Tire pressure/ tricks to make your tires last longer? (drifting)
Re: (mattblancarte)
that's probably a decent idea, to spray them down. you should get a pit crew and change rear tires F1 style after each run.
Re: (sicride)
lol, it would be really cool to have a water tank built into the car, that would spraydown the tires at the touch of a button...sicride wrote:that's probably a decent idea, to spray them down. you should get a pit crew and change rear tires F1 style after each run.
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OM3GA
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Re: (redsx13)
lol water tank idea sounds like your best bet, or quit drifting lol or quit caring about tires or stretch tires alot to save money lol
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RustspecS13
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Re: (OM3GA)
How does streching tires save money? It doesn't its just a style.
I actually had a winsheild washer tank in my trunk and I had it hooked up to spray the rear wheels. I used windshield washer jets and all. I had it about 2 years ago with my last sohc s13 to help spin my tires. I went through alot of water really quick though and it spun too much.
I was going to try bleach the next time at pratice but they were failures and decided to close a week early for the year. Oh and I had a couple resistors to step the voltage down at the motor.
But using it to cool down tires after a run is a much better idea.....hmmm
~Alex
I actually had a winsheild washer tank in my trunk and I had it hooked up to spray the rear wheels. I used windshield washer jets and all. I had it about 2 years ago with my last sohc s13 to help spin my tires. I went through alot of water really quick though and it spun too much.
I was going to try bleach the next time at pratice but they were failures and decided to close a week early for the year. Oh and I had a couple resistors to step the voltage down at the motor.
But using it to cool down tires after a run is a much better idea.....hmmm
~Alex
Re: (sommmatt)
sommmatt wrote:USED TIRES.
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Re: (RustspecS13)
stretching a tire saves you a little money, because a smaller tire is cheaper. ex. 225/45/16= $106 205/50/16= $67RustspecS13 wrote:How does streching tires save money? It doesn't its just a style.
I actually had a winsheild washer tank in my trunk and I had it hooked up to spray the rear wheels. I used windshield washer jets and all. I had it about 2 years ago with my last sohc s13 to help spin my tires. I went through alot of water really quick though and it spun too much.
I was going to try bleach the next time at pratice but they were failures and decided to close a week early for the year. Oh and I had a couple resistors to step the voltage down at the motor.
But using it to cool down tires after a run is a much better idea.....hmmm
~Alex
Re: (MastaYu)
that's true, i never really thought of it like that. But my rims aren't very wide so running 205's on my rims isn't really stretching it anyway.MastaYu wrote:
stretching a tire saves you a little money, because a smaller tire is cheaper. ex. 225/45/16= $106 205/50/16= $67
Anyway i was thinking of using water, but i am worried that it will make drifting inconsistent. The water will stay in your tires for the first turn or two, this loss of traction will increase the chances of spinning out.
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RustspecS13
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Re: (redsx13)
I was considering it in my 116WHP KA, for during drifting. But then you have to ensure that you wont run out in only a run or two and have a way to refill it at the track. But now that I have 200+WHP I wouldn't want to run water any way. Less traction= less smoke
Unless you ran bleach. That was another thing I wanted to try. Maybe I'll try it this year....hmm. RB20DET+used tires+bleach = super smoke?
I'm now considering it for after run spray down to drop tire temps.
But getting back to actually using it, you'd need a gallon or two or more, and with a tank that size it would have to be tall or low and wide and use baffles. I was thinking of sealing the spare tire well and adding some plastic baffles on hinges, with a windshield washer pump on one side....
Yea Ive put some thought into it...
As far as the stretch, I was talking about just getting a wider rim. In the context of same size tires stretching wont make much of a wear difference. Yea using a smaller tire will usually be cheaper.
Speaking of that, I'm going to order some 16x10 25-30offset from diamond racing. Maybe a pair of 15x10s too. I like my rear tires not to move at all, its a lot more consistent with the big sidewall tires I get from work. IE 205/60/15s and 205/55/16s and 225/50/16s.
~Alex
Unless you ran bleach. That was another thing I wanted to try. Maybe I'll try it this year....hmm. RB20DET+used tires+bleach = super smoke?
I'm now considering it for after run spray down to drop tire temps.
But getting back to actually using it, you'd need a gallon or two or more, and with a tank that size it would have to be tall or low and wide and use baffles. I was thinking of sealing the spare tire well and adding some plastic baffles on hinges, with a windshield washer pump on one side....
Yea Ive put some thought into it...
As far as the stretch, I was talking about just getting a wider rim. In the context of same size tires stretching wont make much of a wear difference. Yea using a smaller tire will usually be cheaper.
Speaking of that, I'm going to order some 16x10 25-30offset from diamond racing. Maybe a pair of 15x10s too. I like my rear tires not to move at all, its a lot more consistent with the big sidewall tires I get from work. IE 205/60/15s and 205/55/16s and 225/50/16s.
~Alex