New ai/cmc tire thread

[MikeP99Z]

So what is the real deal? Gone after 5 or 6 heat cycles or still competitive at 20 heat cycles? It can't be both.


JJ

For my car - aero, slip angle, ambient temp/surface temp, tire temp, load etc. contributes to degradation. I consider them "not competitive" when I've lost a second over the prime. Also, 250* will kill these tires. I cooked a set at TWS testing one year and they were complete junk the next day. I try to keep them below 225*. 200* is better.

[smitty328]

For my car - aero, slip angle, ambient temp/surface temp, tire temp, load etc. contributes to degradation. I consider them "not competitive" when I've lost a second over the prime. Also, 250* will kill these tires. I cooked a set at TWS testing one year and they were complete junk the next day. I try to keep them below 225*. 200* is better.

So "not competitive" is when you are only a second faster than the rest of us?

[MikeP99Z]

Related to the clock, not others...

[marshall_mosty]

So "not competitive" is when you are only a second faster than the rest of us?

Have you not realized that Mike started his own "AI-TT" group a few years back. He's in a class of one.

[Pranav]

How are you guys getting those tire temps?
Pyrometer in hot pits?

[smitty328]

Have you not realized that Mike started his own "AI-TT" group a few years back. He's in a class of one.

I remember once at TWS I could read stuff on his car at the finish lol

[marshall_mosty]

I remember once at TWS I could read stuff on his car at the finish lol

I was able to get decently close at MSR-C back in approx. 2012'ish...

[Cody Powell]

So "not competitive" is when you are only a second faster than the rest of us?

Buuwhahahahaha freaking Patterson and his shiny car!