Tyre wear

[bored_Welsh_lad]

I read a guide on a track prepped car, i think it was in PPC a while back, he had a gauge in car with tyre valves that fed back the pressures of each tyre.. some needed to run as much as 5psi extra on 1 wheel when cold compared to others to get a stable pressure all round when hot.. He said it was the best 200 quid he'd spent..

http://www.amazon.com/Hella-Pressure-Monitoring-Adjustable-Background/dp/B000QSDZQC

might cost a bit initially but cheaper than new tyres every trackday..

[VeeDubGTI16v]

my £5 pressure gauge ebay special will do 

i find the fronts go up 4-5 psi and backs 3-4 psi when hot

[Pike]

What he said 

[Paul86S2]

Looks like you had a good day by all accounts.

I usually run my tyres in the 35 to 45 psi range on trackdays (when hot) but my car is a bit heavier than yours.

Did you get the alignment re-done when you had the shocks changed recently?

There are at least 2 types of compound on the R888's, you haven't got the soft sprint ones on by mistake have you?

Cheers

Paul

[Horney]

Hi Paul,

Yeah the day was awesome, back of the circuit hopping over the rumble strips at speed was soooo much fun. Felt like a touring car driver!

I have to confess to not having the alignment re done after changing the shocks but a bit of toe in or toe out would have had equal wear on the fronts I wuold have thought. The other side wore exactly as I would have expected. All 4 tyres are GG's as well.

Looks like higher pressures are indeed the way forward.

nick

[Organisys]

Get the alignment done nick,as this could be too much toe in

[Horney]

I'm going to mate, but between getting the shocks fitted and the car MOT'd I had no time to get the aligment done before the trackday. Will be getting new camber bolts and full front suspension alignment before the next trackday.

nick

[Diamond Hell]

between getting the shocks fitted and the car MOT'd I had no time to get the aligment done before the trackday.

Ahem, well at least that solves the mystery of how Nick *possibly* used up quite so much of that tyre on one day.....

[Horney]

Yeah it probably didn't help but the other 2 Golfs suffered pretty much the same as me.

nick

[Diamond Hell]

Who would have thought dodgy maintenance was so common among Golf2 track car owners?