tire life

[m-man]

hey, i just ran my car for its first long session since break in, i got to drive for about 2 hours, in a newly repaved huge parking lot, such a blast,
but at the end i noticed that my tires are done, totally, one even split,
now i wasn't just sitting there doing doughnuts or anything, i was just driving regular, big circles etc...
is this how long tires usually last under normal conditions, is there any type of tire that lasts longer,
also are the wheels/tires standardized, or do associated tires and wheels have to go on associated cars?

also, i have one pretty good tire on a broken rim, is there any way to remove the tire w/o destroying it, as so i can mount it on another wheel, is there something that will desolve the tire glue, cause it seems like once its glued, its not coming off without tearing

 

[ozwes007]

tyre choice depends on what you are doing, I have a set of tyres that are over 5hours old and still going, on the other hand I have another set that lasted no more than 15 minutes. Depends on a lot of things, surface you are running on, tyre compound, what inserts if any you use or if your using treaded or slick tyres. Also some heat tyres only last 5-10minutes........
As to removing the tyre, hard one but I have heard that some people actually boil them to break down the glue. I also believe that there is a release agent for super glue that should do the trick as well.

 

[joneser4u]

Suspension adjustment/allignment makes alot of differance. Tires for racing like slicks or foams wear pretty fast, but treaded tires should last alot longer than that. You need to put it on a huddy and check your allignment.