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Originally Posted by Casalino
Thanks for your comment. This is all a learning experience for me so the more info the better. In my head, the lower tread wear rating means gummier tires yeah? if a tire has a higher tread wear, it is going to be "harder" so to speak. to provide a longer life no?
And your right about my friend's dad. This was 5-10 years ago. So maybe his experience with tires and tread wear can be different to what we do today.
His biggest piece of advice to me was this. Before you go out on that track, you better have the blue racing brake fluid. I've read the threads on it so i'm aware of which fluid to use. But he said that is most important. You don't want to approach a turn and have no brakes. It will happen. There goes everything.
He said to enjoy the car and take it on the track as much as you can. It takes years and years and years to get decent at this. Every good driver thinks he will be able to go on a track. But when you're on it, every bit of road experience goes right out the window. It is like starting over again. And even though he took all the lessons he can and practiced as much as he could, he could never beat his brother. When you race a guy that could care less about totaling his car or his own bodily harm, you better back off. You won't catch him. Or you'll end up into the sidewall
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Keep in mind that there is no certification that a tire goes through to determine its treadwear rating. They are self certified by the MFG, so if Hoosier wanted to take an A7 and then say it was 200 TW they could. The Bridgestone RE-71R is another example of this, it is likely a sub 200 TW tire but that 200 TW rating means it can be used in SCCA Street classes.
I don't think the ATE Super Blue is available for sale anymore in the US, but he is correct if you are going to do track days and push the brake system hard a brake fluid with a higher boiling point is recommended. (DOT 4 fluid) The factory cooling ducts in your cars will help with this though so I don't think it is as important as it was on cars like my 5th Gen 1LE. It's still probably a good idea regardless if you are planning on tack days, think of it as cheap insurance.