333pg333

I am in the position of having to drive my car to the track with R6s on. I had lined up a spare set of wheels but they don't fit.
As these are DOT and seem no softer than other R spec tyres is this really going to harm them? We don't get the tyres
to heat on the road to and from the track anyway? Am I missing anything else?
It's not what I wanted to do but now I've run out of time.

chrisp

They're not as heavily belted as the other DOT-R tires. You run the risk of a flat.

333pg333

Ok, thanks.

Bull

Two risks. First is road hazard damage do to the lightweight construction. Second is encountering standing water if it rains. I have seen many people do it for short road distances.

333pg333

Not worried about the rain as we have decent weather at the moment, but the damage is a bit of a worry. Guess I'll have to risk it and avoid potholes!

rlm328

The R-6s can be driven on the road but as stated they are pot hole sensitive and any type of dampness on the road and you are going to be a passenger.

Willard Bridgham 3

I've driven the 1.5 hrs between my home and Lime Rock on mine many times. Wet is a real problem.

Sure beats dragging them with you and changing them at the track.

333pg333

Have you ever seen any negative side effects of this?

ervtx

I had a similar situation where I had no other alternative... An hour-long drive on interstate highways, and no appreciable tread wear. Since I rarely get R6's down to the cords, that left only heat cycles as an issue. (I did count both directions as a heat cycle).

I imagine that R6's on mostly surface streets of varying quality could make tread wear a bigger factor.

So how does "DOT" translate down under? I assume they street legal?

Veloce Raptor

Damn, for a minute there, I thought this thread was called HOOKERS ON THE STREET...

Besides water, the biggest risk IMO is that tires like the R6 are a lot more easily punctured by the errant debris and roofer's nail one regularly runs over on public roads. Normal street tires can shrug a lot of this debris off. Slicks like R6's, KumHoe 710's, and Hankook Z214's cannot.





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Paul 996

My local track is ~60 miles on a fairly smooth country road. I drive there on R6s on a regular basis. +1 on what everyone said about water and about punctures. No ill effects on their longevity or stickyness. I don't think driving the R6s going straight gets them up to temp to count as a heat cycle (I could be wrong on this).

Veloce Raptor

IMO, highway driving in moderate climates does not count as a heat cyycle.





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ervtx

It does if you're driving with hookers...

mark kibort

when i drove to LA to get my car shipped to road america, (500 miles to 911Design in Ontario) i got gas about half way down. since it was about 90F outside, i decided to check temps. temps were just about 160F. 5 hours on the scrub toyos didnt seem to hurt them much. OR the way home. I do think if they were hoosiers at the time, that would have been a heat cycle.
I guess it depends how long you run up to temp. I forgot what tirerack bakes the tires at, but if its 30min at 160F+, I think I might call that a heat cycle.

Ive been driving to the races for 10 years now on Hoosiers and toyos and havent had a problem, with punctures or anything else. on the Holbert car, thats over 25,000miles alone, all on DOT rubber.

bobt993

Find a reeeeeal cheap set of rims/tires to get there on. You may get there (BTW soft r-tires can pick lots of crap on the road which is annoying), but if you cord an R6 at the track you still need to get home.