Jul 26, 2009 19:26
14 yrs ago
Japanese term
浅溝タイヤ
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
These are tires they put on race cars when the track is wet.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Semi-Slick Tires |
yonedatransterp
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| 4 +2 | wets/wet tyres (tires) |
Lianne Wilson
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| 3 +3 | shallow-groove tire |
cinefil
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| 4 | a pneumatic tire provided with shallow grooves |
Katsushi Saito
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Proposed translations
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7 hrs
yonedatransterp
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Semi-Slick Tires
For racing and track use, semi-slick tires are used for wet tarmac conditions, with shallow water channeling grooves. Full slicks are the ones without any grooves.
However, there are many different ways to refer to the same tire, depending on locality and application. The English seem to refer to these as rain slicks. On occasion, I've heard someone mention them to be "shallow tread tires", but thats awfully wordy, and doesn't describe racing tires.
So, depending on the context, it is Semi-Slick Tires. My context is auto racing / autocross, and motorcycle track racing.
Guess what I do on weekends? :D
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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-27 03:06:08 GMT)
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Also, the term "rain tire" also works. Performance Kart racers refer to them as "wet tires" or "rain tires"
However, there are many different ways to refer to the same tire, depending on locality and application. The English seem to refer to these as rain slicks. On occasion, I've heard someone mention them to be "shallow tread tires", but thats awfully wordy, and doesn't describe racing tires.
So, depending on the context, it is Semi-Slick Tires. My context is auto racing / autocross, and motorcycle track racing.
Guess what I do on weekends? :D
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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-27 03:06:08 GMT)
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Also, the term "rain tire" also works. Performance Kart racers refer to them as "wet tires" or "rain tires"
Example sentence:
Semi-slick tires have shallow grooves cut in them to reduce the chance of high speed hydroplaning.
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Katsushi Saito
Japan
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a pneumatic tire provided with shallow grooves
To be exact, it could be as follows:
a pneumatic tire provided with shallow grooves (extending between the sipes contiguous in the tire circumference direction on the tread face portions) for car race in the event of rain
a pneumatic tire provided with shallow grooves (extending between the sipes contiguous in the tire circumference direction on the tread face portions) for car race in the event of rain
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14 hrs
Lianne Wilson
United Kingdom
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wets/wet tyres (tires)
This is the term you'll hear when this type of tyre (excuse the Brit English spelling) is talked about in touring cars and other motorsports. I'm a big fan of BTCC and this is the term used there.
Wets is the commonly used contraction of 'wet tyres' (wet tires).
Wets is the commonly used contraction of 'wet tyres' (wet tires).
Example sentence:
Simon Tilling, 3rd fastest in qualifying, instructed his crew to change to wets, calmly joining the grid as the rain continued to fall.
Despite all still running on wets, the trio diced over second for several laps before the Russian got the better of Parente with seven laps to run.
Peer comment(s):
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Yuko Osugi (X)
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Thanks!
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yonedatransterp
: Totally. I learned about tires, from my research. see the discussion :D
3 days 9 hrs
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3 hrs
shallow-groove tire
simpler alternative
On a high–speed circuit like Monza, going out on a half–wet track using wet weather tires quickly tears up the rubber, so we limited the number of laps we were willing to run on the standard wet (shallow groove) tires. Since the chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday was very high, we were forced to make do on the wet tires.
http://www.toyota-f1.com/public/en/gp2008/14_italy/review_ar...
The race started at 14:00. A light rain began to fall just before the cars took to the starting grid, causing many teams to switch to light-rain type shallow-groove tires on the grid.
http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0809/0809racv_e.htm
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Note added at 4日 (2009-07-31 01:52:25 GMT)
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http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/database/report_disp_type13?rid=...
http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/history/html_file/history-043.ht...
On a high–speed circuit like Monza, going out on a half–wet track using wet weather tires quickly tears up the rubber, so we limited the number of laps we were willing to run on the standard wet (shallow groove) tires. Since the chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday was very high, we were forced to make do on the wet tires.
http://www.toyota-f1.com/public/en/gp2008/14_italy/review_ar...
The race started at 14:00. A light rain began to fall just before the cars took to the starting grid, causing many teams to switch to light-rain type shallow-groove tires on the grid.
http://supergt.net/supergt/2008/0809/0809racv_e.htm
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Note added at 4日 (2009-07-31 01:52:25 GMT)
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http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/database/report_disp_type13?rid=...
http://ms.bridgestone.co.jp/history/html_file/history-043.ht...
Peer comment(s):
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gcpradhan1
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Thanks a lot.
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Paul Makino (X)
1 day 12 hrs
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Thanks a lot.
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lalala70
3 days 2 hrs
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Thanks a lot.
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Discussion
http://www.bridgestonemotorsport.com/Bridgestone/tyre-techno...
Note, this is for full on racing use. For consumer to pro-sumer applications, the term semi-slick is still applicable in the Western United States at least (just to be a sore loser :D )<br><br>Dunlop, which makes motorcycle racing tires has their racing tires, and their rain tires for track use. Neither are DOT certified and are not road legal. While the manufacturer doesn't call them as such, they do understand when they are asked for a "semi=slick" for wet track use. So the term is in common enough usage, but isn't one used internally.
In bicycle racing, the term semi-slick is much more specific. There are numerous manufacturers that produce full on mountain bike tires (knobbies) of varying agressiveness, and there is a whole set of terminology there. Semi-slicks are a full category onto itself, but are wildly inappropriate for this discussion about autoracing. This last bit is just as a self-congratulatory aside ;)
At F1, and lesser racing circuits, it is called wet or rain tires. Their dry tires are alternately called slick tires. Then from there, the intermediate wet tires are ones with lightly cut grooves used for wet conditions. Commentators refer to these as "inters" at times. The full wet tires are those with deeper grooves, used for wetter still conditions.
Civilian (that is road legal) tires that are primarily intended to be driven around the track are commonly called semi-slicks. This seems to be an effort to make a connection with "racing slicks" which are not road legal. The distinction wouldn't exist in a professional racing environment.
On an interesting side note, the full on wets, or rain tires are also occasionally known as "monsoons" for their use in sudden rains, or rainy conditions.
So, Lianne. I support your option. (I had made the same suggestion in my notes and explanation, but it isn't my primary suggestion.)
If you're interested, check out the F1 Information page at http://formula1.about.com/od/tires/ss/bridgestone_7.htm