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Re: Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some)
Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:52:17
In Reply to: Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some), Andrew
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Tires, like wives can be very quiet when new, but that does not last :)
Seriously, a new tire is round. As the tire wears on the front axle, the tread blocks distort under torque and cornering forces and wear in that state. The result is that the tread blocks get wedge shaped and that creates noise. So noise as new or from tests of new tires are not very useful as predictors for how the tire will sound when it is mature.
The tire compounds aslo stiffen with age and heat which helps transmit the vibrations to the suspension. Road bumps can be get harsher as well.
So the best prediction of a noisey tire is the appearance of the tread blocks. The modern designs with long continous shapes the wrap around the tire radius with a slight herring bone angle are better. However, most of these tires also tend to have block details at the tire edge. So I cannot see how one can get away from this. The more agrresive your driving style, the worse this gets. Tire rotation is the only thing that you can do to reduce this. Side to side to rotation is discouraged but might help as a last resort.
Do you remember the earlier performance tires like the orginal Eagle GT's? These had blocky tread to an extreme. When used on a high powered vehicle, which was the intended market, they became horrible! The were also killers in the cold on wet pavement...
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- Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some), Andrew
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- Nitto 550 Extreme 205/50/16, Jim Pompilio, Wed, 7 Nov 2001 00:53:34
- Re: Tire Kumho, schpank, Wed, 7 Nov 2001 00:49:22
- Bridgestone S-03 Pole Positions, SLAAB
, Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:43:01 - Some good choices...., REM in Seattle, Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:04:29
- Re: Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some), Big R, Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:26:55
- Re: Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some), Dean, Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:52:17 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Tire recommendations (i.e. I need some), Bill, Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:53:52
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