The 225/45 hoosier seems to fit without any problems,
and is no significant gearing loss. The 225 kumho is
taller though, but I have seen pictures of a 10AE car
running them.
I have heard from a couple of sources the hoosier 225
provides a little more forgiveness of rough driving,
with less shoulder wear than the 205's, which are
smaller, lighter, and as fast or faster if well
driven.
I'm putting 225 hoosiers on mine ;)
Good luck
Stan Whitney
99 6-speed miata
--- JIMVICMORE@aol.com wrote:
> I'm now autox'ing a '95 Miata with both 14 inch
> Hoosiers and Kumhos. My
> experience has been that the Hoosiers stick a little
> better but wearout a
> heck of a lot faster than the Kumhos. Now, I just
> bought a 10 AE Edition
> Miata and I'm wondering what rim width 10 AE drivers
> (taking advantage of the
> 6-speed) or other 99 Miata drivers are using for the
> 225/55/15 or 225/45/15
> Hoosiers or 225/50/15 Kumhos, (Tire Rack says 7.0,
> 7.5 & 7.0 respectively)??
> Will the stock 6.0 inch rims work with any of these
> three tires and fit with
> no interference problems? Or, maybe I should stick
> with the 205/50/15
> Hoosiers/Kumhos that other 99 Miata drivers are
> using and take advantage of
> the 6-speed where I can. What do you think?
>
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