Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> Tire wear pattern
wndsrfr
post Nov 18 2013, 08:13 PM
Post #1


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,454
Joined: 30-April 09
From: Rescue, Virginia
Member No.: 10,318
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region



Check out the pattern of the rubber on my RA1's. I did DE's at VIR, Watkins Glen and Summit point since flipping them mid season, so have about 400 miles on track, 15 heat cycles since flipping. These are the fronts....the rears are much more uniform without a buildup of "worms". The buildup is on the inside edges. I'm guessing that it's indicating that I need more camber but I'm maxed out already. Ideas?
BTW, total mileage on track with these tires since new in March is about 1700 with 61 heat cycles & no sign of cording anywhere yet.


Attached thumbnail(s)
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
 
Reply to this topicStart new topic
Replies
ChrisFoley
post Nov 21 2013, 01:58 PM
Post #2


I am Tangerine Racing
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 7,990
Joined: 29-January 03
From: Bolton, CT
Member No.: 209
Region Association: None



All that pickup (buildup) on the inside of the tire is from the cool down lap.
With a lot of negative camber the outside edge of the tire hardly touches the road when you're going slowly around corners, so only the inside half gets the marbles smeared onto it.

In addition to the wear bars in the circumferential grooves there's a series of tread depth holes on the tread surface.
You need to compare the depth of the inside ones vs the outside ones to get an accurate measure of tire wear across the surface.

I would back off to 2 deg. negative at the front and 2.4 deg. at the rear.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 1st July 2025 - 06:45 PM