I searched but didn't find much that was useful. Should I heat cycle the A032R's? I will be using them only on road courses, nothing else (no street, etc). How would I go about heat cycling them?

Thanks

 

Don't even bother. They last fawking forever. Longer than you could possibly imagine. Longer than you could possibly want. Just go easy on them for the first day. Then do your damnest to kill them off.

Good luck.

Warren

 

Don't ever over-drive them until they are worn down good... the fronts will over heat and blister. I recommend having them heat-cycled at the supplier, and would even go as far as saying you should have them shaved. After being shaved, they wil still last as long(and sometimes longer) as a full-tread that has been over-driven.

 

This topic reminds me of something.

I bought a set of A032's when I was building my car. On recommendation I chose not to run them and bought some Azenis instead. The A032's will have been sitting around for almost a year when I finally kill off the Azenis (after my next event - sometime early next year). Will the sitting have done bad things to them?... meaning the age, not the physical sitting.

 

They will be fine. A032R's suck all the way down to cord They are stickiest a little less than half tread.

Warren

 

They're all correct, they last forever.
But! I'd drive them for a week or two before lapping on them.

I still have some Yoko 008's on a set of CRX wheels from years ago.

 

Problem is I am not going to another track event before this one. Should I just drive them on the highway for a few hours and then let them cool?

I basically want to break them in for the track event, but I have no other oppotunities to do this at a track. So what are my options?

 

Half an hour on the highway is fine according to TireRack.
I'd think an hour is more than enough, then let them sit for a couple days.

 

.Thats true,mine worked best right before the cords.

I was thinking oh wow these things are working better than they have before then wham my steering wheel started to shake>cords.