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[racer67x]

Interesting

learn something new everyday..who'd have thunk..?

lol

[Cool1]

damn, you put them in your BBQ grill??????

[bezerker]

Really? Wrapping tires for some are a form of upkeep, without any firm of tire prep.
The bb thing inside a tire is totally unheard of. That sounds like something from the 50's? Lol!
Maybe you guys need to be around a team that does maintenance each week. Don't group all teams together. And just because a team doesn't have plastic on their tires doesn't mean they aren't using tire prep.
If local tracks enforce the rules they have/had they would have more competitive racing, with more than just a few winners.

[BUTTBEAK]

You can't make excellent traction with out excellent tires. If your tires are not 100%.... or better.... when traction is at a premium, your leaving something on the table, period.

[sawdust]

After reading all this I am reminded of this guy explaining how an automatic transmission works.  It  makes about as much sense:

 

The Turbo Encabulator

 

https://www.bing.com...9B5EE&FORM=VIRE

Edited by sawdust, 02 February 2017 - 03:26 PM.

[LM RACING]

After reading all this I am reminded of this guy explaining how an automatic transmission works.  It  makes about as much sense:
 
https://www.bing.com...9B5EE&FORM=VIRE

hahahaha!!!!!! I got through 10 seconds of that video and wanted to stab myself.

[Hotrod11h]

You clean tires and car with soap and water, that pulls oil out/off tire, so you spray tires with wd-40 and wrap them to put oil back into tire. Also remember that track dirt and what ever they treat track with can pull oil out.


Agreed with earlier, your missing out by not grinding. Very least grind at shop to start night right

[dirtstudent2]

Or you can build a car to do all a chassis can, to use junk non prepped throw away's.  

[714d]

Or you can build a car to do all a chassis can, to use junk non prepped throw away's.  

Absolutely nothing wrong with bolting on used tires, but you still need to know the importance of tire maintenance. They need to be cleaned, ground, grooved/siped, and wrapped/taken care of. No chemical prep needed, these steps still should be taken

[jo73]

In today's society they talk about all the things that will be harmful to you. When I got my son involved in karting way back when, guys had rows of tires, they even wrapped tires back then. Different guys with there sons used to use so so many different applications for tires that they would BOTH be brushing on, then throwing plastic wrap over them. Some went out in the sun, others got wiped down, dependent on compound some got applied on the inside of the tire. My kid won his heat going away on a heavy track. Started 3rd in his main, and with the track drying out, went immediately backwards. All these fathers and families started early in there careers with tire prep's and tire wrapping. My only point being, tire wrapping has been going on for many many years. Tires yesterday and today give a competitor such a huge advantage that they will keep coming up with different ways to get the most out of a tire. With today's engineers at Hoosier, or whatever tire your bolting on, how can one test for a additive if they do not no the chemical composition of that particular tire ? Is it nothing more than a comparison test, new versus what they pulled from your tire ? There is so many variables I don't see how it could stand up in a court of law.     

[BRC27]

Thank you all for the comments, both dumb and informative. I definitely feel like I need to start prepping my tires a little better. If for nothing else, just to gain a little more grip. My car handles pretty well now on used tires, could be the difference between a 5th place and a 3rd place car

[TCM29]

In today's society they talk about all the things that will be harmful to you. When I got my son involved in karting way back when, guys had rows of tires, they even wrapped tires back then. Different guys with there sons used to use so so many different applications for tires that they would BOTH be brushing on, then throwing plastic wrap over them. Some went out in the sun, others got wiped down, dependent on compound some got applied on the inside of the tire. My kid won his heat going away on a heavy track. Started 3rd in his main, and with the track drying out, went immediately backwards. All these fathers and families started early in there careers with tire prep's and tire wrapping. My only point being, tire wrapping has been going on for many many years. Tires yesterday and today give a competitor such a huge advantage that they will keep coming up with different ways to get the most out of a tire. With today's engineers at Hoosier, or whatever tire your bolting on, how can one test for a additive if they do not no the chemical composition of that particular tire ? Is it nothing more than a comparison test, new versus what they pulled from your tire ? There is so many variables I don't see how it could stand up in a court of law.     

Haha! I knew if I read all the way through this thread someone would mention karting and the tire prepping that took place back in the day. We sure did our share 20 years ago and had enough chemicals in our shop (which I recently discarded) to fuel a rocket. Xylene, toluene, creosote, you name it. Weekly maintenance cleaning with WD was a common practice, and it was not until recently that I noticed just how it really works. I put away a couple of bicycles at the beach in SC and to protect them from the salt air I sprayed them with a heavy dose of WD- when my son went down a couple months later the rubber handlebar grips were completely melted!