NT01 tire wear

[Apexpny]

This is the first set of NT01s I've used and not sure how much further I can run them. Just finished my 9th track day with these, so I'm curious if anyone can give some feedback on how many laps they still have. I hired a pro coach for my next event and don't want to push having a tire issue if they are that close. Btw, I know there are faster options out there for tires but not really looking for this conversation to go down that rabbit hole. Thanks.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Probably will go some more, but you might clean off some of that OPR to help the tire a bit. Doubt it will run at it's optimum now, but you still have tread left , though you do look like you overheated one, and flatspotted another.

 

[Mistaricky]

I would still run those. I would 100% scrape off the excess melted rubber. They are far from optimal but I would drive those to the cords.

 

[blacksheep-1]

dude... like 9 track days?
how many sessions per day?
they look simply marvelous

 

[67GTA]

dude... like 9 track days?
how many sessions per day?
they look simply marvelous

This is like Emeril dropping in on the cooking thread and adding praise!

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Yeah, you were able to get OPR evenly all across each tire, ha!

 

[blacksheep-1]

This is like Emeril dropping in on the cooking thread and adding praise!

lol

 

[Apexpny]

Probably will go some more, but you might clean off some of that OPR to help the tire a bit. Doubt it will run at it's optimum now, but you still have tread left , though you do look like you overheated one, and flatspotted another.

No flat spots on any of them, however that's three pics of the same tire. I figured I have two more days left on this set.

 

[Apexpny]

dude... like 9 track days?
how many sessions per day?
they look simply marvelous

I run with NASA mostly, so 4 sessions per day. How many days are people typically getting out of these?

 

[Apexpny]

Yeah, you were able to get OPR evenly all across each tire, ha!

Yup, just ran Sonoma over the weekend so plenty of OPR out there to pick up. I'd like to think it's a sign my set up is spot on. Haha.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Get an electric blade and scrap those babies off ---- you can get enough clagg to actually unbalance a tire.

 

[blacksheep-1]

I run with NASA mostly, so 4 sessions per day. How many days are people typically getting out of these?

Not sure about Nittos, the Goodyear Supercar 3s are good for a 25 hour .race though. I would suspect that your tires have heat cycled out rather than .being warn out. There is an article on rehabbing race tires if you hit the search button.

 

[SMGDHG]

I've ran a couple sets of NT01's too and agree those have plenty of life left. NT01's are safe to run to the chords. I am surprised your tires still show the two lines through the middle.

For me I got 10 events out of my NT01's, one of them chorded so I just bought an entire set. But went with the conti ECF instead (happy I did). Well done on the wear!

 

[Apexpny]

Not sure about Nittos, the Goodyear Supercar 3s are good for a 25 hour .race though. I would suspect that your tires have heat cycled out rather than .being warn out. There is an article on rehabbing race tires if you hit the search button.

Yeah, they have about 36-40 heat cycles. I'll probably throw the new set on and keep these as back ups. Good tip on that rehab article, might be a fun project to try out and see what the results are. Did you have any luck with it?

 

[Apexpny]

I've ran a couple sets of NT01's too and agree those have plenty of life left. NT01's are safe to run to the chords. I am surprised your tires still show the two lines through the middle.

For me I got 10 events out of my NT01's, one of them chorded so I just bought an entire set. But went with the conti ECF instead (happy I did). Well done on the wear!

Yeah, the middle seems to have a bit more meat then the inner and outers. I think my alignment is pretty close to where is should be and my psi feels good around 35 hot, so not sure where else to adjust other than bumping up the psi a bit.

Were those 10 2-day events before they corded? If so that's pretty darn good.