Ok, bored as hell, got to thinking about it. Would putting directional tires on backwards on the drive wheels net better traction? Directional tires offer less rolling resistance (when mounted correctly), so in theory it would work, right?
Wouldn't that cause the tread to separate? Hence the importance of keeping directional tires going in the proper direction.
It might, but that could give more "bite".
BTW I'm not thinking of driving around like this, just at the track.
Since theyre designed to work that way, i doubt that it would work any better going the other way.
Similar to guys who burn tire tread off to make slicks, youd think it would give more traction, but it doesnt.
I would buy some sticky tires , short of chemicly softening them there not going to HOOK any better, running a directional tire backwards will cause lots of road noise bad wear , and possible seperation of the belts.
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I suppose, I was thinking of a g-hetto way of picking up some traction at the track, but google search owns me. Best bet is to keep them tires the way they were designed to.
I personally thought directional tires were due to tread pattern for water chanelling etc?
thats one of the reasons, reduced road noise is another feature.
Reading your post reminded me of something I saw in my Cougar's owners manual many years ago so I dug it out and on page 141 it says:
"Snow traction can be improved with the P225 tires by reversing the direction of the rear tires (right tire and wheel on the left side, left tire and wheel on the right side) and lowering the rear tire pressure from 30 to 26 psi."Brent