Tires-Dry traction

[mtechnik]

Hey peeplz
For starters all 4 tires i had were cheapo brands and two different thread patterns.

Front- Euro Typhoon Rear-Roadstone

After installing my Koni sport/ Apex 40/40mm set-up hard-cornering seemed mighty fine.
I had to get change front tires some days ago cause one got punctured and they were both worn. (inner-> positive camber etc.) Now since i changed them i can feel the rear end slightly slippin during hard cornering.
Now i have Firestone's (better i would feel) up front and Roadstones in the rear. The amount of thread on all four are

I would like to know from you guys if this can be explained by simply saying that:

1. the Firestones perform better...
2. now that front and back have optimum grip, you see the result of non
50/50 weight distribution..
3. the Roadtones have a groove round the rim for curb-protection, this
makes the rears sidewalls lean more or so..
4. It's a kinda paranoia cause.. the rear had most of the traction at first
therefore you sense the cars limit at a lower speed


Hope the long ass story didn't make u loose track..

[67GoatPimp]

It's probably just because your rear tires suck balls, my buddy had really sticky r compound siped yokahmas on the back and some brand new sumitomos up front, bad news in a FWD car, went over a curb at like 115 cuz he lost control. So yah, my guess is it's just cuz the difference in tire quality.

[mtechnik]

doesn't anybody else have any input...............

[XiaoNio]

Some car magazine did a study a while back. They found that you should always put your better tires in the back. Having better traction in the front and less grip in the back leads to continual oversteer. If your tires become more worn, this will be much more pronounced. The real key is to replace all your tires if possible. Otherwise, better tires in the back otherwise you'll always be oversteering. The study said the difference in tire placement is immediately noticeable and that spinning out is dangerously easy.