Flippin' Hoosiers??, No Boob/No Political Content..... Options

[Joseph Mills]

Considering my topic description, hardly anyone will probably read this. But for those of you that are.......

I'm running my first ever set of Hoosier A3S03 Competition Autocross tires. I ran them about 2/3 of a season last year. They appear to still have a little life left in them. Maybe half a AX season or so.

My car has -1.25 F & -2.0 R degree camber. So there is that uneven wear to consider. The outside shoulder of the tire is rounded.....more uneven wear to consider.

To wrench all the mileage possible from these tires, would it be worth flipping the tires on their wheels for the 2nd half of their life?

They're supposed to be non-directional, so it should be safe to do so? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Joseph Mills]

Got maybe 20% more wear out of the tires but probably not very good miles. Its the heat cycles that kills tires.
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What exactly defines a heat cycle?

Is a particular temperature required to be reach to be defined a heat cycle?

Do tires necessarily have a heat cycle in autocross (considering typical lower temps in AX)?

I used an IR temp gage last summer and my tire temps usually measure 120 to 140 max (yeah, I know, my tires are too big for my car.....but that's another story).

I did opt for Tire Rack's initial heat cycling option which supposedly extends the tire's life and they look real good to date.

Oh yeah. I'm running 7"F and 8"R.