Old Sages Tyre wisdom Please

Old Sages Tyre wisdom Please

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77racing

Original Poster:

3,346 posts

186 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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So calling all the experienced Tuscan drivers on here. Can I tap into your immense knowledge as to regards tyres & Tuscans . I want to run sticker tyres on the front but tyres on the back that have several heat cycles through them. Is this a complete no no or am I going to be fighting an unmanageable imbalance. I personally don't mind over steer but I find it a real challenge to manage understeer effectively and maintain speed. Nothing unusual in that I would guess, hence why I'm thinking new up front and manage over steer with a strong front end. What do you think ?

Guillotine

5,516 posts

263 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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Itll just be leary at the back.
Brakeing turn in will be good, loose at the back which you can control on the throttle.

Itll feel fast but it wont be.
Just dont do it the other way around

Graham

16,368 posts

283 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I always put my stickiest tyres on the front, and rarely have a same aged set on borh axles.

As Andy says stickier rear though is a nightmare. When we went to spa i could only get hards fir the front, and it was understeer central...and no amount of throttle would bring it back in line

G

Graham

16,368 posts

283 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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I always put my stickiest tyres on the front, and rarely have a same aged set on borh axles.

As Andy says stickier rear though is a nightmare. When we went to spa i could only get hards fir the front, and it was understeer central...and no amount of throttle would bring it back in line

G

77racing

Original Poster:

3,346 posts

186 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
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As I thought , strong at the front , hectic at the back sounds like a Tuscan LOL ,doable plan then.

glenrobbo

35,083 posts

149 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Guillotine said:
Itll just be leary at the back.
Brakeing turn in will be good, loose at the back which you can control on the throttle.

Itll feel fast but it wont be.
Just dont do it the other way around
I'm only guessing here, but I reckon it will only be O'Leary at the back if you inflate the tyres using Ryanair.
Maybe try using nitrogen instead?

getmecoat

Whatever you decide, I wish you all good luck in the new season thumbup

77racing

Original Poster:

3,346 posts

186 months

Monday 30th March 2015
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Guillotine said:
Itll feel fast but it wont be.
Why would that be then ?

Guillotine

5,516 posts

263 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Coz youll be sideways....
Alot. 😊

77racing

Original Poster:

3,346 posts

186 months

Tuesday 31st March 2015
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LOL never thought about that. What's the thinking on crossing over fronts to back, they did that last race of V8 supercars but I was told that Dunlops are sided and you could only swop from front to back same side because of the direction of the inner construction of dunlops other wise you would compromise grip, running tyre back wards in effect. I must say I never noticed wink