Zen and the Art of Tyre Maintenance
A few issues back I went through tuning of a Fly Porsche 911 that included truing of the tyres. With apologies to Robert Pirsig and his philosophical motorcycle book from the Seventies, I thought now might be a good opportunity to go through the value of a good tyre truer, and the options available.
Looking at why tyre truing made a difference to the speed of the Porsche, and it is all about optimizing tyre contact with the grainy surface of the track. Most slot cars are a compromise between cost and quality, so the moving parts and their actual shape may be not quite as the maker intended. Axles can be
