Tire Heat Cycling

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Tire Heat Cycling

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We just purchased a set of Falken Azenis RT-615K to run the Mt. Washington Hillclimb in our Subaru WRX. What should we be doing to them to get the best life and performance out of them. Is just taking them up to highway speeds for 10-15minutes and then letting them cool good enough?

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Re: Tire Heat Cycling

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Hey Keith,
I think you need to ask the factory or a knowledgable dealer. It kind of varies by manufacturer and type of race tire. If you ever read the break in procedure of Hoosiers you'd be surprised and it is different on slicks, DOT, radials and bias. I remember one time having to go out and heat cycle a set of slicks that required a cool down of 24 hours that I shortened the time by putting them in the cab of my truck and running the air conditioner for 8 hours.

Good Luck at the "climb to the clouds". By the way, do you have altitude compensation? You might need it.

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Keith, I believe those are more street tires and i'm not sure you need to heat cycle street tires. (At least those were the Street tire to have for auto-x 6 or so years ago and i dont recal any heat cycling recomendations). Maybe Joe Specht could shed some light on that?
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jerdeitzel wrote:Keith, I believe those are more street tires and i'm not sure you need to heat cycle street tires. (At least those were the Street tire to have for auto-x 6 or so years ago and i dont recal any heat cycling recomendations). Maybe Joe Specht could shed some light on that?
In Falken's words they are "Street Legal Motorsports and DOT Approved Track Competition Tire." From what I'm reading on some places like the Honda and Sentra Forums, they need some form of break in, if no other reason but to wear off the mold release agent. Some people are suggesting 500 miles of regular street driving to insure that, or getting the tires shaved 1-2/32". Mt. Washington has some unpaved sections so tread and tread depth is important.

Keith
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