BK_GrandMarquis
08-06-2005, 03:40 PM
I got the BF Goodrich KDW-2s early in the year. Not sure how many miles I got out of them but that was not the factor of the wear. It was my autocrossing of course. Heavy car in 90+ degree weather, 120+ runs on the tires and another 40+ runs yesterday, don't end up with a good result.
I should have rotated the tires after last week's event and I probably would have gotten another 30 runs out of them, maybe. All in all, I was surprised how well they held up. The hot weather last week with about 50 runs and yesterday morning was a big factor in wearing these tires down. I've been going to an autocross school by the auto club. There are only about 12 drivers per class. This leads to having 6 drivers working the course and 6 driving. Almost as soon as you get off the course, you are back on. This goes on for about 10 runs. With this pace, the tires and brakes heat up tremedously.
Yesterday was a bad day for cars. An old Porsche 914 blew an oil line or a gasket somewhere and started to leak. Another Porsche blew a swaybar in the regular autocross event later in the day. He was driving around a hairpin type of turn and thunk, it just let go. He didn't know what it was at the time and drove slowly to the finish.
I should have rotated the tires after last week's event and I probably would have gotten another 30 runs out of them, maybe. All in all, I was surprised how well they held up. The hot weather last week with about 50 runs and yesterday morning was a big factor in wearing these tires down. I've been going to an autocross school by the auto club. There are only about 12 drivers per class. This leads to having 6 drivers working the course and 6 driving. Almost as soon as you get off the course, you are back on. This goes on for about 10 runs. With this pace, the tires and brakes heat up tremedously.
Yesterday was a bad day for cars. An old Porsche 914 blew an oil line or a gasket somewhere and started to leak. Another Porsche blew a swaybar in the regular autocross event later in the day. He was driving around a hairpin type of turn and thunk, it just let go. He didn't know what it was at the time and drove slowly to the finish.