Tire temps

[iceman]

Had to go to a new tire due to a rule change and it changed the handling for the worse. After a 20 lap main event my right rear tire was a lot hotter than my left rear tire. My understanding is the hotter tire is the one doing the most work and a hotter right rear tire would indicate a loose condition - the car was tight from center off, entry was good. Where am I going wrong?

[RCJ]

If the car was tight at apex, were you hitting the gas hard and making it turn?I've had a tight car burn the r/r because the driver was breaking the rear loose and making it turn.

[iceman]

Yes I was. I had the Right front brake shut off and I was applying some brake and a lot of gas to get it to turn. I hadn't thought about that. Thanks!

[HRE]

feed the heat. need more weight on the right tire. tire is hot because its not gripping, its spinning.

[Dirt_Buster]

feed the heat. need more weight on the right tire. tire is hot because its not gripping, its spinning.

A tire that has more grip/weight on it will be hotter. A tire spinning on the rr means the Lr is spinning as well but guess what it is spinning faster most of the time because stagger and having a smaller Lr tire. So the spinning issue you're wrong about bud.

[HRE]

not on my car, Lr cooler than RR and i have plenty of drive. but i dont run much stagger either. As you said the tire is spinning faster, so if you add more weight to it the tire would grip more and spin less. but im not a chassis specialist so i could be wrong. but i know what works on my car.

[Dirt_Buster]

Your rear temps should be within 10* if your car is working how it should. That' would equate to a consistent car

[HRE]

at first setup my RR was hotter than LR. I added RR weight and evened up the temps. I am within 20 degrees and my car is pretty good.