USCA tech question - tire tread depth?

[GrabberGT]

Originally Posted by carbuff

Funny, I did the exact same thing. With the same result...

I was hoping to get one more event out of the existing Falkens, but the flat spots were creating some bad vibration issues, bad enough that I pulled my driveshaft to have it balanced yesterday. I had a horrible harmonic vibration on the way home Saturday from Fort Worth, and it seems it was flat spot related.

I have a 4 hour drive in TOW tomorrow, so I'll see if the vibrations are gone. I have always had some kind of vibration around 2200-2400 RPM, with both the previous and new engine. That one I can't figure out, but it feels engine related.

See you Saturday!

You know it was such a difference Im now rethinking my strategy of investing in a really nice(expensive) set of wheels and going with 2 lesser sets just so I can keep some street tires around. When we talk about what makes our cars "street", NVH as I think I heard others call it, is a HUGE part. I took the car out for a short cruise last night with new headlights and besides the few interior rattles and squeaks (fire extinguisher is a huge contributor), it was a very nice ride.

On a side note... Truck-lite LED's... AWESOME!

[Beach Cruiser]

I understand not changing tires for each segment, but can you rotate them? Like put the older ones on the front for the speed stop portion?

[USCA 1]

Tires can be rotated in any fashion you wish during the event, however, the event must be run on the same set of tires you tech with. Catastrophic failure is the only reason to change a tire and it must be the same brand and size as the tire being replaced.

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