Just re-read my post. Now that I think about it, I think I was talking
about shaving the tread on tires, making them "cheater" slicks. I think the
siping has to do more with wet weather performance. Same explanation
applies, just with wet weather performance instead of dry weather
performance.
'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
'84 GoldWing Interstate
>Not sure, but I think siping is primarily beneficial for getting higher
>performance out of typical street tires. Manufacturers don't sipe because
>it's not necessarily beneficial for most types of driving, and where it is
>beneficial, they market high performance tires that basically do the same
>thing - just my guess tho'.......
>
>I remember reading in car mags where they would performance-test cars, then
>sipe the tires and get a little better performance out of them. Might
wanna
>check C&D or M/T archives......
>
>'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
>'84 GoldWing Interstate
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