Re: tire rotation

["Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>]

Allmost all off the Auto-Xers I know go to drastic lengths to get their fwd
cars to oversteer.  I do know a couple though the still like understeer.
Also keep in mind that (and this is more important on the street) that their
is very little weight in the back of our cars and that during a good
rainstorm not having any tread backthere lets the tire hydroplane very
easily.  It's not really noticable going straight down the freeway but its
really noticable if you hit a small stream running down a curving exit ramp
at speed.

As far as where I put my race tires with the most tread , I put them up
front as I need to make them last as long as I can.

As a side note I just had to get rid of my driver 85' Scirocco to get
something with more room (not really enough room in there for 2 childseats )
and I bought a 240 Volvo.  Even with 215's on it I can do 85 on the freeway
in the driving rain and it never floats.  Of course it does weigh something
like 3400lbs.

Alan Stamper
FSP-17 (84' rocco)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Sterling" <bgsterling@earthlink.net>
To: "Shawn C Meze" <skerocdriver@juno.com>; <sfwilliams@home.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: RE: tire rotation


> <snip Shawn>
> Well, basically, in a FWD car you want to keep the meatiest tires up
> front mostly from a longevity standpoint for the tires. The vast majority
> of autoxers can barely afford the sport to begin with and since tires are
> a rather large investment, they must be well taken care of.
> <end snip>
>
> Now, I'll preface this with the statement that I don't or haven't
auto-x'ed.
> However, I've read from various tire pros that you want your meatiest
tires
> in the rear, regardless of whether the car is RWD or FWD.  This seemed to
go
> against what I had learned growing up, but they had a point.  From a daily
> driver standpoint, the purpose is to not upset the balance of the car in a
> turn.  Since most cars, like ours, are designed to understeer, putting
meaty
> tires up front and lesser tires on the rear will promote oversteer and
> increase the risk of spinout.  For auto-x'ing, I would expect the same to
> apply.  With a setup car, one that I would guess would be more neutral
> through sway bars, tire pressures, etc., would have its handling tweaked
by
> having better tires on one end versus the other.  I guess the point is,
for
> daily driving, keep your best tires in the rear.  For auto-x'ing, be ready
> to figure the mismatch into your handling setup equation.
>
> My borrowed .02.
>
> - Brad
> '86.5 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
> '76 International Scout II
>
>
>
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