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Re: Wheels and tires

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Wheels and tires
From: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:33:05 -0800
At 10:43 PM 1/11/99 -0800, pshirley wrote:
>There have been several emails on 15" wheels.  What about sticking with
>14" wheels with low profile(maybe 50s) for auto-x.  Is the big draw back
>availability of 14" tires?  Will 50 series tires on 14" rims lower my
>overall gear ratio too much for around town driving?  

A good 50-series 14" tire is hard (or impossible) to find, but a search of
Tire Rack turned up several 195/55-14's:

Bridgestone Potenza RE-71 - $68
Dunlop SP Sport 8000 - $70
Dunlop SP Sport D40 2 - $73
Hoosier R3S03 (autocross) - $133 (and you thought those others were spendy!)
Kuhmo VictoRacer V700 (autocross) - $95

And if you really want sticky (and pricey), here are the 205/55-14's:

Yokohama AVS Intermediate - $116
Kuhmo VictoRacer V700 (autocross) - $105
Hoosier R3S03 (autocross) - $145
BF Goodrich g-Force T/A R1 - $145

The guys who run Sentra SE-R's in Stock class Solo II use 205/55-14's on
stock 5.5" rims.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org

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