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Post by powercar82 on Aug 13, 2013 15:16:37 GMT -6
Wondering if anyone has used the nail head prepping disc for tire prep. Wondering if this would possibly take some of the need for siping out of the equation? Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 16:37:43 GMT -6
I personally dont like them. I thought it tore the tire up to much. For me it is a 80 grit disc and a siper.
Just my .02
Dave
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Post by powercar82 on Aug 14, 2013 9:40:03 GMT -6
Is this about what the tire looked like after grinding? Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2013 10:25:02 GMT -6
Ya the 80 grit doesnt load up and removes just enough to expose fresh rubber but not remove a bunch of tire. I usually only sipe across the width of the tire not the circumference. I dont think there is an easy way out if thats what your looking for. I spend a lot of hours prepping tires. You find a faster way, please let me know! LOL
Dave
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Post by powercar82 on Aug 14, 2013 11:19:22 GMT -6
Ha, yeah I guess you get out of it what you put into it! I never really used to do anything except flip them every couple of races to get a new leading edge, but just recently started siping and grooving and grinding.
Do you sipe at all on your RF? I would think around the circumference would be best on the fronts?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2013 12:35:00 GMT -6
I run Hoosier E-Mod tires and very rarely run a hard tire "A" on the RF. I dont sipe the soft "D's" But when I do put an A on the RF I sipe it the same as the rears. I use an 8 blade siper and uniformly sipe the tire so the sipes are 1/8th apart. Ask 10 people and you will get 10 answers on siping, but I look at it like this. I sipe to get heat into the tire, the small close sipes get the blocks moving around and generate heat quicker. I dont try to sipe for traction, If I can get the tire hot, the rubber will provide the traction. We get into it pretty heavy even needling the surface of the tire. It all adds up. We run in the Mid West against some of the fastest Mods in the country. All the top guys work to tires hard, so If your gonna keep up, you better also.
Dave
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Post by clbaker25x on Aug 14, 2013 16:19:58 GMT -6
I am not a fan of the 80 grit deal. We use the copper colored super abrasive disks. I use the old school 2 blade siper and do each block twice toast h the tread pattern. That is the basic way I see most guys around here prepping tires. I wipe them and cut them deep right when I first get them. I then use the grinder wheekly to keep them fresh.
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Post by leaf4life on Aug 15, 2013 17:51:55 GMT -6
I like keeping my tires off the car and covered from the elements during the week, sipe similar to 96m, grind them day of race.
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Post by flipflopoo1oo on Mar 5, 2014 13:23:09 GMT -6
Getting the grit off of the fresh rubber on the track is a factor too! Not too many tire problems other than compound rt to left and or grooving by design to heat factors found after races! It does give drivers something to do if they want too! I my self think of safety issues! A quick cleaning and brake fluid works great to keep them fresh!
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