I'm after other members experiences of the Avon ZZ3 to add to my experimental data. This is also for anyone interested in experimenting with chassis of the 3.2 Carrera for fast road or track use.
The ZZ3's have replaced the old (hard) Continentals and at £70.00 a corner not bad price/performance, especially in the wet as the Conti's were down to 4mm. I was surprised with the initial handling, whilst there was grip, turn-in wasn't as good. I expect this is due to the high tread blocks and potentially different sidewall stiffness to the Conti's. My advice is save spirited driving until you get used to the new boots and they wear a bit, common sense I know, but I wanted to see how much improved handling would be[8|]!
So far I have had some fun gathering tyre temperature, pressure and hardness data for a set of new Avon ZZ3's.
I'm writing up the experiment, but I have knocked-up the basic data in Excel as small PDF which I can email.
I think it makes interesting reading. For example how much the tyre pressure increases in relation to the tread temperature and how soft the tyre goes with heat.
It's interesting to see how marked the difference is between front and rear tyre temperatures. I collected average and across tyre temperatures which give an indication of how well/or not [
] my geometry is setup (toe/camber).
I will post an update of my analysis soon with the current geometry setup. If there is any ZZ3 data out there, I would be most grateful. Thanks.
The ZZ3's have replaced the old (hard) Continentals and at £70.00 a corner not bad price/performance, especially in the wet as the Conti's were down to 4mm. I was surprised with the initial handling, whilst there was grip, turn-in wasn't as good. I expect this is due to the high tread blocks and potentially different sidewall stiffness to the Conti's. My advice is save spirited driving until you get used to the new boots and they wear a bit, common sense I know, but I wanted to see how much improved handling would be[8|]!
So far I have had some fun gathering tyre temperature, pressure and hardness data for a set of new Avon ZZ3's.
I'm writing up the experiment, but I have knocked-up the basic data in Excel as small PDF which I can email.
I think it makes interesting reading. For example how much the tyre pressure increases in relation to the tread temperature and how soft the tyre goes with heat.
It's interesting to see how marked the difference is between front and rear tyre temperatures. I collected average and across tyre temperatures which give an indication of how well/or not [
] my geometry is setup (toe/camber).I will post an update of my analysis soon with the current geometry setup. If there is any ZZ3 data out there, I would be most grateful. Thanks.
