Good tirewear=less pitstops=faster laps total?
05-04-2004, 01:46 PM
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Good tirewear=less pitstops=faster laps total?
I'm sitting at my dealer right now and just had an interesting conversation with a nice gentleman who saw motortrend test out the rx8 and Z350 back to back at Willowsprings and while the 350 was strong off the line and that it had about 0.2 secs advantage per lap over the rx8, after about 4 hours by lunch time, the rx8 was making laps TWO seconds faster per lap than the z350 cause the front tires on the heavy 350 were just destroyed and they had to refit new tires. The 8 almost lasted the whole day on the original tires.
Just an interesting point I heard, sorry if it's a rehash of what's been discussed.
Just an interesting point I heard, sorry if it's a rehash of what's been discussed.
05-04-2004, 02:08 PM
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Mazda's designs seem to be easy on tires - light weight, good weight distribution & good suspension geometry will do that. I recall a test between a 2000 Miata sport and an MR-S, and the same observations were made. Even though the MR-S posted better "magazine" test numbers (slalom, braking, acceleration, etc) the Miata lapped a road track as fast and was far easier on it's tires. Mazda has a knack for making cars that are more than the sum of their parts.
05-04-2004, 08:07 PM
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Did you mean the MR2?
And one thing I know is that we would do well to remember another important equation: Beter MPG=Bigger HP=Longevity on the track between fill ups...
And one thing I know is that we would do well to remember another important equation: Beter MPG=Bigger HP=Longevity on the track between fill ups...
05-05-2004, 07:45 PM
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The 350Z is known to have front suspension geometry/alignment problems that eat tires. Nissan has even given a special warranty for the front tires for the first year model cars.
05-06-2004, 12:54 AM
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haha i've done a lot of research on the 350z. (i bet many others in this forum have too)
nissan had this big feathering problem where your tires get eating away within 10k miles because of many problems. mostly of which was due to the bad suspension.
even though they gave a waranty, i think the problem will still arise again
nissan's tsb's on this was not related to the 02 and 04 models, so i feel sorry for those who bought their cars in that window period because their tires are going to eat away a new set a year (nismo's suspension does have a high rate of fixing this though)
nissan had this big feathering problem where your tires get eating away within 10k miles because of many problems. mostly of which was due to the bad suspension.
even though they gave a waranty, i think the problem will still arise again
nissan's tsb's on this was not related to the 02 and 04 models, so i feel sorry for those who bought their cars in that window period because their tires are going to eat away a new set a year (nismo's suspension does have a high rate of fixing this though)
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