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Rich Maddox
Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 167 Location: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: Directional Tires |
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Do some tire tread configurations require the tread to be faceing in a particular direction?
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Kyzee
Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 407 Location: AK
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:51 am Post subject: Directional Tires |
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Most tires are directional. |
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Bavarian Weedeater
Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 319 Location: Tampa, Florida
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject: Directional Tires |
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id say most performance tires are directional... |
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Roadstergal Site Admin
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 1655 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: Directional Tires |
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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
Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Hemet, CA
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Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: Directional Tires |
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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 Site Admin
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 1655 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:58 am Post subject: Directional Tires |
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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
Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Hemet, CA
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