RS4 tire wear - thoughts?
#1
RS4 tire wear - thoughts?
Hey guys, I the inside of my passenger side front tire is wearing / chunking a bit after a few days on the track. The tires are Hankook RS4's which generally wear well so I'm not sure of the problem. I'm running abt -1.8 camber, and no more than 36/37psi hot. Going out cold they were at abt 27. Maybe they were too low in psi to start??
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
#2
Scott, I've never used those tires but in my experience chunking occurs with heat, and it HAS been hot as hell lately (high of 97F at the Glen last week)--they don't look like they are rolling over excessively so pressures are prolly close to OK. I have less camber than you do on my Mini (along with fwd to make matters worse) and in the aforementioned heat @ WGI I started out with 2# LESS cold than I normally do and was pleasantly surprised by the relative lack of wear, and grip was still about as good as it ever gets.
Not much of an answer I know; hope my tires look half that good after 6thGear Wednesday
Gary
Not much of an answer I know; hope my tires look half that good after 6thGear Wednesday
Gary
#3
Hey Gary, I wondered about heat too, but it was from when we were at Watkins early in June. It wasn't very hot then, and I managed the tires pretty well I thought... I will be there Wed as well. Weather looks great!!
#4
I run RS4’s. I haven’t seen that type of wear... but I also wouldn’t worry too much about it. Don’t hesitate to flip your front tires side to side if the weather is dry to even out wear. I run RS4’s on a big heavy car (2017 SS 1LE Camaro), and they seem happy on my car in the 33-34 hot range..
#5
See you there!
#6
I'm on my second set and that looks normal in my experience. That groove where the chunking is occurring is very shallow. You'll eventually wear the tire down to a point where it's no longer visible.
I run 28 cold / 36 hot in my BMW.
I run 28 cold / 36 hot in my BMW.
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#9
Scott, great to see you and Paul out yday--how'd your tires look afterwards?
Better than mine, I'd wager.....I corded two of the four and the other two are shot as well--3.5 hours of track time'll do that
Gary
Better than mine, I'd wager.....I corded two of the four and the other two are shot as well--3.5 hours of track time'll do that
Gary
#10
Originally Posted by anthony42hat
Scott, how do you like the RS4 in terms of grip, predictability, etc? Thanks.
YMMV on another car, track etc.
#11
In terms of an update, I swapped left to right and ran them backwards since it was dry. Same chunking on the other side. I ran lower psi, didn't seem to make a difference. Not a big problem, just not sure why this is happening...