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Originally Posted by wyatt
A different type of test you could try with the accelerometer would echo the test that Metro did. You could measure your acceleration from a dead stop down a hill. You would probably need a very accurate accelerometer to get any accurate results, but it wouldn't ware out your tires. Also, if you got a good constant slope hill, you could see your acceleration decrease as you picked up speed due to aero-forces.
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If the point is to measure the MAX traction of tires at various inflation pressures, you have to be spinning the tires if you are accellerating, or have the brakes locked (or near locked) if you are braking, or cornering hard if you are doing lateral grip. Any of those will severely wear the tires. Any test that doesn't severely wear the tires is testing something less than the MAX.