Originally Posted by
monkeyracing
So, here's a question about fronts: mine tend to become vaguely cone shaped when they wear down. So, the inside of the tire has a smaller diameter than the outside edge. Given that they're rotating at the same speed, will the tire be fighting with itself as the outer edge wants to cover more distance per rotation. EG: roll a cone and it will always turn towards its small end.
Yes, but the drag from the scrubbing will be small. I think toe is going to affect the top end more than that.
I played with small amounts of intentional coning on the wide rear (foam) tires of my oval car (sort of like stagger, but for each tire) to
reduce scrubbing since the car is spending a large part of its time turning left, but even then I couldn't show that it made a difference.