[David Goldman]

Using tire scrapers like TJ said is a pretty popular thing in sprint karting, i personally dont have one, i think im going to get one though. It helps keep the tires fresh, and like TJ said it keeps the debris off of them.

[Jtn1989]

by heat gun you mean the gun with the heating wire on it you use to cut up styrafoam with?

edit: also for karting what tyres are best for dry conditions damp ect? sorry for all the newbie questions but on a mechanical basis i'm not very knowledgeable haha.

[TJ Koyen]

Scrapers are useless in my opinion. Some people swear by them but I win national races and I don't scrape my tires.

Tires are usually spec and therefore you have to run what the series/track/organization tells you to.

[David Goldman]

Well, technically there is no "best" tire for a certain condition, it really depends on what class you are racing in. For example, on a shifter kart, you would want to have pretty much the most grippy tires you can get, because you need it. But in a class that only has 10hp for example, you would definately not want the most grippy tires because it will slow you down due to too much grip. If your asking what brand is best for tires, I would say that bridgestone and vega are the best. Vega's most grippy tires are very good, and are very grippy for a while, but on the other hand, the bridgestones less grippy tires are very good such as the yhc. The yhc's and the vega whites are both great tires for their application. But as TJ said, tires are almost ALWAYS spec so its not like you have a choice, if your racing at least.

[RocK]

vega


bridgestone

[David Goldman]

Very nice Rock.

[Jtn1989]

wow thanks for so much help guys lol. what is yhc??

[TJ Koyen]

Its just the name for a tire that Bridgestone makes. Different letters are different hardness and durability as you can see by the chart.