FNCG

Can anyone tell me if it is worth the extra $20.00 per tire to have R6s heat cycled? If so, why? Does the heat cycling increase the life of the tires, and if so, by how much?

Thanks....

crease-guard

From what I've read and the recommendations of the tire manufacturer, yes, heat cycling does increase the tire life. From what is listed, the recommendation is to heat the tires to operating temp for one cycle then let them cool for 24-48 hours or something like that. Then they are good to go.

I don't know about you, but I'm not going all the way out to the track to run one session and then go home. So I have them heat cycle mine.

SouthernSon

Just had a set heat cycled by the tire company two track weekends ago. So far wear looks good and tires were good from lap one.

spdislife

Had it done to my recent set of R888s and the wear is fantastic! Then the question becomes how many heat cycles I can get out of the tires while still maintaining good grip.

autoxer6

The first time the rubber gets hot, it starts the molecular cross-linking. It takes a week. 24 hours does almost nothing. You can pay to have this done, or it gets done the first time you run it on a track. The rubber is a little softer and weaker until the cross-linking is complete so you will get more wear. If you are going to use the tire up in one day, like an endurance race, then you need to heat cycle in advance to get max life and grip. If you are going to run 1 hour during a track day, I wouldn't bother. Considering the R6 gets hard before it runs out of rubber, I wouldn't heat cycle an R6. The A6 is good right out of the box. People run sticker A6's at the solo nationals and the first 60 seconds are the best. For the A6, Hoosier recommends driving around the parking lot slowly to get the mold release off first, then race.