Benefits of Silica in Tyre Design

[Garlic]

http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/technology/silica.asp

[Clazio71]

Learn another new thing today... Thanks for the information shared!

[oomph]

this is the secret ingredient for better tyres lately, unfortunately the manufacturers themselves have remained silent about it - probabaly because they can profit from the ignorance.

 

i read about this about a year ago - the review also pointed out that in the tyre tests, most of the best all-round tyres had silica in them. some manufacturers though choose not to directly attribute it to silica but some other design element - particularly tread design - or some "new" technology.

[Djcoolmax]

so now the next logically step would be to list the tyres that have Silica in them.

 

Gdyr F1?

[Sir2yrv]

Hi guys. Thought I'd add that Toyo Proxes T1R has the Silica Compound embbeded in it.

[Rtth84]

most of the time only high performance tires will be marketed as having silica compund.

[Djcoolmax]

Yup.. looks like it has. Any others?

[Sir2yrv]

1 more tyre to add....the PIRELLI PZERO NERO. Cheers

[Octopus]

[reply]

Yup.. looks like it has. Any others?

 

Well, Hankook V8RS also mentioned they has "High Grip Silica Compound"..... not sure if its suppose to be better material?

[Djcoolmax]

Look what I found on the net... Goodyear F1 training storyboard! Looking at the training doc, the F1 also has Silica which they termed AquaSIL.

 

html format: http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:L9_R0Q...lient=firefox-a

 

MS doc format:

http://www.elimudesignsystems.com/cbtstoryboard.doc

[Garlic]

Only German made ones has Silica.

 

Asian made ones are of a different construction and compound.

Edited June 12, 2007 by Garlic

[Crasher]

Really? time to sell the my F1 that just ran for 1500km. Anyone wants a set of 17" 205/45?

[Djcoolmax]

No offense, Do you have any doc that shows that Silica is absent from the Thai and more recently China ones?

[Rtth84]

yup it could be another urban legend

[Scaglietti]

Bridgestone Potenza:

Particle Z- This provides better grip in the wet than a silica compound.

 

BC

[Garlic]

Users from America, Europe and Australia all have the same feedback, they felt something different.

 

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1043795

[Djcoolmax]

Thanks for the link. I was looking more at something from Goodyear themselves stating that their F1's tyres are different depending on where it is manufactured.