Originally posted by TOP38:
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Originally posted by Bucky:
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Originally posted by TOP38:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bucky:
If Hoosier said the tire stuck and pulled a piece off, I'd tend to agree with them. Surprised they suggest running it.
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Bucky, I thought drag slicks were designed to stick to the track!
Come on man!
Hoosiers are good at it for sure. I wouldn't expect that damage though.
In all fairness to ALL the tire companies,,, I don't think anyone really understand what we are asking the tires to do and the hell they go through run after run or never gave it a thought. In the burnout, they are still free spinning (relatively) and you begin to lift the tire has a bunch of wheel speed but once it slows enough it grabs the track, even harder if you do your burnout too far and lift in the prepped part of the track. When the tire grabs the track it tries to shear the rubber of the tire. Same deal at the hit, the rubber to rubber and or the rubber to the rest of the tire's bond needs to be strong enough to resist the shear force that is applied! Hoosier saying it dead hooked and caused this issue is BS or 100% correct depending on how you look at it! It's BS because they are using it as an excuse! At the hit, All tires have to hook before it spins if you have enough power to spin the tire. Why do you think fuel car tires do this all the time? They spin the tires during the launch and still chuck them.
So the real question boils down to this, is this issue a manufacturing or QA issue, or have the raw materials changed that can't handle the loads applied, or has all the tech that has allowed everyone to go faster and faster every year over loaded the tire, or better track prep or ???
Nothing is perfect,,, service AFTER the sale means a lot to me....