Shaved and Heat Cycled R-Tires

[dale863 at bellsouth.net]

Matt,

Much like the heat cycling thing, there are various opinions.  Some say shaving is a great cost benefit thing, others say no.  I think most of my friends that were serious about racing had their tires shaved (at least qualifying sets, etc.).  I think all would agree that it does make tires handle better; the argument is cost/benefit.  My take on it is this; I'm not racing nor qualifying, so I'm not worried about every 10th of a second out on the track.  Plus, I'm cheap, so I skip the shaving (and heat cycle tires myself).  I think if you had problems with chunking tires or something like that, then maybe shaving would be worth looking into, but if you are chunking tires, there are probably better approaches to solve the problem (stiffer sway bars/springs/etc.).  I had a hell of a time chunking front tires on the banked oval section of Gateway International Raceways road course.  After trying many different types of tires and tire pressures, stiffer sway bars finally solved the problem.  I seriously doubt shaving would have solved this particular situation.

Also, as far as storing tires in your e-mail.  The only thing I really know about it is you want to keep weight off of the tires (i.e. keep the tires off the car) and you want to keep tires away from ozone.  Ideally, you want to keep tires inside, out of the sunlight and away from electric motors or furnaces <shrug>.  That's what I've been told anyway, I guess electric motors/furnaces produce ozone or something - beats me.

Good Luck

Dale Hinson
91 Classic

BTW, I use the Azenis for most of my track time - did I mention I'm cheap?