#28347, "RE: Front tires rated H rear rated at S, I wanna make a run for top speed" In response to In response to 19
Originally posted by gramozeka Sorry for a late reply. I am not a 100% up on F1 but I know that there is only two companies that supply tires to them Brigstone and Michlin. I don't know what was the cause of the crush that you mention but I know that most of the time the tire failure over there is due to low tire pressure, below manufacturer recommended. The tire companies always fight with the teams about that cuz the teams want more traction and often lower the pressure below the minimum .8 bar(which is less than 11 psi) But sure as hell those tires don't have any speed rating. Unfortunately I am running mismatched tires, but as I mentioned before they are like new and are they match each other on the axles and financially does not make sense to throw them out. And I will even tell you that they are M+S all season 16 inch no name tires, but I tell u that for non aggressive type of driving i am doing they are quite good. With constant rainfalls about a month ago they even showed a very good resistance to aquaplaning. My speeds rarely exceed 70 mph since I drive on inter city highways 50 mph speed limit. And I am not an aggressive driver. Can I borow a set of z rated tires with rims form some one? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 98 Stock Talon ESi Mods: New spark Plugs, and UDP I know spark plugs are not a mod but the car runs so smooth now.
Actually dumbass those tires were underspecced and had a maximum speed rating which unfortunately was not high enough. They changed one of the corners on the course which in turn elevated speeds at the exit of that corner, I believe that was the problem, which in turn exceeded the maximum speed ability of that tire, so they exploded, so they pulled that tire out of the race altogether and there were only SIX CARS that actually ran.
