>Hello Mike,
>
>Just old age creeping in, I guess. I recall my Honda S800 in the late 60s
>came with SP Sports as well. They were quite forgiving and handled well,
>but the new, low-profile tires were just coming out then, so I changed to
>wider wheels and progresssively fatter tires. In retrospect, I should have
>kept to the original wheels and the SP Sports. But I was a young man then
>and performance was everything!
>
>I have been using SP Sports on the Elan since I acquired the car, and
>enjoyed them these many years. Of course, tire technology has changed for
>the better; it is just that the car looks right on them, and they seem to
>suit the softly sprung Elan very well. I was talking to some old friends
at
>the last sports car club meet, and we agreed that sometimes it's refreshing
>to see an old sports car, like a TR4, for instance, in its base-price form,
>with painted dashboard, steel wheels, and hub caps. I feel the same with
>Elan, and like the steel KO wheels with cutouts mimicking the Lotus
triangle
>and the familiar SP Sport tread pattern peeking out from under the fenders.
>
>For the same reason, I switched to Dunlop race tires from Avons on the 23.
>
>I switched wheels in the Elan for racing only because there is a potential
>crack problem with the original wheels and they are getting rare. But I
>agree that modern tires with a reasonable aspect ratio might be nice to
use.
>It's just that in my old age, priorities seem to change ....
>
>Now, if it's legal and the roads are fairly good, what about "period"
Dunlop
>CR65s on the Elan? I've seen them on Elans on the road in England!
>
>Regards,
>
>Andres
>MSCC, Manila
>
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