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Rich Maddox



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:57 pm    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
Do some tire tread configurations require the tread to be faceing in a particular direction?

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Kyzee



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:51 am    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
Most tires are directional.
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Bavarian Weedeater



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:22 pm    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
id say most performance tires are directional...
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Roadstergal
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:15 pm    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
It depends utterly on the tire. Some do, some don't. Some, like the Azenis I'm so fond of, have an inside and an outside, and a tread pattern that looks like it should be directional, but isn't.

A directional tire will have an arrow indicating the correct direction of rotation.
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Tangent



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:25 pm    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
Most performance tires are directional. They have arrow shaped grooves in the tread design which forces water out from the the center of the tire. If they were mounted backwards they'd be pulling water in and would hydroplane extremely easily.
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Roadstergal
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:58 am    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
quote:
Originally posted by Tangent:
Most performance tires are directional. They have arrow shaped grooves in the tread design which forces water out from the the center of the tire. If they were mounted backwards they'd be pulling water in and would hydroplane extremely easily.


Well...
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/hydroplaning.jsp
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Tangent



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:08 pm    Post subject: Directional Tires Reply with quote
quote:
Originally posted by Roadstergal:


Well...
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/hydroplaning.jsp


Huh! Well waddaya know.
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