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03-07-2014, 12:27 PM
#2268
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03-10-2014, 09:16 PM
#2271
Tech Fanatic
03-16-2014, 03:49 PM
#2273
I am trying to find the body of choice to run in USGT. From what I've heard I need to get the new spec tire soft in order to have grip. If this is so then what do I need to do to get them soft. I know the new spec tire is killing the GT class at my home track, so any info that I can use and pass on would be greatly appreciated.
03-16-2014, 05:01 PM
#2274
The spec tire actually help the class at my track. People were having troubke with the old x patterns. Now the usgt class is only about a second behind 17.5 for lap times.
As for softening them up. The local guys have just been ueing SXT 3.0 like always. It just takes a few runs to break them in. It also helps that at the end of the race day, you clean your tires then coat them in traction compund and put them in a ziplock bag so they dont dry out. I am sure there are lots of other ways, but thats what I do.
As for softening them up. The local guys have just been ueing SXT 3.0 like always. It just takes a few runs to break them in. It also helps that at the end of the race day, you clean your tires then coat them in traction compund and put them in a ziplock bag so they dont dry out. I am sure there are lots of other ways, but thats what I do.
03-16-2014, 05:47 PM
#2275
our local track combines usvta and usgt into one class as scale spec. i kind wish they would separate the two classes so we could use the usgt ride tires. for now we are limited to just hpi d compound tires. ive tried the xpatterns ans find them fast but twitchy and makes the car harder to drive. the vta tires are much smoother to drive but a little slower. i prefer the usgt class but there are no plans to separate the classes out, even during the summer racing season. its a bummer as ide like to use the usgt spec tire.
03-16-2014, 07:58 PM
#2276
I am trying to find the body of choice to run in USGT. From what I've heard I need to get the new spec tire soft in order to have grip. If this is so then what do I need to do to get them soft. I know the new spec tire is killing the GT class at my home track, so any info that I can use and pass on would be greatly appreciated.
03-17-2014, 07:41 AM
#2277
@Snoopy,
I'll be interested to hear how they do on the 26mm wheels. I have heard reports of the Ride tires becoming "less flat" on the surface, in that they look more like motorcycle tires with a convex tread. This, as far as I know, has been on 24mm wheels. Please update as you use yours. I don't know if the SXT 3.0 or Simple Green regimen might be doing it to that particular compound or not.
I'll be interested to hear how they do on the 26mm wheels. I have heard reports of the Ride tires becoming "less flat" on the surface, in that they look more like motorcycle tires with a convex tread. This, as far as I know, has been on 24mm wheels. Please update as you use yours. I don't know if the SXT 3.0 or Simple Green regimen might be doing it to that particular compound or not.
03-17-2014, 07:54 AM
#2278
I am trying to find the body of choice to run in USGT. From what I've heard I need to get the new spec tire soft in order to have grip. If this is so then what do I need to do to get them soft. I know the new spec tire is killing the GT class at my home track, so any info that I can use and pass on would be greatly appreciated.
03-17-2014, 08:04 AM
#2279
I am trying to find the body of choice to run in USGT. From what I've heard I need to get the new spec tire soft in order to have grip. If this is so then what do I need to do to get them soft. I know the new spec tire is killing the GT class at my home track, so any info that I can use and pass on would be greatly appreciated.
Are folks having issues with handling, tire wear, slower lap times, or all of the above so to speak? Could it be that the track is an "open odorless compound" track and the resulting "chemical soup" is playing a role?
As far as softening the tire, LG1, SXT Tire Cleaner or Buggy Grip 2, have been the favorite to use here locally. Be mindful however, to soft of a tire will lead to extremely fast tire wear.
03-17-2014, 08:13 AM
#2280
Once 99% of drivers at my local track went to using the same copmound, traction stsrted to come up pretty quick. The first few weeks when everone was using different copmounds it was a crapshoot on traction. From traction rolling the first couple laps, to ice skating 5 laps later. I think every indoor track should have a 1 compound rule. It really helps with consistancy.
