Part Worns

[boldy205 75]

Hi, anyone used knackard tyres (non road legal tread depth but still tread left) for dry track days? Just a thought, would they over heat, just be generally crap?

 

Seems to make sense as these are unwanted at tyre fitters, and they are generally charged to have them taken away.

 

Ideas welcome!

 

Thanks

 

Matt

[welshpug 1,666]

tyres with less read tend to last quite a bit longer as there's less rubber moving about creating heat.

 

its common practice for race cars that have to run road tyres to get them "buffed" which is basically removing a few mm of tread mechanically.

[AdamP 0]

Yes. I used to pick up 13" A048Rs with 2mm on them for £10 a tyre from the caterham lads. Past their best but miles better than any road tyre.

[boldy205 75]

Yes, this was what i was thinking Welshpug, just the same really!

 

Good job i made friends with my local partworn tyre dealer!

[Anthony 1,003]

What I generally do for trackdays is to use road tyres that are borderline illegal on a spare set of wheels

 

Works pretty well and as said above, worn tyres work much better on track than new ones, as you don't have the tread blocks overheating and squirming around. It's also essentially free given that they're past being useable on the road, which is a significant saving over buying new (or even used) R888's or whatever.

 

(indeed, the set of wheels that you bought from me a while ago were the set I was going to mount the next set of worn tyres on, hence I was halfway through doing a quick refurb on them)

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

A now mate of mine goes around some car dealers on his deliveries and grabs what ever thay have, Work well for him but he is beyond tight

[boldy205 75]

As i said, its a local friendly tyre place i use, that said they could help me with some nearly dead tyres, and free VS £100 for a R888, even though its not as good a tyre, is still a winner!!

 

Anthony: I have had the wheels sandblasted by a friend, so will soon be learning to spray, and keep them as my tidy, driving to track set.

 

Oh, off topic, but anyone know if Mitsibushi (Spelling?) wheels fit 205s? Just a thought.

 

Cheers

 

Matt

[tomcolinjones 26]

Oh, off topic, but anyone know if Mitsibushi (Spelling?) wheels fit 205s? Just a thought.

I dont think i have ever seen a 4 stud (hole) Mitsubishi wheel my friend.

[welshpug 1,666]

I have, lots! but they wont fit a pug as they are 4x100 or 4x114.

[boldy205 75]

PANTS! I saw a set lurking in a store room a while ago, they were, i think, 15"/16" and must have been at least 7" wide!

 

Worth a go though, thanks for the info Welshpug!

 

Matt