What Impacts Do Tires Have on Performance?

                                              

    Tires are one of the most important parts of car, although we don't really think about it too much. tires can give you the grip to corner at high speeds and can help put the power from the engine to the ground quicker and more efficiently. But what other benefits does it have and how does it work?

    Tires allow the car to be more agile as the rubber can help grip the road better. This helps in emergency maneuvers such as hard braking and emergency swerving in both rain and shine. Some tires do this better than others, and are usually more expensive. The softer the tire compound, the more grip a car will have, but the faster a tire will degrade. This means that although the car has more grip, it will cost the owner more in the long run.

    Tires have treads to displace water and maintain contact with the road. The deeper the treads are, the more water it can displace and the smaller the chance of aquaplaning. If tires degrade to the point where the treads are very shallow, the car can aquaplane and skid off of the road. The treads help the tires work well in wet conditions, allowing the car to slow down and stop almost the same as in dry weather conditions. it also helps the car's wet handling as water can not decrease the amount of rubber touching the road.

                                

    Wider tires have a larger contact patch with the asphalt. This helps the power to be delivered to the ground more efficiently, allowing cars t get more oomph off the line. This is why race cars and hyperarcs have wider tires than your everyday sedan. They need to be able to deliver the large amounts of power to the ground worth out too much of it being lost due to friction and heat during a wheelspin.

    All tires are made with refined rubber, but each manufacturer has their own compounds. This means you get different performances and feelings in different tires. Let us say you have two tires, constructed of the rubber from the same rubber tree but made by different manufactures. You put them both on the same car and go for a drive. One tire may give you better comfort, but worse performance, than the other one. This is because the tire compounds are different.

                                               

    After you use your tires, they are usually sent to a processing plant that recycles them. The rubber is then converted into other rubber products. This helps cut down on pollution and does not waste resources. It also saves space in landfills, and animals and fish won't be poisoned by gnawing on tires thrown into the environment.