Methodical 15 Year Member Dec 1, 2003 1,192 11 59 Clinton, MD Mar 14, 2006 #1 Mar 14, 2006 #1 I read about tire heat cycling. What's up with this and is it worth it?
B bimmertech New Member May 3, 2005 1,123 0 0 merriam, ks Mar 14, 2006 #2 Mar 14, 2006 #2 if you have a lift it would be worth it to do a couple of times. it is really hard to heat up a tire and then remove the weight from it before it cools down enough to make a difference. imo you should just buy them heat cycled. what type of competition are you doing?
if you have a lift it would be worth it to do a couple of times. it is really hard to heat up a tire and then remove the weight from it before it cools down enough to make a difference. imo you should just buy them heat cycled. what type of competition are you doing?
91LX_5L Founding Member May 13, 2002 1,943 0 36 British Columbia Mar 14, 2006 #3 Mar 14, 2006 #3 what the hell is tire heat cycling!?
bill302 Active Member Nov 2, 2005 2,131 1 46 alabama,gadsden Mar 14, 2006 #4 Mar 14, 2006 #4 91LX_5L said: what the hell is tire heat cycling!? Click to expand... here you go click on link and read about it.... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=66
91LX_5L said: what the hell is tire heat cycling!? Click to expand... here you go click on link and read about it.... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=66
91LX_5L Founding Member May 13, 2002 1,943 0 36 British Columbia Mar 14, 2006 #5 Mar 14, 2006 #5 humm not bad @ 15$ a tire. thanks for the link I learned somthing today!
Methodical 15 Year Member Dec 1, 2003 1,192 11 59 Clinton, MD Mar 15, 2006 #6 Mar 15, 2006 #6 bimmertech said: if you have a lift it would be worth it to do a couple of times. it is really hard to heat up a tire and then remove the weight from it before it cools down enough to make a difference. imo you should just buy them heat cycled. what type of competition are you doing? Click to expand... It will basically be a street car with some track time (1/4 miler)
bimmertech said: if you have a lift it would be worth it to do a couple of times. it is really hard to heat up a tire and then remove the weight from it before it cools down enough to make a difference. imo you should just buy them heat cycled. what type of competition are you doing? Click to expand... It will basically be a street car with some track time (1/4 miler)
94-302-vert Active Member Aug 16, 2004 1,947 2 36 NE CT Mar 15, 2006 #7 Mar 15, 2006 #7 One of the guys I work with uses an oven and pressure to heat cycle and stretch his racing tires (local stock car) so that he can stagger the heights of the tires from the right to left side...
One of the guys I work with uses an oven and pressure to heat cycle and stretch his racing tires (local stock car) so that he can stagger the heights of the tires from the right to left side...