Are you supposed to heat cycle brand new Hoosier Quick Time Pros or not? What is the correct proceedure? I know with the Mickey THompson ET Street tires the manufacturer recommends a big smokey burnout and then to immediately let them sit a couple days? Can't find any definitive info on these Hoosiers.

 

I heard you just need to heat the crap outa them (like, 20+ second burnout) before your first run at the track, and then let r rip.



-Mike

 

Heat cycling is almost a farce, to the point that I emailed a place that does it, and they said on a normal street tire it "may" extend the life by 3-4k miles. I was like, WTF!? The molecular-shmolecular gobbley-de-gook crap they say is (in my opinion) a way to get some $15-$20/tire out of you.

Do a proper burnout and you will be fine. Same basic principle as slicks.

 

Heat Cycling is a valid way to:

a. make your tires stickier
b. last longer
c. change the molecular structure of the rubber.

Post if you just have an opinion, but no bad tech, please.

 

I emailed a place, and they couldn't tell me how much longer it makes tires last. Change the molecular structure? Umm, does it matter?
Stickier? Road surface or track preparation make much more of a difference.

What I gave was an opinion. Bad tech? That's also your opinion.
There's a sucker born every minute......
I'll keep my $15-$20 per tire before paying for abstract techno jargon.
I'll guess you sell tires......
If not, then I'm sorry. Want to buy the Brooklyn bridge?

 

The kind of heat cycling I was referring to would be like a 15-20 sec burnout then put them up for 48hrs. I already have the tires so I'm not having it done by a third party. I was wondering if there was any real benefit from doing a couple smokey burnouts at the track vs one in my driveway and then letting them sit What would you recommend SVT_KY?

 

If anyone is interested...

I will do a 20 second burnout (heat cycle) your brand new slicks for a Ultra Low Introductory price of $9.99 per tire!

Yes, only $9.99 per tire!

Act Now!!!

 

Here is info from people in the business ...
While they dont have the brooklyn bridge for sale I know that folks here will discount the info based on the source

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...eatCycling.jsp


here is another good link
http://www.insideracingtechnology.com/tirebkexerpt3.htm

 

Looks like at least one of these places makes money off this theory?

 

The entire Paul Haney article was great ... I think there were three or four segments. Of course, you should buy the book if you really need to know about tires. < grin >

On slicks, I would always run them unidirectional and drive with them at about 12 lbs of pressure to heat them up a bit... 15 minutes should do it ...
If you have a pyrometer, they say temps of 180* are about right.... Just
barely too hot to lay your hand on them. Then get them off and bagged
for 48 hours.

 

Do any street outlaw or pro guys (in the 7's or 6's) do this heat cycling to their slicks?