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| ChrisReale |
 Jul 3 2003, 10:14 PM
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Sleazy  Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176  |
I see people at the Ax with Hoosier tires, and they have little cradles for their tires I assume so they dont get flat spots. I have had my Victoracers on for the last week. I have driven the car, so it hasnt been sitting, Im just too lazy to change back when there is a race on Saturday. Is this a bad habit? Whats the skinny on R Compound tires and leaving the car stationary for longer periods of time?
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| campbellcj |
Jul 3 2003, 11:58 PM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,549 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California 
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I've been running DOT-R tires on street and track for about 5 years now, and have never noticed any flat-spotting from sitting parked. My poor 914 currently sits about 2-3 weeks between drives.
Technically I don't think it would be "flat spotting" which is usually the term applied when you have uneven wear in the tire due to events like brake lockup. So whatever happens from parking would really be a slight out-of-round condition, and it seems to go away on its own in normal driving. The main things to avoid, if possible, are (a) parking the car on its tires for a long period when the tires are really HOT (i.e. full race temps) or (B) parking or storing race tires in the sun or really hot places. |
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