Chris wrote:
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Maybe CarpriRacer will take the time to address the plus or minus issues of steel carcass tires?
Chris
Steel carcass tires
Minus - More expensive to manufacture due to material costs and process differences (can't bend steel around beads as easily as you can textile plies is major item) which sometimes require additional pieces be added to the structure. Tire is heavier which reduces load capacity. More expensive.
Plus - Sometimes more durable but this can be partially attributed to the alternate constructions which may have different impact in steel carcass tires tha when used in textile carcass tires, so it is not just the fact that they have steel body ply.
Sorry there is no simple answer because there are a number of components that are different for different reasons between the two type tires. Of the 20 - 30 different components used probably 4 to 7 are different so there are at least 4 to 7 different reasons for something to be a plus or a minus depending on how important each performance feature is to the end user.
