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Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?
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Sun, 28 March 2004 13:52
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chris
there are so many posts about tyre compounds because that is the answer. Your average street tyre is made of a very hard rubber. hard rubber is FAR less grippy than soft rubber BUT it is VERY durable in comparison the soft rubber. lasts longer, thats what your average driver is most concerned about. SO a worn out street tyre has less grip because the rubber is old and stiff.
A slick tyre is very soft and has a shitload of grip BUT is made from very soft rubber, therefore durability suffers greatly. If you own GT3 on playstation 2 go out on a track with supersoft slicks and take a hairpin, then go get a super hard tyre and try take the same corner at the same speed.
As for comparing its surface area with that of a new street tyre its a matter of the tyres life, the more worn out one has clearly been subjected to the most abuse and life all things rubber degrades in quality through abuse. Just look at aged rubber bushings, eventually they become hard and brittle. and given a street tyre is designed to only last a specific number of kilometers most manufacturers will choose a compound that can be made cheaper to last that number of kilometers.
Long story short, road tyres are made of a hard, less grippy compund that slicks. Worn out street tyres grip less than new ones because the already less grippy rubber has begun to degrade in quality.
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 08:43 |
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Mr DOHC | Thu, 25 March 2004 09:29 |
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draven | Thu, 25 March 2004 01:53 |
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draven | Thu, 25 March 2004 09:39 |
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spectral | Thu, 25 March 2004 10:14 |
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 10:31 |
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torque | Thu, 25 March 2004 13:11 |
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Mr DOHC | Fri, 26 March 2004 07:26 |
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chrisss | Thu, 25 March 2004 15:04 |
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 23:10 |
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chrisss | Fri, 26 March 2004 08:02 |
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lang | Sat, 27 March 2004 00:41 |
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