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1. Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:04:37 -0400
<<<The Team T/A test compared sets of tires prepared in the following ways. 1. Not heat cycled 2. Heat cycled by regular driving for 100 continuous highway miles 3 to 4 weeks in advance of the track
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01540.html (8,417 bytes)

2. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: kellycp@nbnet.nb.ca (Charles Kelly)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:21:17 GMT
So what would you recommend to someone who doesn't have access to a track (no place to 'exercise the tires at the limits')? Drive figure-eights at gradually increasing speed in an empty parking lot f
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01541.html (9,038 bytes)

3. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:28:10 -0500
a == Unfortunately, most of us autocrossers do not have access to a good track to do the "Hoosier process". But, we do have plenty of access to regular old highways. And according to their info that
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01542.html (10,119 bytes)

4. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:49:41 -0400
Doesn't have to be a good track. ;-) But that does raise an interesting point. Could it be done at an autocross? Hmmm.... But it sounds like your cloverleaf exercise may be just the ticket. Try start
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01549.html (8,941 bytes)

5. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:17:59 -0500
== Well, it may work for the driver's side tires but I suppose I'd have to either switch the tires, from side to side, on the side of the freeway or attack the cloverleafs in reverse to heat up the
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01552.html (8,834 bytes)

6. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:23:18 -0500
I've got the answer. Just do the cloverleaf in reverse to do the passenger side tires. Or maybe heat cycle them with your flamethrower. Mike B. TLS#1
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01553.html (9,394 bytes)

7. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:47:37 -0500
== That's not a flamethrower. It's an anti-carjacking device. ;^) See you on course. Eric Linnhoff in KC '98 Neon R/T <eric10mm@qni.com> Patrick Henry: "Guard with jealous attention the public liber
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01555.html (8,141 bytes)

8. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Scott Johnson" <sjohnson@kcnet.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:21:47 -0500
This is the last thing you want to tell Linnhoff! :-) -Scott Johnson sjohnson@kcnet.com
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01576.html (7,495 bytes)

9. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Hanson <hanson@swcp.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:43:03 -0600
(no place to 'exercise the tires at the limits')? I have two ways that I've used with success depending on how much time I have available that day. 1. (The hard way) I mount my new tires, drive about
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01586.html (8,242 bytes)

10. RE: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:32:36 -0700
Gee, I thought it was intended to make the "drive 100 miles" approach look I've never seen the Hoosier approach published, as the BFG one is, and it doesn't sound very practical for autox anyway. KeS
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01588.html (8,714 bytes)

11. RE: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: Paul Foster <pfoster@gdi.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:13:18 -0400
<<<I've never seen the Hoosier approach published, as the BFG one is, and it doesn't sound very practical for autox anyway.>> It was published in the PCA Club Racing newsletter a couple months ago. D
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01603.html (8,433 bytes)

12. Re: Tire Rack Heat Cycling (score: 1)
Author: "Bruce Wentzel" <greendot@excelonline.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:14:24 -0400
approach look is, and it Here it is, from the Tire Rack web site, Hoosier tire care tips: Tire Break-in Procedure Proper break-in will not affect initial performance but will increase the competitive
/html/autox/1999-06/msg01618.html (9,898 bytes)


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