this Mongo, or (slap, slap) Mango??? Phil O. -- Original Message -- From: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net> To: Larry Steckel <lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com>; <oz@tirerack.com>; <autox@autox.team.net> Sen