Tips for knackering my tyres quickly
- Thread starter Vertigo
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Guys, honestly all this advice to do wheel spinds and burn outs etc and it puts HUGE forces through the diff and gearbox system... Its a really great way of destroying a diff...
Have a quick look through ebay on spares / repairs for typical boy-racer cars (306s largely) and there a HUGE number that have all suffered diff failure. I would bet a large amount of money on the premises that they've been dumping the clutch at the lights!
Have a quick look through ebay on spares / repairs for typical boy-racer cars (306s largely) and there a HUGE number that have all suffered diff failure. I would bet a large amount of money on the premises that they've been dumping the clutch at the lights!
ci_newman said:
get real, if you have a car which is built properly you should be able to do burnouts all day long with no ill effects. When the tyres are spinning they offer relatively little resistance, less than accelerating hard with grip anyway.
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Burn outs! and handbrake 180s, also reversing burn outs where you slam the car into reverse, get a lot of speed up then whack it into first while still going backwards, get the revs up and off the clutch = most impressive burnout 
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dont the lease company cover punctures if so stick a knife threw it and say it was like that when you woke up
They will cover all accidental damage to tyres from nails and such like but won't cover malicious damage. As I said though, would be a bit too suspicious.
The easiest solution might be to just bung the KF guy a fiver and ask him to tell the lease company the tyre is at 2mm rather than 3
The easiest solution might be to just bung the KF guy a fiver and ask him to tell the lease company the tyre is at 2mm rather than 3
Assuming they are not directional swap the LH and RH wheels over. LH tyres always wear faster due to roundabout action 
I certainly wouldn't be doing burnouts all day in my car, irrespective of how well built it is. It might not take a huge amount of force to keep the wheels spnning once they've started, but to start them off puts a huge peak stress on all the drivetrain components.
I certainly wouldn't be doing burnouts all day in my car, irrespective of how well built it is. It might not take a huge amount of force to keep the wheels spnning once they've started, but to start them off puts a huge peak stress on all the drivetrain components.
Ok well I've tried switching the ESP off and acting the chav away from a standstill a few times but it's not working very well tbh.
Due to the sheer weight up front and the decently sized 205 boots, it's taking a fair amount of revs and a viciously released clutch to break traction and get the wheels spinning. Problem is that when I do this and traction is broken, the revs rapidly race toward the 4500rpm red line and I'm forced to back off, at which point the tyres bite again. So I'm getting very little in the way of wheelspin and in return am doing the clutch and other mechanicals no good at all.
It is relatively easy to break traction if I hammer the throttle whilst going round a slow corner but of course I can't do this for more than a split second or the nose runs too wide. What I really need is some quiet open tarmaced area where I can burn around in circles for a bit but where exactly?
I spoke to the guy at KF about just telling the lease company they were both at 2mm but he said they sometimes ask to keep the tyres and send someone round to check them, just to make sure. Doesn't sound very likely to me tbh, unless you've shredded a whole set in 5000 miles but hey ho.
I'll probably end up doing around 300 miles this coming week and then the same again the week after, although 200 of this in each week is going to be motorway cruising. I really don't think this is going to get a whole 1mm off the errant tyre in time for Germany
I may have a word with the lease company about this as I'm not sure exactly what they expect me to do. With one tyre at 2mm already, if it's not changed before the trip then it'll be illegal before I get back and replacing one front tyre and not the other is unsafe in my view. They must have some sort of contingency for this situation, hell if they asked me to fork out £10 or £20 towards the cost of the tyre that's being replaced early I'd probably just say yes.
See, company cars aren't always hassle-free
Due to the sheer weight up front and the decently sized 205 boots, it's taking a fair amount of revs and a viciously released clutch to break traction and get the wheels spinning. Problem is that when I do this and traction is broken, the revs rapidly race toward the 4500rpm red line and I'm forced to back off, at which point the tyres bite again. So I'm getting very little in the way of wheelspin and in return am doing the clutch and other mechanicals no good at all.
It is relatively easy to break traction if I hammer the throttle whilst going round a slow corner but of course I can't do this for more than a split second or the nose runs too wide. What I really need is some quiet open tarmaced area where I can burn around in circles for a bit but where exactly?
I spoke to the guy at KF about just telling the lease company they were both at 2mm but he said they sometimes ask to keep the tyres and send someone round to check them, just to make sure. Doesn't sound very likely to me tbh, unless you've shredded a whole set in 5000 miles but hey ho.
I'll probably end up doing around 300 miles this coming week and then the same again the week after, although 200 of this in each week is going to be motorway cruising. I really don't think this is going to get a whole 1mm off the errant tyre in time for Germany
I may have a word with the lease company about this as I'm not sure exactly what they expect me to do. With one tyre at 2mm already, if it's not changed before the trip then it'll be illegal before I get back and replacing one front tyre and not the other is unsafe in my view. They must have some sort of contingency for this situation, hell if they asked me to fork out £10 or £20 towards the cost of the tyre that's being replaced early I'd probably just say yes.
See, company cars aren't always hassle-free
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Just put the handbrake on and sit there doing a burnout, knock it into 2nd if you can, be worn down in no time at all.
Seriously, modern cars should be built strong enough to handle power through the front wheels like that. Think about high speed driving etc.. it cant be much more than that.
You asked how to wear your tyres out quickly.... well there is no easier way.
You asked how to wear your tyres out quickly.... well there is no easier way.
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Give it me for about 15 minutes! lol