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Best tires for acceleration performances
- Thread starter Pierco
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This article may help. Granted it's several years old.
They don't explicitly test 0-60 times though.
It's unlikely that someone here has tried numerous tire models to get the answer you seek. Most likely this will require some experimenting on your part.
You basically want good grip for the traction-limited portion of the run (up to somewhere around 30mph I would guess), but then low rolling resistance after that. Since you're just going to 60mph, grip will be more important than low rolling resistance. For quarter mile times, it's possible to have 'too much tire' and end up going less quick overall due to the tires hurting you on the big end, despite yielding a better launch.
So good grip and low rolling resistance are at odds with each other. One will usually come at the expense of the other. As an easily-understood example of this tradeoff, running with reduced tire pressure will help with grip at the launch, but bog you down more at speed. So there's a sweet spot involved.
You can get an idea of how soft/hard the compound on a street tire is by the tire's treadwear rating (lower treadwear rating suggests a softer compound). It's not an exact science though, as other factors impact the treadwear beyond rubber hardness. You can also use a durometer (rubber hardness gauge) to test the compound hardness, for any tire you have physical access to. Again this would not paint a complete picture of tire grip, but would be indicative.
Another easily-observed tire characteristic than can help assess grip is tread void ratio: how much empty space there is between tread elements. Low void ratio will result in more rubber on the ground, usually yielding marginally more grip. This is why most dry racing tires are slicks (all rubber, no grooves).
And of course, a wider/taller tire will result in a larger contact patch, generally helping grip ('all other things being equal'). Again there are limits to how far to go with it, as a wider tire usually comes with more rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag.
If you take off the requirement for Summer Tires, there are DOT (street legal) tires for drag racing. They have considerably more grip than any Summer Tire (and considerably less tread life):
www.drivingline.com
(But I see you're not in USA so laws may be different where you are.)
A last point is regarding tire aspect ratio and drag racing. Certainly, lower-profile tires usually yield higher lateral grip, due to there being less sidewall deformation under high lateral loading. But that same sidewall deformation can help with grip off the line. Look at slow-motion video of a Top Fuel dragster to see the tire sidewall 'load up' and act like a spring to store and then release energy to the road (rather than just spinning due to overpowering the grip that a lower-profile, less spring-like tire can provide).
I'll leave you with this resource:
They don't explicitly test 0-60 times though.
It's unlikely that someone here has tried numerous tire models to get the answer you seek. Most likely this will require some experimenting on your part.
You basically want good grip for the traction-limited portion of the run (up to somewhere around 30mph I would guess), but then low rolling resistance after that. Since you're just going to 60mph, grip will be more important than low rolling resistance. For quarter mile times, it's possible to have 'too much tire' and end up going less quick overall due to the tires hurting you on the big end, despite yielding a better launch.
So good grip and low rolling resistance are at odds with each other. One will usually come at the expense of the other. As an easily-understood example of this tradeoff, running with reduced tire pressure will help with grip at the launch, but bog you down more at speed. So there's a sweet spot involved.
You can get an idea of how soft/hard the compound on a street tire is by the tire's treadwear rating (lower treadwear rating suggests a softer compound). It's not an exact science though, as other factors impact the treadwear beyond rubber hardness. You can also use a durometer (rubber hardness gauge) to test the compound hardness, for any tire you have physical access to. Again this would not paint a complete picture of tire grip, but would be indicative.
Another easily-observed tire characteristic than can help assess grip is tread void ratio: how much empty space there is between tread elements. Low void ratio will result in more rubber on the ground, usually yielding marginally more grip. This is why most dry racing tires are slicks (all rubber, no grooves).
And of course, a wider/taller tire will result in a larger contact patch, generally helping grip ('all other things being equal'). Again there are limits to how far to go with it, as a wider tire usually comes with more rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag.
If you take off the requirement for Summer Tires, there are DOT (street legal) tires for drag racing. They have considerably more grip than any Summer Tire (and considerably less tread life):
On the Street or at the Track: Is a DOT Competition Tire Right for You?
When should you make the jump to a drag radial or road course tire?
www.drivingline.com
(But I see you're not in USA so laws may be different where you are.)
A last point is regarding tire aspect ratio and drag racing. Certainly, lower-profile tires usually yield higher lateral grip, due to there being less sidewall deformation under high lateral loading. But that same sidewall deformation can help with grip off the line. Look at slow-motion video of a Top Fuel dragster to see the tire sidewall 'load up' and act like a spring to store and then release energy to the road (rather than just spinning due to overpowering the grip that a lower-profile, less spring-like tire can provide).
I'll leave you with this resource:
The 10 Best Street Tires For Drag Racing - One Stop Racing
Image: Shutterstock.com Participating in street-style drag racing means your car has to be kitted with certain after-market items. One essential...
onestopracing.com
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