Sentences with phrase «compound road tire»
Soon available in other sizes, this is the first - ever dual - compound road tire.
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Tire Rack says the Scorpion compound «is molded into a subtly asymmetric tread design that features a stable shoulder area to enhance dry road handling... while angled independent tread blocks with circumferential and lateral sipes help the tire bite into snow.&raTire Rack says the Scorpion compound «is molded into a subtly asymmetric tread design that features a stable shoulder area to enhance dry road handling... while angled independent tread blocks with circumferential and lateral sipes help the tire bite into snow.&ratire bite into snow.»
Hard - compound, low - rolling - resistance tires save fuel but transmit very little from the road.
When the temperature consistently hovers around or below freezing, the rubber compounds in non-winter tires harden, decreasing the tire's ability to grip the road.
Because they are made with a different rubber compound, winter tires keep their elasticity longer than other tires, and this in turn provides better traction on winter roads.
The MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2 uses an innovative range of motorsport - derived technologies such as Bi-Compound technology, which involves the use of different rubber compounds on the inner and outer sections of the tread and Track Variable Contact Patch 3.0, which optimises pressure in the tire's contact patch so the same amount of rubber is always in contact with the road or track.
An optional SRT Track Package features Pirelli P Zero Corsa, «soft» - tuned, «racing - type» compound tires that improve handling and precision further on the road or the race track.
Payne believes that 3 of the 14 turns at Road America are determining factors as Michelin technical partner teams and drivers select tires from the Michelin menu, which typically offers three options of varying degrees of tire compound softness.
Snow and ice tires have a softer tread compound and a unique tread design to provide enhanced traction and road - gripping capabilities.