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)

[machina]

What exactly defines a heat cycle?

I believe each time the tire goes from ambient temperature, up to full race temp, and then back to ambient would be one heat cycle.

Each cycle tends to make the compound a bit less sticky.

Hoosier has a couple FAQ's on the subject as does carroll smith in his famous series of books on racing.

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