What specifically destroys drift tires and how to get more laps out of a set!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2020
  • What specifically destroys drift tires and how to get more laps out of a set? I always want to get the most laps out of a set of drift tires possible, and I work hard to do it. Harder than most people realize. I designed Lone Star Drift rules around the idea. I designed Lone Star Drift media around the idea. I think that if everyone tries to become a Formula D driver in a non Formula D format, that they will burn themselves out drifting far before they should, while causing a ton of stress and heart ache in their hobby. Crazy competition drifting setups have their place, but you should know where that time and place is in order to utilize your money to the best possible level.
    So in this episode we check out the tire wear on a bunch of Kenda Tires and a few others, and talk about the blistering of tires due to too much heat. We talk about bad alignments and how to fix them. We talk about tire life in general. We talk about why too hard of a compound is a bad idea because the tires can't take the heat. We talk about a lot of things. Typically this refers to 240sx, e36, e46, 350z, g35, and those types of chassis from low horsepower to moderate horsepower. Please enjoy!
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  • @werolopez1997
    @werolopez1997 3 года назад +53

    Hey that’ll be another good video “bad driving habits”

  • @fkncarl9302
    @fkncarl9302 3 года назад +46

    The world needs an Aaron Losey drift podcast

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад +14

      A video a day is enough to already kill me lol

    • @schassis_eddi
      @schassis_eddi 3 года назад +2

      this is a podcast, h3 only uploads video podcasts

  • @tnmoe-
    @tnmoe- 3 года назад +13

    I never understood wanting grip in a drift car until I drove a 400hp car. Weirdest feeling ever being sideways but actually driving out. Felt like being pushed from behind.
    Far cry from my 100hp and over-inflated scrap pile all-seasons!

  • @David_Dcal
    @David_Dcal 3 года назад +8

    The zooms on Fieldings hair killed me

    • @xraison4432
      @xraison4432 3 года назад

      random zoom got me too ya :D

  • @PlenumGaming
    @PlenumGaming 3 года назад +13

    Man, I would have never thought about any of this. Such good info!

  • @111dontworry
    @111dontworry 3 года назад +25

    FFS KENDA make 195/50/15 and you will gain the entire Miata drift community as profit.

    • @treyjohn3166
      @treyjohn3166 3 года назад +1

      They make a 195/55r15. I liked the 55 sidewall more than the 50 on my s13 personally.

    • @RandomStuffGarage619
      @RandomStuffGarage619 3 года назад

      AE86 too.

    • @halfmoongarage
      @halfmoongarage 3 года назад +1

      And Volvo 240s

    • @billycheesestick
      @billycheesestick 3 года назад

      @@treyjohn3166 decent amount of laps even on the 195 Kenda compared to the 265s?

    • @billycheesestick
      @billycheesestick 3 года назад

      Think I might try those

  • @SlidewaysMotion
    @SlidewaysMotion 3 года назад +7

    Really good info, I worked at a tire shop and learned a bunch from this video still. Thanks!

  • @jeffb520
    @jeffb520 Год назад +1

    Great video! Thank you so much for the great information. Showing all the different tire wear really helped to understand everything that happens to a drift tire.

  • @quirogaeric92
    @quirogaeric92 3 года назад +7

    Great job explaining every detail thank you so much for the knowledge 🙏

  • @OctaneMonkey
    @OctaneMonkey 3 года назад

    I love these tip videos. Thanks for making and sharing!

  • @DirtDude117
    @DirtDude117 3 года назад +11

    A cool way I have found to extend tire life is using a water squirter for the rear tires. Mine sprays with an on switch over 30miles per hour. The tires still grip but the grip level and tire temps are decreased a good bit.
    Taylor Ray did a good showcase of this awhile ago but Adam LZ's radiator cooler setup is more of how I have the water container setup.
    I can easily get twice to three times the tire life with this modification.

    • @2JZLS
      @2JZLS 3 года назад

      Wow that is cool thats like innovative. How did you wire it up for 30mph to engage the sprayers? Thanks for sharing.

    • @DirtDude117
      @DirtDude117 3 года назад

      @@2JZLS Mine happened to be a methanol sprayer setup that came with a controller that had ways to spray it. I just used a larger tank for the water. I also rigged up the Evaporator drain to loop and fill the water which helps on hot days I could use AC when drifting. I did have to add two filters in it but that was easy stuff.

    • @smac919
      @smac919 3 года назад +2

      Lol could just run the windshield washer sprayers to the rear tires.

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад

      @@DirtDude117 how big of a tank do you use?

    • @DirtDude117
      @DirtDude117 3 года назад

      @@codenamecordon I have a six gallon tank for it now just to avoid frequent refills.

  • @RandomStuffGarage619
    @RandomStuffGarage619 3 года назад +2

    I was running older feddys on my car in Japan and I did a whole ebisu matsuri on one set. They chunked a little but they were in such good shape I drove home on them 4 hour drive.
    I probably had like -3 rear camber too.
    235/45/18
    Car was 400hp s14 with fully adjustable arms.

  • @ntgbuilds
    @ntgbuilds 3 года назад +2

    You zoomed in on the hair due 🤣😂 👊

  • @truckerjay8568
    @truckerjay8568 3 года назад

    Love the videos keep them coming this video was very informative on drift tires. I live in the dfw were can I buy 265/35/18s kendas local?

  • @RandomStuffGarage619
    @RandomStuffGarage619 3 года назад

    Camber helps not just heat but weight distribution too. Its pressing harder on the inside so increased friction is on the inner side.

  • @RamenPhones
    @RamenPhones 3 года назад

    Sucha great video man, love your content. What alignment specs does patrick run? Sorry if youve gone through that before

  • @billycheesestick
    @billycheesestick 3 года назад +5

    That’s gotta be my problem I would hot lap 195 all seasons and they come out lookin hella goofy

  • @zmohan69
    @zmohan69 3 года назад

    I have a washer set up with nozzles over my rears for when i do my cool down. Helps alottt and i dont have to get out to spray my tires down

  • @burntheships
    @burntheships 3 года назад

    Great info!

  • @BAKAMAKAMEDIA
    @BAKAMAKAMEDIA 3 года назад +1

    I was wondering why my pair of kendas started chunking like that after a day at musselman. Makes way more sense now. I think I got 70 - 80 laps in my Z there all day after already doing 40-50 at the Phoenix track from two other events. Thanks for the explanation

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад

      Yeah it is crazy, because you think, WTF, why are these chunking!?!?! Then you think, why are they lasting 70-80 laps at the same time at full tread depth lol! Something has to give, we are tearing the tires apart, it just looks visually different than they normally do as they die. Musselman is a RAD track!

  • @Pitti_Piotr
    @Pitti_Piotr 3 года назад

    Great video.

  • @skylineXpert
    @skylineXpert 3 года назад +1

    heard about some sort of sprinkler system fitted using the wrx sti sprinkler system.

  • @LopinDriftRD
    @LopinDriftRD 3 года назад

    Kenda Kaiser are really something weird, i had tried used tires and achiles 123, used ones i spent so much money running them, achiles are grippy but they dont last long and then.... tried kaisers.... i ran a whole top16 event until top 4 with classification and OMTs, something i would never achieve with the same money spent on used tyres or other ones, 2 new ones outperformed and outlasted all my budgets i had tried before. The same tires stayed used in a drift day.... its really impressive.

  • @derekgray1633
    @derekgray1633 3 года назад +1

    8:40 im guilty of that on my G but i finally got the arms. it was not close to $200 an arm but it still adds up to be cheaper than tires

  • @justtheotherdave
    @justtheotherdave Год назад

    Had my first ridealong with Fielding at Midpond (IYKYK) in a red 350Z. Building a stock motor, no interior, caged G35 coupe drift car (daily driven by myself since '05). Right now I only have OEM 19" x 8" +30mm front and 19" x 8.5" +33mm rear wheels. What size rims / tires would you recommend and which model Kenda is the magic 265 mentioned in the video? If I recall 265 is far too wide for the OEM 18" (x 8" width all around on the coupe) wheels so I'm guessing I should look aftermarket and keep the 19" for the ride home from the track.

  • @dougcoffey3496
    @dougcoffey3496 Год назад

    I’ll be damned. I found this video probably 10 minutes after I was told to like this page on Facebook. 😂

  • @SpeedyMcCool417
    @SpeedyMcCool417 3 года назад

    What’s a good kenda tire for the front setup?

  • @schassis_eddi
    @schassis_eddi 3 года назад +1

    Now I’m curious about Valinos performance

  • @dbdman11
    @dbdman11 3 года назад

    Sidewalls can wear from body roll and stretched tires too

  • @coreysmith5397
    @coreysmith5397 3 года назад

    Aaron, ive been doing this a long time and still dont have great information on front end alignments for grassroots drifting. Would love some experienced knowledge!

  • @enzomartinez928
    @enzomartinez928 8 месяцев назад

    What size tire should I run on my 17 mustang gt and wheel size?

  • @gorka7509
    @gorka7509 3 года назад

    What is this heat cycling you talk about near the end?

  • @phillycheezcake907
    @phillycheezcake907 Месяц назад

    Kenda vezda kr30 i used em for 3 winter back road ,parking lot , and the berma bomb from rolling blind corners ice coated dirt road with wildlife an other drivers its 8.5 miles to the top if you make dead mans corner of course chevy sonic hatchback 😅

  • @biffsgametime8713
    @biffsgametime8713 3 года назад +4

    do a video sometime soon about tire squirters, that could go hand and hand with this video

    • @thevtecnician
      @thevtecnician 3 года назад

      They did do one a while back about shredders car. That has squirters on it

    • @sultanofswingdrift3021
      @sultanofswingdrift3021 3 года назад

      @@thevtecnician can you give a name of en episode or something?

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад

      Look at MightyCarMods video about intercooler water spray. You could copy that and just run the line and squirter to the rear tires.

    • @thevtecnician
      @thevtecnician 3 года назад

      @@sultanofswingdrift3021 I tried looking I couldn't find it.

  • @joeynelson4091
    @joeynelson4091 3 года назад

    Thank you

  • @sunnyblumen3807
    @sunnyblumen3807 2 года назад

    Whats up with the Mk3 Supra? Does it ever get drifted?

  • @phycoman4561
    @phycoman4561 3 года назад

    Great video. Can you explain positive camber in the rear?

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад

      Most cars gain negative camber while squatting

  • @isaiahharris1029
    @isaiahharris1029 3 года назад

    I just ran kendas for the first time on my 2011 5.0. The tire wear is crazy. First set, I got 15 laps at one event. Then drove home on them and daily drove them for a week. Then drove over 5 hours at a Grange that next weekend. I didn't have enough energy for the second set

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад

      Lol! That heat cycling them once before you really went at them probably made them last way longer

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад +1

      @@LoneStarDrift so you’re saying I should get a daily with 18”s, then drive on the brand new drift tires for a while to heat cycle them and then put them on my drift car and drive until I collapse? 😂

  • @bobducksplayz5251
    @bobducksplayz5251 3 года назад +2

    I know exactly one of the dudes at drift week that had bad alignment

  • @stickytarmacs
    @stickytarmacs 3 года назад +3

    I just drove by your shop like 3 days ago!! 🙂

    • @stephngibson5517
      @stephngibson5517 3 года назад +1

      Thats not creepy

    • @stickytarmacs
      @stickytarmacs 3 года назад +2

      @@stephngibson5517 it’s not I live like 10 mins from there I see the badass drift cars all the time 😁😁

    • @stickytarmacs
      @stickytarmacs 3 года назад +1

      Ohh I’m buying an rx7 I’m going to make drift ready. If anyone wants to follow my channel 😁

  • @JediMindTrikkz
    @JediMindTrikkz 3 года назад +1

    now i want to see the cars alignments

  • @rxb8312
    @rxb8312 3 года назад

    When ever I get rx8 wheels with tires on, usually Michelin or Dunlop, they all look like the last tire after about few sessions. I just seen the last one and I was "oh, looks like the Michelins when Im done with them, wonder what causes them to end up like that" 🤣

  • @Quadro09
    @Quadro09 3 года назад

    Please teach me how to stop hot lapping. I am shocking for chunking haha

  • @Pingypoker
    @Pingypoker 3 года назад

    Does tire pressure make a considerable difference in life? Assuming perfect alignment and responsible heat management - could I expect to get noticeably more laps out of a higher pressure (45-55 psi) tire vs a lower pressure (15-20 psi) tire?

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад +5

      Tire pressure is more of a grip thing. You want the correct amount of grip for the car and power. We typically don’t adjust it for tire wear

  • @CJdriftZ
    @CJdriftZ 3 года назад

    very interesting...

  • @dionwatson5339
    @dionwatson5339 3 года назад +1

    What tyre do you recommend for a stock body 180sx is there anyway I can squeeze a 265 on there or do I have to keep running 235’s until I force myself cut up my still clean rear fenders?

    • @gluee8674
      @gluee8674 3 года назад +1

      roll and pull fenders as much as you can. i would avoid widebody at all costs

  • @NissanR33Ztune
    @NissanR33Ztune 3 года назад +1

    dammit im too early .... lol great idea for a video for all

  • @swaaapitt1734
    @swaaapitt1734 2 года назад

    Where is there to drift in texas

  • @TurbineResearch
    @TurbineResearch 3 года назад +1

    How do KR20A 300tw work for grip racing and autocross? Are they fairly sticky

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад +1

      They make a 180 tw version for that. The 300 tw is a bit too high of a tread wear. It is better for drifting

    • @TurbineResearch
      @TurbineResearch 3 года назад

      @@LoneStarDrift Thanks!

  • @dylansanders2949
    @dylansanders2949 3 года назад +1

    Did anyone else watch that little spider run past his thumb at 5:46 ?

  • @codyedmiston7658
    @codyedmiston7658 3 года назад

    Tell Kenda to give us small wheel guys a 205/50/15 in 300tw!

  • @fixitcorrectly7301
    @fixitcorrectly7301 3 года назад

    Are those all speaker boxes in the back ground?

  • @douglasburgert5683
    @douglasburgert5683 2 года назад

    Are you guys sponsored by Kenda? 🤣 if not you really should be. I've heard some good things about them but I've had nothing but issues with my Kenda Klevers that are on my pickup. I only got about 3000 miles out of them before I replaced them. Had 7 patches in it from where a random whole pops in them and the tread was worn half way down. I'm really hoping this wont be the case on my next one.

  • @gioflores96
    @gioflores96 2 года назад

    I’m confused man, you guys are saying to align it but why do all the professionals run a somewhat aggressive camber??? Isn’t camber in the front beneficial you drifting?

  • @burntheships
    @burntheships 3 года назад

    Podcast possibly?

  • @sk8erman2298
    @sk8erman2298 7 месяцев назад

    Kendas sound like the reds bearings of the drift world lol, Ole inexpensive and reliable

  • @thevtecnician
    @thevtecnician 3 года назад

    Does cold outside temp kill tires faster? Did an event where it was low 20's outside and it seemed to zap em fast

    • @sidewaysluis4758
      @sidewaysluis4758 3 года назад +1

      I had the same experience, tires don’t last for some reason

    • @Pheatan
      @Pheatan 3 года назад +1

      Not a physicist but I guess its probably due to the very quick change in temperatures from a lower point. Like how glass will shatter if it heats up too quickly.

  • @msigurko
    @msigurko 2 месяца назад

    Caveat. These are front tyres 😅. Otherwise idk how 60 laps on a tyre

  • @MrCool00236
    @MrCool00236 2 года назад

    The "chunking" that you were showing on the first tire is also de-lamination. Only one thing I would like to say is that it can sometimes just be a bad tire, just something to consider if its only on one tire. I've seen it happen on motorcycle race tires using proven repeated setups. Cheers. (though if you think I'm wrong, I'd love to know why)

  • @joakimmikkelsen5864
    @joakimmikkelsen5864 3 года назад

    Standard Michelin failure due to long term use

  • @Repent_By_Drift
    @Repent_By_Drift 5 месяцев назад

    I had no idea you could get 60 plus laps on a pro car😮

  • @rnbrockstar6591
    @rnbrockstar6591 3 года назад

    Yo. I dont have kenda tires where im from. Wev got some cheap crap tires here that i used to run on my e30 like the (king or regal tire) but from what they wer saing it sounds like ill get more laps and seat time from a falken ziex does anyone have experience with em? they cost like 970 bucks a tire here where as the regal pops in at 500 for a 17"

  • @undertreemechanic
    @undertreemechanic 3 года назад

    Have u guys tried ATR Sports? They are supposedly durable as well as cheap.

    • @stephngibson5517
      @stephngibson5517 3 года назад

      LMAO trash

    • @shoryuuu
      @shoryuuu 3 года назад

      every one of the ATRs during drift week chunked or delamed in some way, none of them lasted long enough to use all the treads

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад

      The atr sport 2 don’t last that long in my experience. But their 123s are the grippiest tire for drifting you could imagine! They make great stuff for gripped up drift cars, but the don’t have anything that lasts forever that I have come across.

  • @traderryan713
    @traderryan713 3 года назад

    Been trying to find some 18's (rare for fox 4 lug) so i can get those damn tires. I only wet/rain drift. So im thinking 200 laps+. lol. Ill count it out and report once i get em. Course my laps are 1/4 of a real lap.

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад

      Maybe there’s a common way to convert it to 5 lug?

    • @traderryan713
      @traderryan713 3 года назад

      @@codenamecordon oh ya. Im just cheap. lol.

    • @codenamecordon
      @codenamecordon 3 года назад

      @@traderryan713 some of these mods help you save money in the long run (cheaper wheels and the size choice you need to run tires that last longer) so it’s probably worth doing. That’s the approach I’m taking with my current build - do the things that help it become reliable and cheaper to run, even if it means more work or cost up front. If I can run a cheaper tire and still hang with everybody - it’ll pay for itself. If I can just do a Frankenstein rear axle with cheap parts that’ll comfortably take the power I’m throwing at it and I don’t need to buy diffs and half shafts every weekend - that’ll pay for itself too.

  • @zanastumasonis
    @zanastumasonis 3 года назад +2

    60 laps drifting out of a tire? what

    • @crazymonkeyalien
      @crazymonkeyalien 3 года назад

      Ikr, my tires last like 8 laps at my local track

  • @randomtoyotadude8952
    @randomtoyotadude8952 Год назад

    Wrong tire pressure wears down tire faster..

  • @mitchellthibeault6759
    @mitchellthibeault6759 3 года назад

    16:10 “micro chunking”

  • @kadeedwards2865
    @kadeedwards2865 3 года назад

    Idk how you guys are getting 60+ laps with your set up I'm only getting 25-30 laps MAX with my stock SR20 and angle kit all adjustable rear arms and professional alignments and i run them until they pop and heat cycle them

    • @Phil60084
      @Phil60084 3 года назад +3

      Differentl tracks have better tire wear than others. The ones they did on drift week were super easy on tires. Gulf greyhound park i get like 15 laps or so on a kenda and at speedsportz I can go all day on a set which is probably 100 laps.

    • @LoneStarDrift
      @LoneStarDrift  3 года назад +3

      Yeah track difference and driving style!

  • @Safsbmwlife
    @Safsbmwlife Год назад

    I get tyres for 5quid

  • @hollow_realm
    @hollow_realm 3 года назад

    Micro-chunking

  • @MTNorville
    @MTNorville 3 года назад +1

    a former English teacher explained that "I and Fielding" would technically be proper grammar. It's the use of "Me" that would make it improper.

  • @JoseOrtiz-pf4ve
    @JoseOrtiz-pf4ve 3 года назад

    Someone stole colletes shoes

  • @stezenast5878
    @stezenast5878 3 года назад

    Me me me

  • @mcnally4349
    @mcnally4349 3 года назад

    Jimmy Neutron

  • @burntheships
    @burntheships 3 года назад

    Please don’t start wearing mask

  • @No_Budget_No_Problem
    @No_Budget_No_Problem Год назад

    I have kumhoes lol