How to tell wheel roll?
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How to tell wheel roll?
My 98 Civic, a daily driver, has the following tires on it:
FR, RL, RR - Pirelli Cinturato P3000
FL - Uniroyal Tiger Paw AS6000
I know, you laugh when you see "Tiger Paw", but I was poor when I had to replace one of my Pirellis.
I examined my tires after my autox run, and noticed that only the TP tire had sidewall roll marks. All the others were unmarked. To me, this means the TP has much more tendency to roll on a hard turn. All of my tires were at 45psi during the runs.
As I still don't have lots of cash to replace the tire, I'm thinking moving the tire to the rear might help ... both the tire, and my front traction. Please let me know if this is not a good strategy.
Also, is there a way to distinguish roll ratings when purchasing new tires?
FR, RL, RR - Pirelli Cinturato P3000
FL - Uniroyal Tiger Paw AS6000
I know, you laugh when you see "Tiger Paw", but I was poor when I had to replace one of my Pirellis.
I examined my tires after my autox run, and noticed that only the TP tire had sidewall roll marks. All the others were unmarked. To me, this means the TP has much more tendency to roll on a hard turn. All of my tires were at 45psi during the runs.
As I still don't have lots of cash to replace the tire, I'm thinking moving the tire to the rear might help ... both the tire, and my front traction. Please let me know if this is not a good strategy.
Also, is there a way to distinguish roll ratings when purchasing new tires?
#2
Re: How to tell wheel roll?
I'm not sure about this, but I think tires with a UTGQ rating generally have a higher rolling resistance. Tires with a lower UTGQ rating generally have a lower rolling resistance.
#3
Re: How to tell wheel roll?
The Pirelli has a high performance (summer) rubber compound, and the Uniroyal is an all season compound that has much less grip (especially in a track environment). Having the Uniroyal on the back will improve front grip, but may make the rear end a little loose causing oversteer (which is harder to recover from vs. the understeer you have now). Either way, you're overdriving the Uniroyal and should not expect it to do well when combined with the Pirellis.
Moving forward you'll want to get as low a UTQG as you can afford for the best grip at the track.
Moving forward you'll want to get as low a UTQG as you can afford for the best grip at the track.
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