tire question.....
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On the RE050A Pole Position, The 'A' stands for 'Asymmetrical' To quote Bridgestone,
"An asymmetrical pattern in the RE050A Pole Position tread increases surface contact to enhance acceleration and cornering."
If you look at the construction of the tire (Forgive me for not going out to lay under the car in the rain to take a picture for you) the OUTSIDE tread blocks are quite a bit wider than the inside ones, especially in the wider sizes. So flipping them would obviously ....Decrease surface contact to UNenhance acceleration and cornering... forgive the poor paraphrase.
I doubt it would be Unsafe to do it, but I think it would noticeably decrease the handling characteristics of the tire/car.
I'd just buy new tires and run less insane camber.
"An asymmetrical pattern in the RE050A Pole Position tread increases surface contact to enhance acceleration and cornering."
If you look at the construction of the tire (Forgive me for not going out to lay under the car in the rain to take a picture for you) the OUTSIDE tread blocks are quite a bit wider than the inside ones, especially in the wider sizes. So flipping them would obviously ....Decrease surface contact to UNenhance acceleration and cornering... forgive the poor paraphrase.
I doubt it would be Unsafe to do it, but I think it would noticeably decrease the handling characteristics of the tire/car.
I'd just buy new tires and run less insane camber.
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Originally Posted by CaptainMike,Jan 12 2008, 09:48 PM
On the RE050A Pole Position, The 'A' stands for 'Asymmetrical' To quote Bridgestone,
"An asymmetrical pattern in the RE050A Pole Position tread increases surface contact to enhance acceleration and cornering."
If you look at the construction of the tire (Forgive me for not going out to lay under the car in the rain to take a picture for you) the OUTSIDE tread blocks are quite a bit wider than the inside ones, especially in the wider sizes. So flipping them would obviously ....Decrease surface contact to UNenhance acceleration and cornering... forgive the poor paraphrase.
I doubt it would be Unsafe to do it, but I think it would noticeably decrease the handling characteristics of the tire/car.
I'd just buy new tires and run less insane camber.
"An asymmetrical pattern in the RE050A Pole Position tread increases surface contact to enhance acceleration and cornering."
If you look at the construction of the tire (Forgive me for not going out to lay under the car in the rain to take a picture for you) the OUTSIDE tread blocks are quite a bit wider than the inside ones, especially in the wider sizes. So flipping them would obviously ....Decrease surface contact to UNenhance acceleration and cornering... forgive the poor paraphrase.
I doubt it would be Unsafe to do it, but I think it would noticeably decrease the handling characteristics of the tire/car.
I'd just buy new tires and run less insane camber.
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