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Originally Posted by Pete R
Can you explain that a bit. It seems like (to me) if you can drive fast enough no matter the weight of the car you could get them up to temp. If they are below optimum temp you will start to slide which will increase the tire temp. You would keep sliding the car until you are in the sticky range and not sliding as much. Or even with all the extra sliding they still won't heat up enough?
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I'm sure Chris will chime in with the right reason, but I see it like this;
How much sliding can you tolerate before you get to temp - you are loosing track time all the while this goes on,
and, once you stop sliding, can you keep enough heat in the tyres to not start sliding again? This all assumes you are somewhere close to where you need to be tyre-wise. If you imagine an extreme with more tyre than you could possibly use, you may just keep sliding because the heat loss down the straights etc may be too much from the surface area of the large(er) tyre, that even the sliding can't get enough heat in. Like everything else, I see it as a balance/compromise between the sort of driving you do and the type of car and set-up. Which is where my original Q came from. Once you get beyond that balance point, my guess is you end up over- driving the car just trying to work the tyres.
Alan
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