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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 13:57
10/01/2011 13:57
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alfatim
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you know more than me mate!
how the hell do you cut them to do that?? Cutting truck tyres is common place, car tyres a bit more tricky. You need a car tyre cutter/regroover, a steady hand and some informed sensible guideline. Toyo do a specific guide to recutting the 888 into a wet tyre, but some common sense should prevail. I know some race guys who buy the ex-touring car slicks (or clio's, Ginetta's etc) and they recut the slick into a simple inter. These are obviously not road legal, but much cheaper to play with on trackdays.
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 13:58
10/01/2011 13:58
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gj88
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I imagine that a group buy from Camskill could be sorted on all the makes, ie a certain % off on whatever tyre you choose. It's worth looking into. I tried to sort out a cheaper price on tyres for club members a while back with no luck.
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 14:22
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proccy
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lad here races fiestas, they buy tyres then cut/trim to their prefered pattern
in fact he describes it as "shaving" them
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 15:11
10/01/2011 15:11
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alfatim
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Er, 'shaving' is compeletly different (sorry)
Recutting is cutting new grooves into the tyre to make a nice new pretty pattern (or sometimes 'shaving' off scrap rubber that has picked up on tyre) Shaving, is shaving down the existing tread to make more useable for purpose. ie; 6mm of tread on a hot day will result is a much poorer grip than 2.5mm tyre as the tread blocks move around less.
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 15:48
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proccy
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ah yes, i remember now - that's what he said the function of shaving was, cheers alfatim
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 16:28
10/01/2011 16:28
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Er, 'shaving' is compeletly different (sorry)
Recutting is cutting new grooves into the tyre to make a nice new pretty pattern (or sometimes 'shaving' off scrap rubber that has picked up on tyre) Shaving, is shaving down the existing tread to make more useable for purpose. ie; 6mm of tread on a hot day will result is a much poorer grip than 2.5mm tyre as the tread blocks move around less. I am interested in doing this,can i just get one thing clear. Is it cutting new tread or just making the existing tread deeper ?
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 18:32
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alfatim
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Er, 'shaving' is compeletly different (sorry)
Recutting is cutting new grooves into the tyre to make a nice new pretty pattern (or sometimes 'shaving' off scrap rubber that has picked up on tyre) Shaving, is shaving down the existing tread to make more useable for purpose. ie; 6mm of tread on a hot day will result is a much poorer grip than 2.5mm tyre as the tread blocks move around less. I am interested in doing this,can i just get one thing clear. Is it cutting new tread or just making the existing tread deeper ? Cutting new grooves. I would not suggest ever cutting any deeper as this (especially on a car tread) would almost certainly result in going through to the wire cords.
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 18:35
10/01/2011 18:35
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alfatim
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 18:48
10/01/2011 18:48
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I looked into the RB5's and read alot about people having blow outs at over 100mph (Pretty sure it was on the Scooby forum). I reckon a standard Coop could hit 120 - 130 down the straight at Spa.
It's a risk I wouldn't take.
Ex 432bhp '00 Sprinty 20vt6 '17 S3 Sportback '69 Amazon 131
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Re: Race Rubber...
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10/01/2011 20:29
10/01/2011 20:29
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I've looked into MaxSport, not suitable for track days. they are made for short rally stages where the tyre temperature doesn't get too high. Difficult to balance as well
Last edited by Ecrab; 10/01/2011 20:31.
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