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Old 02-19-2016, 11:30 AM
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I'd be kind of surprised.

I track the hell out of my Falken tires and don't see traction drop off until you start getting down to around 2/32's of tread.

For example, I have 4.5 track days and a number of autocross events on my current Falken tires and last weekend they were still pulling 1+g's on the autocross. I might even run them at Thunderhill next weekend as they are mostly still around 3/32 tread. Will decide after I autocross them again this Sunday.

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Originally Posted by glassman View Post
The instructor i had with me at Las Vegas with me said i "fried" the tires. "Got em too hot", last run of the day, they got a little slick...
Just wanted to add that you absolutley can overhead the tires and "fry" them for that session which I've done but the tire has always come back when cooled off.
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