Brandondan1
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- First Name
- Brandon
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- Jun 27, 2017
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- Dallas, TX
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- 2018 CTR, 91 Civic Si
Yes, FWD will wear out it's front tires more quickly than the rears, but the shoulder wear he's showing is mostly a product of limited negative front camber. I see that type of wear on Macpherson strut cars regardless of drivetrain(even RWD with 0 camber can show this). But yes, weight distribution, tire pressure and driving style play a part as well.correct but I'm assuming extra heat is generated because front tires are doing all the work. Accelerating, most of braking, and turning, plus the weight of the front engine setup, hence the fronts are getting heat up too much to handle.
At least with RWD or AWD, work is spread. Rear tires do the accelerating and front tires do the turning and braking. so heat is spread, meaning fronts won't get as much heat.
How do the rear tires look?
I don't have any experience with FWD on track. so I'm curious.
Even AWD hatches have a front biased weight distribution, and function as FWD the majority of the time, with the ability to transfer some power to the rear as needed. Even in those situations, you still have approx 40% power going to the front wheels.
For instance, Focus RS has no front camber adjustment and can suffer from tire wear like this: http://www.focusrs.org/forum/18-focus-rs-wheels-tires/69665-questions-about-tire-wear-track-use.html
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