Is changing of tire compound adequate to prevent wheel spin?

[Balacam]

I encounter wheel spin with front wheel drive when accelerating from 0km/h on a wet surface .

 

Is changing of tire compound adequate to prevent wheel spin?

(eg. sports maxx, T1R, R-S2).

 

my current tire spec

 

Falken ZE326

205/45/16

3.9% smaller in diameter compared to stock size

 

I know nearer to stock is definitely better but can I stick to 205/45/16?

 

if I must change tire profile

(eg. both 195/50/16 & 215/45/16 are about 2.3% smaller in diameter compared to stock),

wider better or narrower?

Edited June 19, 2007 by Balacam

[Falc]

I think all tyres will wheel spin if u launch from a wet surface.

[Kklee]

Could it be due to tyre pressure?

[Boyboy]

what's ur ride?

 

on the wet, hard to prevent wheel-spin. that u even experienced wheelspin says that u either drive aggressively or have a very powerful car and dun have traction control

 

move off slowly, that's the best bet. otherwise even eagle F1 and dunno what famous wet tyres cannot help u. also, accelerate only when the wheels are pointed straight. if the steering is full-lock, confirm wheelspin

[Furrynadz]

the better the rubber grip the more torque can be transfered

[Rtth84]

for FWD vehicles weight transfer will be to the rear wheels during acceleration. front wheels will have less downforce and cant cope with the torque.

[Balacam]

I dont have a very powerful car, Mitsubishi 烂车 Lan cer

 

I think weight, diameter and width still has little effect. don't know which has more.

 

but the most important is the tire compound.

[Boyboy]

what tyre u on? aspec dB? many lancers seem to come with this crap tyre

 

change to bridgestone GR80 or some hankook tyres (dunno which model to recommend cos i not familiar with korea tyre) if u are looking for comfort. can't go much wrong with these.

 

maybe gotta check ur alignment also.. u should not be wheelspinning at every junction. MSCP or similar surfaces, boh pian

[Orixy]

"u should not be wheelspinning at every junction"

 

hehehe...its possible if he is on racing clutch!!

[Boyboy]

hmm.. if he's on racing clutch he wud know why he is wheelspinning and not ask such a question

 

dun say racing clutch. my 62bhp wonder also can screech on dry tarmac when i throw clutch . with supposedly decent potenza g3 somemore

[BlueSi]

I encounter wheel spin with front wheel drive when accelerating from 0km/h on a wet surface .

 

Is changing of tire compound adequate to prevent wheel spin?

(eg. sports maxx, T1R, R-S2).

 

my current tire spec

 

Falken ZE326

205/45/16

3.9% smaller in diameter compared to stock size

 

I know nearer to stock is definitely better but can I stick to 205/45/16?

 

if I must change tire profile

(eg. both 195/50/16 & 215/45/16 are about 2.3% smaller in diameter compared to stock),

wider better or narrower?

 

Almost all tires will spin in a puddle of water. Water doesn't compress and creates a thin layer between yout tires and the road surface. The thread pattern on the tire serves to direct water away from the tire so it has the road surface to grip onto.

 

How often do you launch form a wet surface?!? Just take off slower and drive slower in general in the wet. If you really want that much launch traction, you will need studded tries. They however destroy the road, your tires and you'll have to constantly replace lost studs.

Edited July 5, 2007 by BlueSi

[Balacam]

thanks for the reply.

 

You are right, not very often, I need to do launching on wet surface. Previously, I have changed to the wrong tire size (205/45/16 - 3.9% smaller than stock size), so I thought that the tire size is one of the reason for causing wheel spin.

 

Now, when I am going to change tires soon, beside tire compound, I just thought that maybe I have can also consider the optimum size.

 

After gathering all the comments from this thread, I don't think I have to consider too much among the 3 tire profile because there is insignificant difference among them to reduce wheel spin during launching on wet surface (I cannot use stock size because there is almost no the gap between the wheel arc and tire).

 

205/45/16 - 3.9% smaller than stock size

195/50/16 - 2.3% smaller, narrower

215/45/16 - 2.3% smaller, wider

 

Do you think one of the above size is better than the other or they all perform similarly during launching on wet surface.

[BlueSi]

How a tire performs in the wet depends greatly on their thread pattern. Do not get summer tires.

 

For the snow, a thiner (narrower) would be better for cutting through the snow into the ground below to gain traction. I figure the same will hold true for water.

 

Between 195 to 215mm, there's no significant difference in width so it don't really matter much. Between say 195 and 245 or 255 is another story.

[Watwheels]

I encounter wheel spin with front wheel drive when accelerating from 0km/h on a wet surface .

 

Is changing of tire compound adequate to prevent wheel spin?

(eg. sports maxx, T1R, R-S2).

 

my current tire spec

 

Falken ZE326

205/45/16

3.9% smaller in diameter compared to stock size

 

I know nearer to stock is definitely better but can I stick to 205/45/16?

 

if I must change tire profile

(eg. both 195/50/16 & 215/45/16 are about 2.3% smaller in diameter compared to stock),

wider better or narrower?

 

What u are doing on a wet surface has nothing to do with any type of tyre.

 

To prevent wheel spin on a wet surface is traction control. What it does is to auto apply brakes to slow down your fast spinning wheel such that your tyre will regain contact surface with the road.

 

Since u mentioned your car is Lancer. I dun think there's any traction control to mention about.

 

For some cars(w/o traction control) with semi-auto function that allows them to select 2nd gear so that to prevent wheel spin on wet surface when they accelerate from 0km/h.

 

Tyres have limitations too.

Edited July 6, 2007 by Watwheels

[Slowleg]

tyres can spin on dry too...

if all else is in optimum condition (ie: tyres are new, pressure is correct, road is wet BUT not grimy)... then you'd have to improve your launch technique.... slip the clutch instead of dumping it.

 

But you did say you were gonna change your tyre soon... so reckon it's your tyre performance that's kaput already lah...

 

tyre performance is not linear... it's gets exponentially worse with wear.

Edited July 8, 2007 by Slowleg

[Ferrari7]

Perhaps you can try experimenting with different pressures to help find a better balance between fuel economy and grip.

 

I have used ZE326 before. Wet grip is significantly poorer than Bridgestone Gr-80.

 

In fact, I will say that it's wet grip is pure rubbish.