What caused this?
Discussion
Being fairly new to track days I just wanted some opinions on what may have been the cause for the state of my tyres in this pic….
For context, the car is a MK5 Golf Edition 30 with approximately 385bhp. It was a full day at Bedford.
I rotated my tyres after a drive limits day in order to wear these down and try to keep it even. These tyres are Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric 3’s. Rears were PS4’s
There is approximately 5mm tread depth left currently and tyre pressures were a few PSI over road pressures when hot.
Is this caused by underinflation, over heating the tyres, then just being old and rubbish?
The rear Michelins are fine and we’re kept at the same pressure as the fronts. They are already considerably more worn though with only 3mm or so on now. Appreciate they have a much easier time than the front tyres.
Any thoughts
For context, the car is a MK5 Golf Edition 30 with approximately 385bhp. It was a full day at Bedford.
I rotated my tyres after a drive limits day in order to wear these down and try to keep it even. These tyres are Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric 3’s. Rears were PS4’s
There is approximately 5mm tread depth left currently and tyre pressures were a few PSI over road pressures when hot.
Is this caused by underinflation, over heating the tyres, then just being old and rubbish?
The rear Michelins are fine and we’re kept at the same pressure as the fronts. They are already considerably more worn though with only 3mm or so on now. Appreciate they have a much easier time than the front tyres.
Any thoughts
It’s a heavy road car with road car geometry and road car tyres. It’s just not engineered or set up for track use.
You could improve it by fitting more suitable tyres, increasing negative camber, managing your tyre pressures better and a bit of driving style, but a 1,400kg car putting 385bhp through its front tyres is always going to eat front tyres.
You could improve it by fitting more suitable tyres, increasing negative camber, managing your tyre pressures better and a bit of driving style, but a 1,400kg car putting 385bhp through its front tyres is always going to eat front tyres.
HustleRussell said:
It’s a heavy road car with road car geometry and road car tyres. It’s just not engineered or set up for track use.
You could improve it by fitting more suitable tyres, increasing negative camber, managing your tyre pressures better and a bit of driving style, but a 1,400kg car putting 385bhp through its front tyres is always going to eat front tyres.
^^^^ Wot 'e said.You could improve it by fitting more suitable tyres, increasing negative camber, managing your tyre pressures better and a bit of driving style, but a 1,400kg car putting 385bhp through its front tyres is always going to eat front tyres.
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