PeterUbers

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It seems like there's still some tread left .. but maybe it's peeling out cuz it's soooo hot out now...

p.s. w/ the icebox .. the hot summer days don't kill my horsepower nearly as much as it used to.

stiletto

Your thread makes absolutely no sense. Is it sooo hot out now that what...? You have more power from the ice-box and that is why you are peeling out? Or is it so hot that you are loosing grip (would have to be darn hot for that... )

bigman

i peel my tires to redline, but when they hookup, the rpms come back down to reality.

stiletto

ohhh.... get new tires and turn on VSA

Tom Blasing

It does depend on what your goal is here. If you just want to make plumes of smoke and lay down some black stripes on the pavement then (on a perfect surface) new tires would actually cause MORE slippage there is less contact surface area on the pavement than an old flat-treated tire. This is assuming that the pavement is smoth and flat with no debris such as small gravel, dirt, tree seadlings etc. and had the ideal air pressure.

As far as it getting hot outside, yes, this can have a effect on traction too. The hotter it gets the less traction the car will have. Yes, the tires can become more plyable but the oils in the asphalt will also rise to the top of the surface ever so slighly. This is why NASCAR loves to race on tracks with cool surfaces.

Edward'TLS

I agree with Tom. When there is no tread or very shallow tread left on your tires, wouldn't it be the most stickiest in the dry, because the complete rubber surface is contacting the pavement without any breaks. Just like the race tires, there is absolutely no voids or breaks on the rubber surface.