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spectral Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane Registered: February 2003	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots? Thu, 25 March 2004 10:14 just to extend on what Norbie was saying.. The size of the contact patch doesn't change when choosing a wider tyre.. *at the same pressures*. It just gets shorter, ie: ||| ||| ||| ||| |||| |||| |||| This provides better cornering because the size of the lateral contact patch is greater, giving more sideways grip It also explains why wide tyres tramline (follow imperfections in the road), because their longitudinal grip is less than a narrow tyre which tracks nicely. The only way to increase your contact patch is to lower the tyre pressure, as seen in all dragracing and 4WD beach driving. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Wed, 24 March 2004 09:19
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	thechuckster	Wed, 24 March 2004 09:30
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Wed, 24 March 2004 09:31
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Classique71	Wed, 24 March 2004 09:38
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Wed, 24 March 2004 09:45
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	torque	Wed, 24 March 2004 10:56
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Draza	Wed, 24 March 2004 12:37
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Norbie	Thu, 25 March 2004 00:07
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Youngy	Thu, 25 March 2004 01:46
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Thu, 25 March 2004 05:16
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Norbie	Thu, 25 March 2004 06:46
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Thu, 25 March 2004 08:43
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Mr DOHC	Thu, 25 March 2004 09:29
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	draven	Thu, 25 March 2004 01:53
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	rob_RA40	Thu, 25 March 2004 02:44
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	chrisss	Thu, 25 March 2004 03:11
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	draven	Thu, 25 March 2004 09:39
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	spectral	Thu, 25 March 2004 10:14
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Thu, 25 March 2004 10:31
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	torque	Thu, 25 March 2004 13:11
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Mr DOHC	Fri, 26 March 2004 07:26
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	chrisss	Thu, 25 March 2004 15:04
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Thu, 25 March 2004 23:10
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	chrisss	Fri, 26 March 2004 08:02
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	lang	Sat, 27 March 2004 00:41
	Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?	Farmsci ST162	Sun, 28 March 2004 13:52

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