Who shaves their tires?
 

I find I get better wear and the tires are faster in a back to back test . Nitto/ra-1s, not hoosier os slicks since they have no tread. I don't remember how Much faster off hand exactly but it was significant. My question specifically is if you shave them how much less life to you get? It would make sense but that's not my experience. I rotate them left to right after each weekend since my track is predominately right hand turns and flip them inside out every other weekend since I have so much camber. I dint wait till they're corded however because they start loosing grip at like 30HCs and I get really loose and lime 8 sec a lap slower. What is your experience?

victor, it's not a matter of how long they last. if u dont shave NT01/RA1, they are uselss for the first 2/32" of tread. they squirm and scare you. have them to 4/32 and enjoy.

In addition to being a little slower some tires will chunk at full tread depth for track use. Me I just shave a little off each lap because I drive Flat Out! ;)

You're absolutely right! Good point, I'll keep shaving.

i dont see how you can drive on those things after R80/100 :D

They're good for practice. I get a lot of track time so a set every other day of r80 hits the wifes radar and she buys like 20 pairs of shoes

I have my slicks my a6 and my NT-01. Practice, race and qualifying

Don't shave them but get them pre heat cycled... R888's sucked with squirm first session out new, NT01? Weren't half as bad from my experience. I am loving the NT01's, no hoosiers or slicks, but for me being the picky guy I am out there on the track in kill mode every second, they have suited me well recently!

Vic, hope all is well buddy :)

recycle
R80 is soft like butter, uppersole
R10 is tough as nail, shoe bottom
your wife will be sytlin.
who else have R80.100 shoes?
jimmy chiu eat that.

Lol Mooty! Looks like you have a good perspective

can you flip NT01 tires inside out on the rim? i thought they had a specific "outside" and "inside" directoin?

would be nice to flip them on the rim to help with inside tire wear due to camber. but any performance, handling issues?

Yes you can flip them according to a Nitto engineer (in archives somewhere). No performance degradation I'm aware of beside maybe handling in wet weather while they still have tread left.

Cheers,

nice... i'm poor so i need to squeeze every ounce of life from my tires :)

How would you compare shaved RA-1's to Hoosier R6 and R80/100? I know the Hoosiers must be much faster (and the slicks much faster than the R6), but how is the behavior at the limit? I love the shaved RA-1's, since they are so nice and friendly when you slide the car around (super forgiving and WAY better in this regard to Pilot Sport Cups). Are the Hoosiers more on/off at the limit (higher limit) or are they easy to slide/recover as well?

^ some say that R6, R80/100 has no warning. but they seem to have plenty warning to me. i guess it's a personal butt feel thing.u can slide R6 easily just like RA1. but the R80/100 dont like to slide too much.