Tire chunking from last autocross
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 9:00 pm
Hello everyone, after the last autocross when I got home I measured my tread depth (I'm trying to figure out how fast tires wear and extrapolate how much to budget for car fun) while doing this I noticed chunks missing from my front tires.
I have put some pictures up of the worst chunks. https://goo.gl/photos/YefBMhrknRMw8Qbk8
A very small amount of cord is visible in the third picture. The chunks are about 3/32" deep.
From reading other posts in the forums it seems that I'm overheating the tires by understeering and that the solution is: Be smoother and get a 4 wheel performance alignment.
Is this correct?
Will I need to replace the tires before the next autocross to pass tech? (I assume so)
Will a non-stock alignment take me out of the SS02 class? (I think not)
Can anyone recommend good autocross alignment settings for a base 987 Cayman?
Does anyone have recommendations on replacement tires that will keep me legal for SS02? Currently I have Michelin pilot sport N4 tires.
Thank you all for your time, and for being so fun to run with at the events.
I have put some pictures up of the worst chunks. https://goo.gl/photos/YefBMhrknRMw8Qbk8
A very small amount of cord is visible in the third picture. The chunks are about 3/32" deep.
From reading other posts in the forums it seems that I'm overheating the tires by understeering and that the solution is: Be smoother and get a 4 wheel performance alignment.
Is this correct?
Will I need to replace the tires before the next autocross to pass tech? (I assume so)
Will a non-stock alignment take me out of the SS02 class? (I think not)
Can anyone recommend good autocross alignment settings for a base 987 Cayman?
Does anyone have recommendations on replacement tires that will keep me legal for SS02? Currently I have Michelin pilot sport N4 tires.
Thank you all for your time, and for being so fun to run with at the events.